ZEN Bitchin'

Dispatches from a foreign country

Category: biyaheng langit

Gravity of love

As I am writing this, I can feel a distinct throbbing on the inside of my right arm. It is not painful, but it is a physical reminder of what I did last Sunday, Valentine’s day. I have written in my previous post my feelings on (with a delicious experience related to) Valentine’s day. This [...]

The heat is on in Saigon

On May 27, my friend D celebrated his 42nd birthday by going on a trip to Ho Chi Minh City (otherwise known as Saigon), a place he has never seen before. Having nothing better to do (one of the realities lived by a freelance worker), I tagged along. We planned to make this a photographic [...]

Stay (Faraway, so close)

Stay (Faraway, So Close) – U2
If you had been checking out my other blog, you will notice that the last 5 posts all featured photos from my last visit to the Angkor complex in Siem Reap. I went to Siem Reap on Labor Day weekend and spent 2 days straight roaming around the complex. This [...]

Turning Japanese

Turning Japanese – Sprung Monkey
On Sunday I woke up at around 9AM. The flat was silent, as Danika has left for work. After a breakfast of Milo and peanut butter sandwich, I went out. It was looking to be another sunny day, as opposed to the almost daily dose of rain in Kuala Lumpur. And [...]

You gotta work (Supermodel)

You Gotta Work (Supermodel) – RuPaul
I arrived in Singapore at 4.30AM Saturday, after a 5-hour bus ride from Kuala Lumpur. The trip was uneventful; the bus was way better than the buses that plied the Phnom Penh-Siem Reap or Ho Chi Minh route. I got to my friend Danika’s flat at around 5.30AM. He didn’t [...]

Work it

work it – missy elliott
Last Sunday, I went to Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia to participate in a training organized by TSF–an institution that has been both my client and my provider of PDA (professional development activities, not that PDA!) This was not my first workshop with them, as this was certainly not the first time I [...]