Category Archives: Spotlight

September 18

Moving on to GlamourousTraveller.com

Dear readers, In case you have not been added to my subscriber list, I wish to notify you that I have moved! to GlamourousTraveller.com. Some of you who may have been with me for a while would notice that this domain has since returned to GlamourousTraveller.wordpress.com as I have moved on to self-hosting. You will […]

July 07

Supporting the AWE conference

Not so long ago, I was placed in contact with Runaway Juno by my friend Peggy (from Taking to the open road). For those of you who have heard of Juno you would know she is a well known travel blogger and especially so in Asia and a great role model for the Asian travel […]

April 19

Interview with Alex of Travel Fashion Girl

This week we have the pleasure of speaking with Alex of TravelFashionGirl. Alex had been working in the travel industry for seven years and has been travelling extensively since 2008. She runs TravelFashionGirl, a website that provides tips and guides for practical and fashionable packing lists for all your different travel needs.  Your website focuses […]

February 12

Nominated for Malaysia’ Tourism Fashion Blog Award

My dear readers, I just found out the amazing news that I was nominated for Malaysia’s Tourism Fashion Blog Award. I am honored, surprised and excited all at the same time. For me, its a little bit of recognition that what I write is not crap is recognized by the general public. It also symbolizes […]

So you’ve decided to start travelling the world. Now what?

I’ve been cruising around the web looking for interesting travel and living stories for my friend M who is about to launch her start-up (I’m excited for her, more details once its up!). Looking around, I realized a lot of the successful travel bloggers are the ones who have “finally quit my job and decided […]

Wild Weekly Photo Challenge – Unusual

I’m participating in the online adventure travel and photography magazine LetsBeWild.com’s Wild Weekly Photo Challenge for bloggers. This week’s Challenge is: Unusual! Sometimes the unusual masquerade as the usual, and it requires a double take to really see its uniqueness. On my trip to Koh Phangan, Thailand, my boyfriend and I had stopped to buy some […]

Postcards Posting

(Writing to friends from Hong Kong) I’ve always loved writing. I was the fortunate child of an era where having pen pals were a norm and where I solidified my mastery of the English language through writing simple “How are you’s” to friends in different countries, friends I have never met. I would look forward […]

December 20

End of the world as we know it… ok, well sort of…

At one point a year, every year, we pretend the world is going to end, and then we wake up on the 1st of January renewed! rejuvenated! and we ask ourselves, “what will I do differently this year?” “where is my bucket list?” “what is my resolution?” Thing is, its too much pressure overall, and […]