SUMMER TALLY: under SGD3.5k + 6-week itinerary + ~reflections~

It’s been a while, but the other day I was invited to speak at the GEM Explorer fair and it reminded me I haven’t written this post yet. The Q&A went a bit like this: Emcee: “So where did you go for exchange and how was it?: Me: “I went to Istanbul for one semester…

I passed out in Milan. 

Alcohol + shisha + 34 degrees Milanese summer = not too good for Canz.  I was enjoying some down time after walking around the city center. Man, it was really hot. Even hotter than Singapore. I probably should’ve known better to drink more water.  The three of us shared a shisha and I had a…

Between Places: On a Flixbus from Rome to Milan

I’m pretty sure the dude behind hates me. And I hate him right back.  Travel has made me a little hard and a lot more cynical (towards panhandlers). Everybody is for themselves and maybe their travel partner(s), and when situations get uncomfortable the us-them divide gets even more pronounced.  Compared to these large-sized/long-legged Europeans, I…