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On Losing Phương: A Love Letter in Retrospect

Letter To Phương On Losing Phương: A Love Letter in Retrospect

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: a year of serenity, growth, and anticipation for what’s next

Best Year This Decade 2023: a year of serenity, growth, and anticipation for what’s next

2023 was spectacular - arguably the best year since 2017. New beginnings in suburbia, serenity, growth, and anticipation for what's next.
No Shorts Allowed: Lessons from an Odyssey Nobody Asks For

No Shorts Allowed No Shorts Allowed: Lessons from an Odyssey Nobody Asks For

A friend drugged in a Sài Gòn pub - lessons from an odyssey nobody asks for. About safety, trust, and the ugly side of nightlife.
The adventure of aging: delightful and breathtaking

Growing Old Gracefully The adventure of aging: delightful and breathtaking

Aging as adventure - while the world worships eternal youth, getting older can be delightful and breathtaking. A contrarian take.
Merry Christmas

Merry Christmas Merry Christmas

Merry Christmas - looking back at a year that turned out better than expected. Travel, friends, fresh starts. Happy holidays.
I have moved. Or: same same but different

Same Same But Different I have moved. Or: same same but different

Moved apartments in Sài Gòn - new place, same neighborhood. Sometimes the familiar choice is the better one.
Farewell 2021 and happy new year 2022

Goodbye Twenty-One Farewell 2021 and happy new year 2022

2021 was brutal - months stranded in Germany, Mom's death, weeks of lockdown. 2022 can only get better. Hopefully.
So I caught Covid-19, Delta release. A diary.

Covid Diary So I caught Covid-19, Delta release. A diary.

Covid-19 Delta hit right during the first vacation of 2021. Instead of Đà Lạt and Côn Sơn: fever, quarantine, and a diary.
About the mid-life crisis and not wanting to have children yet but feeling that time is running out

Clock Is Ticking About the mid-life crisis and not wanting to have children yet but feeling that time is running out

Midlife crisis at 30 - not wanting children yet, but feeling time slip away. About the gap between plan and biology.
Religiosität ist nicht falsch

Glaube Ohne Beweis Religiosität ist nicht falsch

Religiosität ist nicht falsch - denn weder Beweis noch Widerlegung einer höheren Instanz liegen vor. Ein differenzierter Blick auf Glauben.