229 – The Monching Returns To Singapore (Day 1)

One of the memorable things that happened to me during my first relationship was traveling to Singapore in 2017 (Day 1, Day 2, Day 3) - my first time overseas. Returning there was the last thing on my mind after breaking up a year after that trip. However, it came to a point when everything …

169 – On An August Update And Good Things In Threes

I'd like to ask all of you a question before I start this entry: is it bad if I haven't moved on from the Singapore hype two months since my trip? That's exactly what I'm feeling right now, with the indelible mark the Lion City has left upon me. A lot of things have happened …

166 – The Monching Visits Singapore (Day 2)

14 July, 09:30 – 10:30 What was supposedly a 6:00 am call time got pushed back three and a half hours. Given that I couldn't function without coffee, I had an initial breakfast consisting of 3-in-1 coffee and a Portuguese egg tart from the nearby Madeleine's Portuguese Egg Tart. Today's first stop was at Sentosa, …

97 – On New Takes On Ice Cream Sandwiches: Triptych 13

Let me share my earliest memory of ice cream sandwiches, though I'm sure most of you have experienced this in your younger days. My childhood friends and I would eagerly wait for the sorbetero (ice cream vendor) to arrive at around 4:00 in the afternoon; he sold sorbetes—the so-called “dirty ice cream”—perfect for a treat …