Shopping – Malaysia and Singapore
As I said in my post on Singapore, all hopes of good shopping in Singapore were dashed by the outrageous prices there. Probably because…
7.8 Review of The Cuckoo’s Calling – A Crime Thriller
After losing his leg to a land mine in Afghanistan, Cormoran Strike is barely scraping by as a private investigator. Strike is down to…
The Martian: A Riveting Sci-Fi Survival Story
You must be living behind some rock on this planet if you’ve not heard of The Martian book or movie. So, I’m not going…
Top Tips to Plan the Perfect Road Trip
There is no better way to travel the world than to hit the open road and see the sights. As far as traveling goes,…
Top Ten Tuesdays: Top Recent Reads
Today, the bloggers at The Broke and the Bookish have asked us to list our recent 5-star reads. Since I rarely classify books as…
Teaser Tuesdays: Snow Falling on Cedars
This book has been on my TBR list for a long time. Finally, I got around to it a couple of weeks ago, and…
Art Exhibition
Snubnose and her friends will be having an exhibition of some of the work they have done in the past couple of years. I’ve…
7.4 Desi Crime: Exploring Indian Crime Fiction
Been busy, busy, busy with I don’t know what – too many social occasions, too many dinners out, and just too many errands to…
Teaser Tuesdays: City of Bones
I’ve been reading this book all weekend, and it’s pretty addictive and enjoyable. I particularly enjoy the references to Indian mythology and history scattered…
Arigato Edo
When I received an invite from the wonderful people at ITC Gardenia to give their Japanese fine dining restaurant Edo a try, I was…