Yokohama, Tokyo
January 1st this year, my mom called me asking why I hadn’t wished her or my stepdad Happy New Year. It seems like a no brainer but I guess I didn’t and have never really thought of the (western) New… Continue Reading
Travel
Hida-Takayama, Gifu
Journeying into Hida-Takayama takes one deep into the woods of your last Studio Ghibli film. When I’m stressed, I typically drift off into mindless scenery viewed from the vantage point of a moving train. But on this day, I visited… Continue Reading
Of Butterflies and Trail Running
There are any number of folk beliefs, developed through Chinese history and culture. Some of these superstitions have manifested in different ways, tapered off, interlaced with the rituals of other communities, or born anew as would happen when our brand,… Continue Reading
Climbing Mount Kosciuszko
March has well and truly entered the room and we’ll soon be saying goodbye to Q1 of 2018. And if thinking about the year in terms of financial quarters isn’t already an indication of old age, I don’t know what… Continue Reading
Merry Christmas from the Maldives
I haven’t written a comprehensive ‘I did this, then I did that’ travel post in a long time. This wasn’t a conscious decision on my part, just a gradual shift in the way I wanted to write my posts. However,… Continue Reading
Facing Mortality and Finding a Family at FaMA
Mortality is not something you think about in your twenty somethings. Death and decay come for everyone, irrespective of age, but you believe in the invincibility that you’re afforded because of your youth. 2017 is likely the fittest I’ve been my… Continue Reading
Today, Tomorrow in Hong Kong
Many people I know have a love-hate relationship with Hong Kong. They share a common dislike for its impatient disposition, for the way their bodies perspire uncontrollably in summer humidity and for the stereotypical Hong Kong local’s lack of candour.… Continue Reading
An Umami Disposition, (RŌNIN, Hong Kong)
A visit to RŌNIN is one where both the journey and the destination are almost equally weighted. We were on our way there, yet ended up bidding farewell to our taxi driver somewhere in the middle of Sheung Wan. It… Continue Reading
Whitsundays is the place, tell me the address
Bright Red, Phthalo Blue and Phthalo Green. An artist dutifully pulled bold strokes with these colours, completing the painting before throwing soap water onto his canvas. Johnson’s No More Tears tells mothers that the product is gentle, safe and mild… Continue Reading
Portraits of Sushi Tokami
イカ Ika Squid I consider myself extremely fortunate for many reasons. One of them is the number of times I have been able to dine omakase. In Japan alone, I believe Sushi Tokami would be my fourth or fifth experience. If you… Continue Reading