Sim Jui Liang

Writer's Biography

Sim Jui Liang is a magazine editor who lives to travel. When he is not making his yearly pilgrimages to other parts of Asia Pacific, he relishes playing the role of a tour guide - introducing his friends from overseas to the lesser-known ecological and cultural gems of his native Singapore.

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Bangkok, Thailand: River of Reflections - Story by Sim Jui Liang
- 2nd Online Issue

Hanging on the toilet wall of the surprisingly tame Cabbages & Condoms Restaurant at Sukhumvit Road, Bangkok, is a framed photograph of the Chao Phraya River. Like a bale of light blue silk, it flows through historic Bangkok, slicing it into Thonburi and Rattanakosin, with the famous Wat Arun on one side and the Grand Palace on the other.

The mighty river was a misleading picture of stillness and tranquillity. As I returned to my travelling companion Alvin and our table of devoured green curry and mountain chicken with wild honey, my mind was made up.

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