Apologies to the late start on blogging. I had been in Vietnam backpacking for the last 2 weeks, mainly because I really needed to detox from routine.

I spent christmas in a valley of Sapa, the north of vietnam, getting drunk on home made rice wine and learning how to count and sing Black Hmong (ethnic minority) songs from my guide. And a new year's eve was spent in Hanoi with a bunch of revellers from everywhere. We don't celebrate christmas at home and it's merely a commercial affair and another excuse to party, so I took off on the 20th december for some adventures in vietnam.

So, I'm a copywriter, born and bred in Singapore. I turn 26 in about 3months (yikes!). I majored in theatre and european literature, am proficient in french and speak italian badly. I just returned from a year stint in Italy at Fabrica, Benetton's Research and Communication centre. I was awarded a scholarship in the creative writing department where I was very fortunate to meet other young creatives from the world over and collaborate on all sorts of projects; stuffing my face with the most delicious italian cuisine, working it all off by biking through the countryside everyday.

New year resolutions? None. Though I am considering a move to shanghai. I feel in a strangely awkward position
given how China is growing, I speak mandarin as well as the dialect cantonese. I am a western educated individual brought up with pendantic values. Do you share the same displacement, teresa? I did a google on your name (oh the power of internet!) and found a bbc video clip of you hosting the programme. it's brilliant!

Happy new year to all!

Love from rainy monsoon singapore.