Stories behind the stories. By Travel Writer, Amy McPherson
You know how everyone was baking bread in 2020? I’ll admit, so was I. At the same time, I decided with all the time on my hands that I’d start drawing again. If you have been following me on Instagram, you’ll have seen some of the drawings of birds and marine life I’ve done in …
Australia opens up for tourists today, and for most of us in the world, we get to travel again, it’s a happy day, but then again, I’ve learned to reset my perception on happiness. I’ve learned that even from the deepest woe, comes lessons that we can all learn from, then the event that made …
It’s one of those things that I used to take for granted – the joy of packing. As a travel writer I was always on the go, and packing became more of an instinct rather than a pleasurable process. Then, came 2020, the Covid-19 pandemic took over our lives, affecting absolutely everyone on this …
I am procrastinating (a fancy word to use when I hit the writer’s block), so I thought I’d use this time to tell you about my life in Surbiton. Surbiton is on the train line to Hampton Court and is officially a suburb of London, but besides the great transport links into the city, it feels as far …
Preparations are under way for this year’s Asian Women Empowerment Conference (AWEConnect 2016), an initiative started by Juno Kim of RunAwayJuno to share and connect with women on work, life and everything in between. I have known Juno virtually for a long time and I had attended the first ever AWE in Kuala Lumpur …
So, as you now know, that it has been a year since our formal move to the UK. While we don’t actually live in ‘London‘ proper, we do spend a load of time working, studying and entertaining in London. While having explained myself numerous times, there are still questions about what exactly what I like …
I hear that some of you have been inquiring over me. Never fear, I am still alive, despite mum and dad’s insistence of not feeding me every time I actually need to be fed. I keep telling them by nagging and clawing at the door, but I get ignored each time. So I spend most …
Hello. Yep, that’s me. They put me in a cage, and I was not happy. So I wanted to write to tell you about the time I took the 24 hours flight. Mid last year mum suddenly disappeared on us for a few months. Angel and I were placed in the care of aunt Krista …
(First published on Huffington Post Blogs: 10 Reasons Why Travellers Make Terrible Friends) Yep. You know us. We are the ones who post photos and updates from exotic places on Facebook. We are the ones whose fashion collection make up of cultural rags from all the countries we have been. We are your friends. Your …
