Pai Ti Kong is New Year celebrated by the Hokkien Chinese community. On this day, Penang, Malaysia, prepares one of the most lavish birthday parties for the Jade Emperor.
Pipeaway Newsletter #156: You don’t want to be stuck at an airport for 24 hours. But if you cannot escape such destiny, cross fingers that it’s Changi Airport in Singapore!
Pipeaway Newsletter #154: I missed the day of love, but cannot hate anyone for it. Penang Island welcomed me with so much more!
I spent 24 hours at Singapore Changi Airport, by conscious choice. Read my report on a layover like no other – overnight at the world’s best airport!
Pipeaway Newsletter #154: Duty-free or free of duty? How does the Malaysian island of Langkawi decide that the best thing to build on its main beach is a 40-story skyscraper?
Pipeaway Newsletter #153: After airlines, overbooking sneaked inside the hotels too. Blindly motivated by extra profits, they leave more room for errors than for guests!
Pipeaway Newsletter #152: Speaking up in a situation of injustice demands courage. And it doesn’t even have to be a life-or-death situation!
Pipeaway Newsletter #151: A Russian and a Ukrainian walk into a hostel. And that’s not how a joke starts.
Where did we go? What did we read? How did Google mess us up? And who tried to remove our articles? This is Pipeaway’s 2024 year in review!
Pipeaway Newsletter #150: All we have is today. Maya Bay, sharing the name with that jungle-hidden lost civilization, reminds us that tomorrow should not be taken for granted.