I love music, photography and most things outdoorsy.
It was music (Garbage) that first introduced me to the world outside of tiny little Singapore at the age of 17 and since then I have not looked back. Though I still harbour the (unlikely) thought of being in a band, these days I like to focus on brushing up my photography skills and to spend time working on a few personal photography projects – I like how photography allows one to see interesting perspectives of the world through someone else’s eyes :)
Come end-July, I will embark on my career break after 7.5 years of working in the communications industry and am very thrilled and excited to be able to spend lots of time in the great outdoors – hiking, WWOOFing (organic farming) and cooking!
Nicole Huang
May 2012
Email: huang.huiling@gmail.com
Website: www.whitericeculture.com
Posts tagged with "japan"
Found out yesterday that the Japanese have a preference for odd numbers over even numbers as odd numbers are harder to split up whereas it’s easy to do so with even numbers. And division/separation is not desired. This is depicted in their culture as well where pagodas are built in 5 or 7 stores (the ones I’ve seen) and the kids will visit shrines when they are 3, 5, 7 and so forth. Read more here in this article I found
My favourite number is 5 :)
I was in Nara yesterday and hung out with a local volunteer guide for a couple of hours as she showed me the historical sites of Nara (the ancient capital of Japan before Kyoto). As we walked around the temples and the gardens, she shared that there’s 3 types of trees in Japan that are considered lucky trees
Pine trees - evergreen and hence, “ever-life”
Bamboo trees - strong, firm and straight. Symbolizes a lot about the Japanese spirit
Plum trees - the first to flower in spring.
