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captain andy’s – the rarotongan


November 15th, 2011

I’ve been meaning to write this post for weeks – months even! – but somehow never managed around to doing it.

I’m not sure why. The pictures were sorted through and edited. The menu (haphazardly photographed) was located in a file some weeks ago. But the writing, it just didn’t happen.

My only logical conclusion is that I’ve been struck down by an affliction commonly known as island time.

I’d flick through my photographs and gazing at the bluest of blue water. Remember the way that the fresh lagoon breeze cooled the skin. The way the brightest of coloured fish dodged around legs atop a smooth rock. And somehow, minutes turned into hours and I was running late for something or bed would call and the post would lie unfinished for another week. Or month. Or five.

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palm grove mamak


February 28th, 2011

“Y’know what’s even better than mamak for supper? Mamak for dinner.”

It seems so long ago since that evening (and that tweet). I can hardly believe that almost two months have passed since I boarded a plane from Malaysia back home and away from the food, the smells, the shopping and my giant extended family. So humor me, if you will, as I post sporadically about my trip. Because sharing it with all of you makes it real again, somehow.

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i’m back!


January 11th, 2011

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malaysia 2010: the hypermarket


December 17th, 2010

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on holidays


December 17th, 2010

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