I’ve read that Boston is a compact town, where most of the important sights around town are easily reachable on foot. True, provided that you have a pair of comfortable walking shoes (believe me, you’ll gotta need’em). Besides that, public transportation like the ‘T’, the local metro system, is superb. You can reach almost anywhere [...]

My first twenty dollar bill, crisp and new, fresh from the ATM machine! My adventures in the States were eye-opening indeed. However my trip didn’t start off well as planned. After checking for the hundredth time that I had everything covered, I didn’t realised that I was totally in for a surprise at the airport. [...]

After hibernating and functioning on autopilot mode for some time, my senses are finally awaken by the canorous chirping of the birds that cheerfully greeted me every morning. I’m always amazed by the transformation that takes place from winter to spring. It was like watching a black and white film, in which the objects are [...]

Happy New Year everyone! I hope you have a great start in the new year! I ended my 2010 with a final resolution of mine that I made last year, which was to make curry puffs! Hah, the occasion couldn’t be better because these cutie ‘pies’ indeed made some great-looking finger foods for any parties [...]

The snowfall has never been more punctual this year. The question everyone here would ask whenever Christmas approaches is, will it be a white Christmas this year? I guess Santa has been paying attention this year . It has been snowing non-stop since Christmas eve till second day of Christmas! My first white Christmas, to [...]

Ho! Ho! Ho! Be merry. Be jolly. Be happy. Wherever you are. Christmas this year Have a Merry Christmas everyone! Ready for Christmas? It is Christmas

There’s no better way to warm the body than having a good, hearty and hot meal which generates warmth from inside. I’ve discovered this Chinese eatery in Cologne recently and apparently it’s frequented by plenty of Chinese, which is a good sign. A friend of mine recommended this dish 水煮魚 (shuǐ zhǔ yú), a kind [...]

It’s the first of Advent and Christmas markets are already up and opened in almost every corner of Germany. To me it won’t be winter, yet, without having the compulsory cup of mulled wine, at these Christmas markets.The nightly temperatures were hovering around subzero degrees and I was freezing my ears and toes off walking [...]