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Bohol, Philippines {Deetour}

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I was in Bohol, Philippines, to be a bridesmaid for my friend AA’s destination wedding. The official photos of the event aren’t out yet, so I’ll blog about that later. Let me get to what I did in the two days after that wedding, though. I booked my own room at one of the hotels […]

Have You Ever Eaten a Boiled Banana?

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Yesterday I brought a boiled banana to work coz everyone in my multi-cultural team had never had one before and they were like: “Why would you boil a banana?!?!” Apparently it’s just a Philippine thing. 😅 Let me just clarify that we don’t boil the typical banana, just the one called “saba” which is apparently called […]

Accident-Proneness is Genetic

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One night, I was watching Drop Dead Diva on Netflix and swooning over Grayson’s beautiful eyes when my left arm slid off my bed headboard and I ended up punching/scratching my own eye. Boy, did it hurt. I thought sleep would make it better, but the next morning, it was still in so much pain. It […]

Coffee Hates Me

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So yesterday I went to the clinic. “So why are you here?” the doctor asked me once I was seated in front of him. “For two things,” I responded matter of factly. “One, I got heartburn, right after I drank coffee this afternoon.” He asked me if it was after food and after I responded […]

Reunion with Tyne + Farewell for Cate

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My friend Tyne, who used to live in Singapore, now lives in Toronto, but was in Singapore this week. LZ, our group of hometown friends, met up with her at Chili’s for dinner. Then everyone else had to go home, but Cate and I stayed with Tyne to walk around Clarke Quay. We ended up […]

11 Years a Blog + Life Lately

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My blog is 11 years old today… and I’ve completely lost my blogging mojo. 😥 I don’t know if it will come back, to be honest. But today, I will try. Here’s a short recap of things I should have blogged about this year. 👉 I had a short reunion with my family and my brother’s wife […]

Coffee in a Parallel Universe

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“I’m in love with our house!” Dred exclaimed over breakfast one morning this week. I second the motion. We moved in on the 13th of February. I had looked forward to this day for weeks, nay, months… since the very first day Jemma suggested that I could move in with them when their lease was […]

Fancy Meeting You Here

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While boarding the plane to Bohol, I saw a familiar face. “Father Kreutz, is that you?” I asked him. “Yes!” He confirmed that he was the former president of my alma mater. “And who is this?” “I’m Heidee. I studied in AdZU for 16 years. Fancy meeting you here.” “Where are you based now and […]

Carpenter and Cook (Cafe Review)

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Arlyn is back in Singapore after a two-month business trip in Manila, and with her back, the trio is once again complete and back to cafe-hopping! 😊 Our first cafe of 2016 was Armar’s choice – the rustic Carpenter and Cook in Bukit Timah. “Wow, that’s far,” two different friends of mine commented when I […]