Day 3 – 4/21 Hotel Quarantine in Hong Kong

Fourth day locked inside now. For someone who is very physically active and out exercise every day, I panicked after knowing I had to be quarantine for 21 days. I had one week to sink in to the idea of confinement and be prepared for it. So far I don't feel too bad. The fact …

Day 9 – 14/21 Hong Kong hotel quarantine

Day 9 - 13 - I start to notice my brain becomes less active and I become less interested in other people's lives. Friends from different sides of the world have been messaging me or calling me to check on me. Every time I was on my own frustration and did not ask about them. …

Day 7-8/21 Days Hotel Quarantine in Hong Kong

It has come to the 7th day now! Though I can't say 'time flies.' but it's not as difficult as I speculated. Day 7 - I thought I finally managed to adjust my body clock and slept through the night. In the 6 days I slept 2 hours per night on average. Thanks to the …

Day 1 – 2/21 hotel quarantine in Hong Kong

Chinese passengers at Schiphol AirportAlmost empty2nd PCR test in 3 daysA book instructions for people in quarantine. My 24/7 track & trace tagFirst breakfast included in quarantine hotel packageFirst lunch included in quarantine hotel package I’m on the plane flying 9000km to Hong Kong to give my mother mental support for her breast cancer surgery. …

FAT

Today I saw an instagram post from my Japanese friend, T, that her kid was taking pictures of her. Because of the pandemic, I have not been able to visit her and her family more so long so I asked her to show me the pictures and her response was the pictures were deleted right …

We are all alone and never alone

  Been in Rotterdam for about 10 days joyfully all by myself till this very moment as I write.  I feel alone. I am at a comedy show organised by an expat community for non-Dutch speakers to mingle as well as enjoy something that they can verbally understand. I look around, there might be around 20-30 …

Saving the best for last – last 2 days in Cambodia

18/7 6:28am Last breakfast at this posh hotel. If I'm fortune to visit Angkor again with my husband, we will come and stay here. The last two days were beyond words. I have been visually and emotionally overwhelmed by what I saw and learned. Physically I am exhausted and need a few good sleep to …

Jaw-dropping Cambodia – Day 3

16/7 6:35am Very early breakfast before my flight to Siem Reap, where my actual trip starts. 8:am Arrived at the airport for my 10am flight. The taxi driver, Soum, was a very friendly young Cambodian guy of 27 years old. We talked all the way to the airport. Soum told me he has a degree …

The mind-blowing Cambodia – Day 2

15/7 7:45am Got up before my alarm and finished breakfast at the hotel. It's not the usual me as my husband would call it. I was just too excited about this whole trip and wanted to make the most of my time here. The breakfast was unexpectedly good for a 30USD/night hotel/hostel in the heart …

The mind-blowing Cambodia – Day 1

14/7 Wat Phnom, Phnom Penh6:45am In taxi heading to the airport. Feeling excited and nervous. Excited because I will be able to see the enormous temple region and trees growing with the temples with my own eyes. Nervous because I've read so many bag snatching incidents happened to tourists. Since I'm going to on my …