Conversations on Style, Writing, Travel, Photography and everything else that makes Life amazingly beautiful. Online journal of Sasha Manuel.
Admission: I don’t like backlogs for photos. This just might be the reason why I take lesser photos now than I used to. Or that I prefer using MrForest (an iPhone 4S) over MrSixty (a Canon 60D) apart from the more obvious reason: size. Over the holidays, with countless things going on and my entire [...]
Looks like one of my birthday wishes will come true sooner than expected, or at least, get a good head start. First 2 weeks of 2013, I’ll be on the road again, traversing the land of green and gold. Destination: Melbourne, Sydney, and the Great Ocean Road! Melbourne Melbourne, Victoria, Australia I’ve been in and [...]
I like Roadtrips. I do. I imagine it filled with offbeat music, long chats, junk food, odd encounters, and peculiar imagery — all these will form part of the “remember when..” stories which will fuel future conversations. Traveling by road will definitely allow folks to bond. Well, I happen to think that traveling does help [...]
If you spend too much time looking up, imagining how it must feel like to be up there instead of where you are, I’d have you know that someone up there is looking down wondering the same thing, only in reverse. It’s funny how surreal an experience can be for an unsuspecting dreamer. Yes, sometimes, [...]
Does this make me one? A foodie, I mean? I cannot — for the life of me — discern if the chef added a touch of ginger or cilantro, or if the coriander, paprika, and bell peppers are ingredients that complete the gastro experience. Not that it really matters, but if there’s one reason I [...]
The practice of naming my gadgets is my way of marking how much I treasure each. It’s like an expression of fondness and signals how I will treat them moving forward. It’s a great show of affection and seemingly takes on a human-like relationship which, of course, remain at a level that no one will [...]
When I was a kid, the word “hobby” seemed foreign to me. Considering that I’ve answered so many slumbooks that asked me to name any and I’d noticed how my mind would go on auto-pilot, writing down generic answers that I know I do but never truly felt passionate about. It was when I grew [...]
Ah, don’t you love the smell and the feel of a brand new book? I do. I love looking at it and feeling the paper under my fingers. The idea of spending countless hours immersed in a story, getting acquainted with the characters and caught up with plots. Reading has always been a fantastic escape [...]
There’s something about traveling that opens one’s soul; taking in wisdom from nature, the firmness of the ground you walk on and the vastness of the sky above. You marvel at the beauty around you; from the variety of textures, colours and shapes to the combination of matter and the rest of the elements. You [...]
One of the greater things about blogging is the capacity of an individual to share little moments with others. The ability to allow friends and strangers alike into a portion of your life, giving them a glimpse of how life must be like through another person’s eyes. It’s not boredom of one’s own but a [...]
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