[pandemic diaries] INTHESUMMER
We do what we can to cope in this unprecedented time… like watching and listening to our favorite artists. Here are some of those who I owe my sanity to.
[pandemic diaries] Here to Heart
Forty-eight bloody episodes but I managed on the sheer onscreen chemistry of Hans Zhang and Janine Chang alone.
[pandemic diaries] In Family We Trust
This Thai lakorn, available on Netflix, is a mystery and suspense melodrama about a Thai-Chinese family and the ties that make or break them
what/who are you thankful for?
Reflecting on Ninomiya sensei’s assignment from the first class of WAKU WAKU 2020 ONLINE
life in the time of corona
Let’s do our part to defeat the new coronavirus: wash your hands, wear masks. maintain phsyical distance, and stay at home–watch ARASHI, among others
My North Korean Story
CLOY’s appropriation of life in a North Korean village made people realize that beyond what we hear from the news, those on the other side of the DMZ have their own dreams, aspirations and stories to tell beyond the stereotypes about them
arashiness: the state of being in a rainbow-colored storm
The hiatus announcement moving forward
Songs 2019
Songs by an Uzbek singer and a Sendai-based pop rock band, a national anthem, a special composition for Japan’s new emperor, etc… they’re the soundtrack of my 2019
orange jasmine purple yam 