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Hi, I’m Clara

I’m an author, writer and traveller, but most of all I’m a storyteller. Come with me, and let’s go see the world.

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Three year anniversary at ST came and went this month without fanfare because it felt like there was little to celebrate as a non-travelling travel correspondent. These days job perks come in the form of quirky stories and interesting newsmakers — feathered and all. Never knew chickens made good pets until I wrote about more people keeping ornamental ones during the pandemic. Some even lay eggs too!🐣

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Sometimes my day job lets me pretend like I’m fancy 🤑 Lived it up for six hours in a Raffles Hotel suite as part of a story on daycations. Thanks @dayawayofficial and @raffleshotelsingapore for making a pair of kids feel like a million bucks. We’ll be back! 🤩

Golden Mile: Smells like the char of mookata, a greasy blanket on hair and clothes. Pungent bamboo shoots at a Thai supermarket; cigarette smoke from a darkened bar; the tart ripeness of mangoes on display.

Sometimes when plowing through pages of fast fashion on Shein I feel a sudden, intense longing for the sub-zero weather of travel days gone by and the daily uniform of Uniqlo heattech turtlenecks (long vacuum-packed away but still I can recall the sensation of furry fabric on skin, like a short-coat cat snuggled up close). Who would have guessed that one day the memory of warm clothing would be all it takes to conjure up the anticipation of adventure?

Turned 31 with a backseat burger picnic, whisky in paper cups and a surprise whirl around a go-karting track. Two consecutive pandemic birthdays; one year of hoping for better tomorrows. All the while trying to remember — one day we’ll look back and realise these were the good old days 🥲❤️

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