London, England. airbnb.com/jemmaAll photos taken on the Nikon D750 on a 35mm lens. Call it kismet: in July, Xiaoqi and I stayed with one of the best airbnb hosts in the world. We did London in two legs – before Bath/Paris, and after Bath/Paris. Both apartments were lovely in their own right, but in ourContinue reading #1966 | How to make friends all over the world: The Airbnb Edition
Osaka, Japan. airbnb.com/jemma All photos taken with the Nikon D5500The stuff my childhood was made of: Spirited Away, Howl’s Moving Castle, Laputa, My Neighbour Totoro, and so on.. there’s something about Studio Ghibli’s charm that endured all the way through till adulthood. A friend of mine wrote her thesis on how Miyazaki specialises in creatingContinue reading #1963 | Jemma x Airbnb Osaka: All your Ghibli Dreams come true..
One of the things I really enjoyed in Hong Kong which I wanted to talk about but that didn’t fall into the brackets of hipster or broke student’s guide material was a really fancy night out at The Pawn. It was a rather spontaneous thing – when she saw that I was in HK fromContinue reading #1961 | Being Fancy in Hong Kong
Hong Kong, China. All photos taken with the Nikon D5500Another one for my BSG: Asia segment. It really was a matter of time, before I hit HongKong. We did HongKong at the end of June, as part of a collaboration with Skyscanner and HKTB, which is something I am very excited about because I’ve beenContinue reading #1959 | The Broke Student’s Guide to Hong Kong
Grid Checkered Dress c/o MDS Collections | White Lindee Workbag c/o Sandytrove | Nude Loafers: Zalora SGOsaka, Japan. All photos taken with the Nikon D5500Osaka is weird. It’s no Tokyo, that’s to be sure, but neither is it stuffed and sewn with culture, like Kyoto. Instead, walking along the streets of Osaka, giant plastic figurinesContinue reading #1957 | Osaka Diaries
Me trying to sneak a pic with a rather unimpressed owlOsaka, Japan. All photos taken with the Nikon D5500The one regret I had from my time in Tokyo was being unable to hit up an owl cafe. A classic example of too much to do, too little time. It was something at the top ofContinue reading #1956 | Owl you need is love – Owl Cafe, Osaka
Osaka, Japan. All photos taken with the Nikon D5500One of the things I love about my relationship with Airbnb is how game they are for unconventional methods of collaboration. When they heard that I was headed to Japan again, they threw me a little challenge: doing a day in Osaka for 50SGD. That’s less thanContinue reading #1954 | The Airbnb x Jemma’s Broke Student’s Guide Challenge – A day in Osaka for $50.
Hong Kong, China. All photos taken with the Nikon D5500Hong Kong and I go a short way back. My first trip to Hongkong was midway through first year of uni, and I was there with my family on tour. Now God knows why we decided to go on tour given that exactly 0 of usContinue reading #1949 | The 24hr Guide to Hipster Hongkong.
Kyoto, Japan. All photos taken with the Nikon D5500Right before coming to Kyoto I picked up Memoirs of a Geisha from a book sale, which I promptly devoured within a night. There’s just something about historical novels that enchant me – long time readers will be familiar with Philippa Gregory’s The Other Boleyn Girl, anotherContinue reading #1948| Jemma for Airbnb: Keeping with the Kyotians
Black coat: The Closet LoverMilford Sound, New Zealand. All photos taken with the Nikon D610Another overdue post from last December’s month long road trip across New Zealand. Milford Sound, the most gorgeous fiord of New Zealand’s South Island, the most beautiful place in the world, home to a zillion sandflies. Eighth wonder of the world.Continue reading #1944| Wanderlust: The most beautiful place in the world, Milford Sound.