The first place I ever visited in Malaysia was Malacca, the famous port city for which the adjacent strait is named after. Malacca has a very mixed background. It used to be a powerful Malay sultanate, but was conquered by the Portuguese in 1511, who in turn were defeated by the Dutch in 1641. In […]
Read MoreSouth Koreans are known to be proud of their history and culture, and their national history museum demonstrates this quite well. The National Museum of Korea is a massive, imposing building that contrasts with a pleasant artificial lake in front. The building’s entrance is a huge, conical glass section that leads directly to the exhibits […]
Read MoreEven though Crazy Rich Asians and its two sequels have earned a lot of acclaim, I held off on reading it for a long time because I wasn’t sure I cared about the lives of rich, high-class Singaporeans. Especially when the main plot centers on an American-Chinese girl, Rachel, flying to Singapore for the first time with […]
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