Further down the pile Page 5 of the backlog

MURI nails the early DOS platformer feel - EGA palette, PC speaker, chunky pixels. Thirty years late to its own era, still worth it.

Pumpkin bread in Ho Chi Minh City's December - when 25 degrees feels like Christmas and the rainy season finally packs its bags.

Chocolate Chili Plätzchen while motorbikes hum outside in December Sài Gòn. Christmas baking at 30 degrees - a beautiful contradiction.

Nussecken - a German childhood pastry recreated in a tropical Sài Gòn kitchen. Hazelnut, chocolate, and 12,000 kilometers of nostalgia.

Another song cooked up with Suno AI. Yes, AI slop. But hear me out - the kinks wrote the script, the machine just followed orders.

AI tools as natural extensions of daily life - writing, restoring photos, digging up info. Until the AI creates something that hurts.

Mango Crumble Cake à la Starfleet - baked between Deep Space Nine episodes on a lazy Sunday. Warm, fluffy, and ready for warp.

He was a Chinese-Vietnamese city boy from this 22.5-million-strong metropolis. Older, wiser, and exactly the kind of chaos worth keeping.

Phương checked out on November 24, 2024. A love letter in retrospect - about a friend, a comet, and a life lived at full throttle.

2023 was spectacular - arguably the best year since 2017. New beginnings in suburbia, serenity, growth, and anticipation for what's next.