Partir, c’est mourir un peu; J’ai failli mourir, en pensant à toi…

My friend Jeff once alerted me to this excellent commercial spot by All Nippon Airways of Japan. The voice of an apparently jetlagged narrator accompanies us in a visually beautiful exploration of Tokyo at dawn. Devoid of people and vehicles, the familiar streets and neighborhood become uncanny. Since coming back to Hong Kong last week, … Continue reading →

The Queen in My Heart

I have some friends who are pretty oblivious to politics. Education cannot be a factor in deciding how they want to conduct their collective, social lives because I have seen extreme some cases of people seeking doctoral degrees from renowned research universities but do not even regularly read any news–in paper, online, mainstream, alternate, local, … Continue reading →