Hey guys, According to the Chinese zodiac, I’m born in the year of the monkey. Not that that means anything superstitious or particularly symbolic, but my dad sure had a hell of a time laughing at me growing up because I was a hyperactive kid (later diagnosed with mild ADHD, aha, it all makes senseContinue reading #2110 | How to make your economy flight the most comfortable flight ever
Aloha guys! It’s been a hot minute since I’ve done my last BSG, so I thought I’d ease into 2017 with a generic (read: non destination specific) one that all of you could potentially use and hopefully find useful. One thing that crops up quite a lot in my BSGs is seeing an influx ofContinue reading #2059 | The Broke Student’s Guide to the Pre-Trip Checklist
Hay guys! So I just went to Korea with Laneige for a whirlwind three days, an experience I detailed properly in a separate post (because there are so many things to talk about! SO MANY!). The Korean HQ very generously put us up in JW Marriott DongDaeMun, which was both breathtaking and deliciously convenient becauseContinue reading #2047 | Best Beauty Buys in Seoul
Hey guys, So those of you who are long-term readers know that I’m way neurotic about my schedule and time, which results in a. an obsession with planners (google calendars, paper planners, notebooks, everything!) b. a low/no tolerance for time wasting during what I call waste-blocks of time (in between meetings, on buses or trains,Continue reading #2045| | WORKAHOLIC’S GUIDE TO TAKING A PLANE
Bangkok, ThailandSo guys, it’s been about seven months now since I’ve started renting my own office space (jeez, time flies) and it still remains one of my best decisions to date. Most of you who follow my Snapchat/Instagram will know that I work out of this coworking space called The Hive, where I have aContinue reading #2044 | Digital Nomading – How to Travel and Work Anywhere
Tioman, MalaysiaHey guys, So, over one of the weekends in September I finally fulfilled one of my bucket list items and got my PADI Open Water Divers License. I’ve gotten a lot of requests to blog about my experience so in the name of both memory-keeping as well as BSG-creation for those of you lookingContinue reading #2037 | The Broke Student’s Guide to Getting your PADI Open Water Divers License
New York, AmericaOh, New York. This Spring marked my third time in New York, the city of my dreams. I can’t really explain why I love New York so much even if I tried – so you’ll just have to take my word for it when I say there’s just something about the city… AndContinue reading #2027 | The Broke Student’s Guide to New York
Filming for CAG 2015Changi Airport is the best airport in the world. I say this with a lot of pride. I nod about it with locals and repeat it proudly to strangers on planes, abroad, etcetera. I say it with such assurance that it throws people off – they laugh at first at such brazenContinue reading #1896 | The barepacker’s guide to Changi Airport
So! I get a lot of questions on how I find the places I stay in when traveling, and how they’re so damn instagrammable. Probably an accurate reflection of the new gen traveller’s priorities, but regardless.. I thought it was about time I put together a post on the things I look out for whileContinue reading #1974 | Guide to: Picking the perfect Airbnb listing
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