A Deal Or No DealRunning, writing and rerunsNovember is one of my favourite times of the year for one simple reason. It’s a time when you can plan, or dream, to be more accurate…Nov 17, 2019Nov 17, 2019
A Deal Or No DealTen Days in Sri LankaIt was almost midnight in Kuala Lumpur before my flight to Colombo took off, landing at 11 pm in Colombo as a light drizzle fell. My…Jun 11, 2019Jun 11, 2019
A Deal Or No DealThoughts on ParasiteI enjoyed watching Parasite, perhaps the most anticipated and acclaimed Korean movie that I have seen here in a cinema. There were so many…Jun 6, 2019Jun 6, 2019
A Deal Or No DealWhen it’s summertime in SeoulFor a most of my life, I had never paid any attention to any season that wasn’t fall or winter, considering spring and summer a collective…May 26, 2019May 26, 2019
A Deal Or No DealFacebook’s chronological timeline is a garbage fireEvery now and then it dawns on me that Facebook, the site and the app, is horribly and fundamentally broken and unusable in a way that…Apr 9, 2018Apr 9, 2018
A Deal Or No DealOn feeling like a 간첩A few weeks ago, I was sitting in an auditorium listening to a talk given in Korean by a professor when I realized that she sounded just…Apr 8, 2018Apr 8, 2018
A Deal Or No DealThoughts on Cultural Appropriation from SeoulI’m probably a few years late in joining the debate on this, which so often seems to boil down to “Japanese people like it when white…Mar 4, 2018Mar 4, 2018
A Deal Or No DealThe New York Times explains why subways are awesomeI read this excellent article from the New York Times magazine on what makes the New York City subway so wonderful, so necessary to the…Jan 7, 2018Jan 7, 2018
A Deal Or No DealAnnus mirabilis, hibernus mirabilisAlthough 2017, like 2016, has become shorthand on the internet for bottomless ridiculousness in so many ways, it was a great year for me…Dec 29, 2017Dec 29, 2017
A Deal Or No DealBeijing in the WintertimeMore than other cities I know, Beijing just feels right in the winter. I’ve been coming here for years and it’s one of my favourite cities…Nov 25, 2017Nov 25, 2017
