AT THE SPEED OF NOOR

If Cambridge were a person, I imagine the city to be a beauty with brains. 50km north of London, the city boasts exquisite architecture, gorgeous natural surroundings, and generations of scholars produced by the local colleges all grouped under the world-famous Cambridge University. When ISH Travel Club promoted their cycling tour here, I was intrigued. The day trip was short, but it was fun nonetheless as we breezed around the city to learn of its history, traditions, and quirky rituals.

Catania, Sicily’s second largest city, lies on the Ionian Sea and around Mt. Etna (“A Muntagna” as the locals call it), a massive mountain which has shaped the history and the actual existence of the city. This beauty and fertile grounds of Catnia has attracted travellers, artists, poets, and philosophers for centuries. In 2014, I was very lucky to visit this city with ISH Travel Club,  and we managed to see the main Sicily town as well as venture further out in Taormina and its vicinities. View from Castelmola, a quaint hilltop village atop Taormina

During autumn of 2011, I visited New York with my family and some family friends for about a week. Although this was a few years after 9/11, and the number of stories I hear about  Islamophobia  has decreased by then, I was pretty anxious; were there really fewer cases?, did prejudice/discrimination against Muslims still persist but merely change form?, were there just fewer reports? It didn't help that getting the tourist visa to enter USA itself was a daunting experience, so I was expecting a rollercoaster ride before, during, and after the trip.

Malaysia has a lot to offer, but we are (or I believe, should be ;P) best known for our fantastic food, the richness of our cultural diversity and history, and the beauty of our flora and fauna.

I went to Japan for the first time in my life in late autumn of 2016. Japan was one of the countries I've always wanted to visit, so I was incredibly excited+anxious for weeks leading to the trip!

Although I grew up consuming mostly media from the US, and I had a few friends (irl as well as online) from the country, it's hard to pin down what/how I feel about it. USA is usually portrayed as being loud, proud, and crowded. This may not paint an accurate picture of its citizens in all the states, but tbh I did feel equally intrigued and intimidated by the people there.