A friend of mine recently coined a term that I have not been able to shake off ever since: Burned Hours. At first glance, it sounds harmless. It sounds like […]
Places - Review
A Refusal: Kubon Coffee of Tegallalang
There are places in Bali that survive precisely because they refuse to compete. Kubon Coffee is one of them. Nestled along one of the trekking trails cutting through the famous […]
Places - Review
A Refusal: Ubud’s Oroboro Coffee Shop
There is something quietly defiant about Oroboro Cafe. Hidden along the increasingly chaotic arteries of Ubud, this tiny coffee bar refuses the tired theatrics that have come to define much […]
To the World
Regarding Borders
In the turquoise waters between the southern Philippines and northern Indonesia, an elderly man from Watunapatto sits in a small wooden boat he built himself from trees felled from the […]
Self Notes
Ode to the Empty Chair
There are morningswhen silence has a heartbeat. Not loud.Not dramatic. Just…persistent. The house still hums,but it hums with absence.Every ticking clock rehearses a languageI used to know— your language. A […]
Movies - Review
Chief of War: A Canoe of Stories on the Ocean of Time
In a world saturated with historical dramas, where the tides of entertainment ebb and flow with predictable rhythms, there occasionally surfaces a craft so singular in its purpose, so beautifully […]