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Travel

Places I've been: Perth, Brisbane, Gold Coast, Hawaii, Kangaroo Island, Vancouver, Sydney, Adelaide, Los Angeles, Beverly Hills, JB, KL, Taipei, Tokyo, Phuket, Malacca, astral
Places to see before I die: The Pyramids, Mayan Pyramids, Galapagos Island, Libya, Jerusalem

Interests: writing, sketching, eating, cooking, tinkering on the piano, reading, laughing, sleeping, dreaming, caféing and people watching

Favorite Artists: Musical soundtracks, Kris Philip, Alan Campbell, Leonard Cohen, Tony Bennett, Perry Como, Nat King Cole, Angie Stone, James Morrison, Shai, Tracy Chapman, Gipsy Kings, Seal, Al Di Meola, Gotan Project, Pepe Aguilar, Astrud Gilberto, Pink Martini, Count Basie, Sin Bandera, Julie Andrews, Federico Aubele, Biagio Antonacci, Alejandro Sanz, India Arie, Enrique Iglesias, Mariah Carey, Christina-A, Savage Garden, Whitney Houston, Art Garfunkel, Weather Girls, Miles Davis, Thievery Corporation, John Coltrane, Queen Latifah, Frank Sinatra, The Corrs, Alicia Keys, Boyz II Men, Brian McKnight, Chantal Krevaziuk, Donny Hathaway, Cher, Luther Vandross, Jacob Yoffee, Carlos Santana, Allison Crowe, Bette Midler, Jon Secada, Jewel, Richard Marx, M Lebo, Sting, MJ, Uncle Kracker, Jermaine Jackson, Vonda Shepard, Steven Lynch, Sarah McLachan, Barbra Streisand, Rufus Wainwright, Paul Anka, Big-T & the Bada Bangs, Lisa Ono, R Kelly, Pietro Pignatelli, Tchiakovsky, Adriano Celantano, Ella Fitzgerald, Billie Holiday, Marvin Gaye, Eros Ramazotti, Julio Iglesias, Bono, Lionel Richie, Mary J Blige, Smokey Robinson, Elton John, Duke Ellington, Charles Mingus, Theloious Monk, Estrella Morente, The Smiths, Regina Spektor, Morrissey, Maniac Street Preachers, Cesaria Evora, Astor Piazolla

Favorite Movies: Dirty Dancing, Beaches, Como Agua Para Chocolate, Rashomon Effect, Mission Kashmir, Westside Story, Sister Act, Kingdom of Heaven, Amelie, Amores Perros, Babel, The Shining, Swimming Pool, Hijo De La Novia, Fresa y Chocolate, Motorcycle Diaries, The Sound of Music, Hable con Ella, ¡Atame!, Krrish, Running Wild, Sex And The City, Diva on a Dime, Jeux d'enfants, Dirty Dancin 2:Havana Nights, Blue Lagoon, 13 Going On 30, Mr Bean, Kabhi Kushi Kabhie Gham, Kaal Ho Naa Ho, Save The Last Dance, Mulan, The Little Mermaid, The Lion King, Hercules, Edward Scissorhands, Troy, Power Rangers: The Movie, Ghost in the Shell

Favorite Cuisine: north indian, peranakan-chinese, mediterranean
Favorite Dishes: dark chocolate, beef steak, eggs, prawns, curry crabs, durians, mangoes, rambutans, potatoes, ice cream, hazelnut truffles, pistachios, cashew nuts, shortbread
Favorite Desserts: dark chocolate
Favorite Drinks: extra-strong English breakfast tea, Earl Grey, acidic coffee, machiatto, espresso doppia, kopitiam coffee, Shiraz, dessert wine, hot chocolate
My Original Recipes: tons ;)
Foods I hate: brightly colored veg

Favorite Books: testaments betrayed, following the wrong god home, thus spake zarathustra, l'etranger, by the river piedra i sat and cried, the witch of portobello, the unbearable lightness of being, the portrait of dorian gray, the importance of being earnest, the winter of our discontent, ben hur, the old man and the sea, man's search for meaning, the madman, the god delusion, madness and civilization, remember me?, is anybody out there, last chance saloon, sing to the dawn, a series of unfortunate events, the bridges of madison county, the cask of amontillado, the ballad of the sad café, the little prince, tuesdays with morrie, the great divorce, buying a fishing rod for my grandfather, wild swans, secret garden, the zahir, count of monte cristo, king arthur, david copperfield, the bondmaid, black beauty, como agua para chocolate, robin hood, song of the silver frond, jemima j, charlie and the chocolate factory, paradise, some girls do, shopaholic, enid blyton's famous five, lady windemere's fan, the book of laughter and forgetting
Favorite Authors: Milan Kundera, Karl Marx, Sophie Kinsella, Friedrich Nietzsche, Oscar Wilde, Marian Keyes, Ayn Rand, Lao Zi, Albert Camus, Jean Paul Sartre, William Blake, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Laura Esquivel, Catherine Lim, Paulo Coelho, King David
Favorite Genres: philosophy, religion, science, social, political, chicklit, novels, prose