Travel And Adventure
Mount Agung The Great – Bali Must Do
No wonder it is called Agung – literally translated as ‘greatest’ in Bahasa Indonesia. And guess what, this is the first activity SOTG did in Bali straight from the airport…
Powerscourt – Wellness Retreat in Garden of Ireland
“Good luck with Ireland’s weather’” said bunch of British friends after dinner at Pax in Dubai as we hugged each other goodbye to end the night. “Sure will be alright’” I replied. A week spent…
Last Quarter 2015 – London, Amsterdam, Istanbul and Singapore: Eat and Run
Half of the first month gone in the new year. Somehow I felt a bit behind in moving to 2016 – you know all the good intention and action based things…
Fantastic Fuji – Climbing Highest Peak In Japan
No trip to Japan is complete without climbing Mount Fuji. During last Eid weekend which turned out to be the last weekend of this year’s official climbing season, I felt…
Food And Drink Features
Australia Momentos – In and Out of My Kitchen Aug 17
I went back to Sydney after 8 years since I moved to Middle East (and now residing in Singapore). Caught up with good friends, rekindled with nature, got harassed by…
In My Kitchen July 17 – Travel Tidbits and Healthy Stuff
My second half of year is starting very slowly on this little island – in exploration mode, wait and see kind of thing. Since I did not contribute to June…
Pleasure of Flavour – In and Out of My Kitchen May 17
It’s already May and half of this year is around the corner. How are we doing? What’s cooking for you? Time to take stock also as friendly reminder to up…
In My Kitchen April 17 – Few New Items
First quarter of 2017 has just ended and we have 9 months before it all slip away. I have been grateful for few friends visiting from the sandpit (my previous…
Fitness, Races And Training
Salomon TMBT Ultra Marathon 2018 – Adventure In Sabah
Heard about this race when the ex-Dubai runner, Victoria Leckie blog about it in 2012. Since then I kept checking this race out and remembered talking to Clare Mullenger during our…
Pulai Ultra 2018 – Did I Hit The Limit?
Typing this a month after I participated in Pulai Ultra 50km trail running race which took place in the state of Johor across the causeway. An inaugural event, I signed…
Salomon TMBT 2018: Beauty, Brutal Or Both I’m In – Are You?
After my first trip to Sabah last March, I could not pass up the opportunity to visit the amazing Borneo island one more time. Just signed up for another 100km trail…
Run In City Of Eternal Spring – Dalat Ultra Trail 70km
‘Dalat what?’, I quickly keyed in Dalat word in the search engine since I never been to Vietnam, let alone heard about this place. Turned out to be a contrast scenery,…
Wellness And Other
Rio Olympics Opening Ceremony à la Brazil
At time of writing only a few days left till the magic over. But I wanted to reflect on the fascinating and spectacular opening ceremony in Rio few weekends ago….
Mind The Gap – International Women’s Day
One of the profound reason of my passion for ultra-running is not because I can, but is the fact that it symbolise the right of doing things I love doing. Full…
