DIY Spiritual Retreat
Text by Prime Sarmiento Photos courtesy of Aaron Chua/House of Kite Early this month, I spent a weekend in KL for a spiritual retreat. Or perhaps it is a magickal one? I don’t know. All I know is when I went there and experienced what I had to experience, I finally learned to let...
On a healing journey
Text and photos by Gypsy Prime Most people won’t equate traveling to Kuala Lumpur as a spiritual journey. The Malaysian capital is not exactly famous for its temples or spiritual retreats. Like most cities in ASEAN, one usually go to KL to shop and eat and perhaps after you’re done with the eating and...
Notes from AWE 14: Why you need to follow your dreams
Text and photos by Prime Sarmiento Yes I did spend a long weekend in Kota Kinabalu, but don’t ask me about climbing Mt. Kinabalu, or taking photos of orangutans in a rainforest reserve or about the happenin’ clubs in this city. Apart from drinking wine and listening to some live music during a Halloween party...
Why I’m speaking at the AWE ‘14 (and why you should care about it)
Text and photos by Prime Sarmiento After going through some paper work over my work visa, I finally managed to get out of the newsroom in Brunei to spend a few days in Kota Kinabalu. This is my first time not only in KK but in Sabah. I initially had no...
A Solo Female Travelers Weekend Guide to Penang
Posted by: Gypsygal Prime Located at the northwest part of the Malaysian peninsula, Penang island was established as the first British settlement in Malaysia in 1791. Its capital, Georgetown, evolved into a colonial administrative center, with Captain Francis Light, who once worked in a European trading house, as its superintendent. Penang was a part of...
Postcard Moment: Butter Lamps
Butter Lamps offered at a Hindu Temple in Johor Bahru, Malysia
Self-Plucked Point: Cameron Highlands
It just hits us. We wanted a break. We need a quick out-of-country holiday without charging VL days. Chili F, got a good idea: Cameron. Based from hearsays, it’s akin to Baguio…cool climate (which is a welcome change as we were starting to look like prunes from heat and humidity), strawberries (uhmmm yummy!) and perhaps...