Last autumn during a brief stopover in Dubai, I was walking around the back alleys of the Perfume Souk and was greeted by a waft of smoke from a small shop as I turned the corner into another nondescript sidestreet. Intrigued I walked in and bought that local “Bakhoor” incense (agarwood mixed with other perfumes […]
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Chilling with friends… this time from Southern India
Looking forward to catching up with old friends in the next couple of weeks… it seems that due to Coronavirus we’ve been away from each other for so long. Recently met with a new family for lunch and discovered the culture and cuisine of Southern India. It was great just to talk and chat all […]
Heading into 2021
It’s been about a month since I last posted… would like to announce my final three mixes in the Quinta. series to round off the year in style. “oldSchool” is a step into the good old days, “no43” a slightly melancholy futurescape as we jump into the unknown, and “liftOff” as we take off through […]
Been a while
It’s coming up to almost three years since I moved to Toyota to take up the general manager role at the Advanced R&D Engineering company. Then subsequently also seconded to my role as VP at TRI-AD, Toyota’s automated driving software company. No specific reason for the silence over these couple of years: mainly that of […]
New Year, New Direction
Wishing all readers out there a very happy new year 2018! With the end of the year comes reflection on the year past, hopefully providing insights to the year ahead. Looking back at 2017, I realized it’s been 9 months since I started this blog and am reaching the limit of what is available out […]
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