Betrayal Is Not a Perception — Reframing Does Not Change the Act
The Book I Should Have Left at the Airport Cramped plane seat. Dry cabin air. Nothing worth watching. The sort of flight where you start reading absolutely anything because staring…
Don’t Saw Sawdust: Grandma Is Still Right
Oh, look what I found. A year old already, and Grandma is still right. How annoying. I opened this one, had a chuckle, and thought: yes, you’re coming back up.…
Kimono Forest Kyoto: Flowers, Light and Skeletons
Let me set the scene. A stone walkway curves between glowing columns of patterned fabric. There are flowers, curling lines, rich reds and purples—and, on closer inspection, skeletons. Someone has…
Beijing Entered Crop-Top Season Years Ago
Beijing Entered Crop-Top Season Years Ago Fashion enjoys pretending it invents things. A designer removes half a shirt, sends a moisturised man with architectural cheekbones down a runway and suddenly…
The Tourists Returned. Their Wallets Remained Suspicious.
Apparently, the tourists accused of “revenge freeloading” did not stop travelling. They simply became far more selective about where their wallets were allowed to participate. In 2025, Chinese residents made…
Nara Vol 2.
Nara has a PR problem. The deer ate it. Everyone arrives, gets mugged for crackers, takes forty photos of one bowing freeloader, and leaves convinced they have “done Nara.” Meanwhile,…
What Is the Legacy You Want to Leave Behind?
Let’s talk legacy—not in the marble statue, school assembly, or tear-jerking documentary way. I’m talking about the real stuff. The quiet ripple effect. The way your words echo long after…
Life Before the Internet: Attention Spans, Privacy, and Zero Digital Receipts
Let’s talk about life before the internet—not dial-up or floppy disks, but before everything was online, shared, filtered, and archived forever. Back when you could disappear for a weekend and…