Aribica
I had run out of coffee beans or I was lazy to brew my usual morning cuppa. The real reason doesn’t matter; what it meant was that I had to go out if I was going to get my usual fix of A.M. caffeine. Outside … Continue readingAribica
Category: Thailand
Reset
In conversation with my best bro recently, I was taken with how he characterised his long weekend break as time for a reset. That word announced its urgency and import: RESET. Surely I needed a reset too? When life feels like a constant rush and … Continue readingReset
Onward, ho!
The past couple of months have flown by in a flurry. Clearly I haven’t kept to my fantasy of posting daily blog entries, but that’s okay. What we aspire to and what we actually achieve aren’t such different things, when seen from kinder lenses. And … Continue readingOnward, ho!
Luggage
Our luggage had been all over the world, you remind me. We ought to take good care of them, and we do. The bands that wrap around them, striped with colours and conviction. These are ours, they say. These are our travels and our adventures. … Continue readingLuggage
Skyline
The mauves and the magentas, the cobalts and the indigos. The night sky over Bangkok when the sun has barely set. The silhouettes of buildings we recognise, always, but never knew the names to. The traffic in the streets below – Ratchadaphisek, Asok Montri, Wireless … Continue readingSkyline
A bigger splash
We’re seated outdoors at the corner shop that sells pork noodles along Sukhumvit 26. (There’s another shop nearby, almost indistinguishable, so I guess regulars will go to the one they’re familiar with. There are no wrong choices.) The fun part about dining alfresco is the … Continue readingA bigger splash