4 D's I Learned in 2024

Later this year, I decided to challenge myself to live more slowly. The decision, which started as just an idea, came to me randomly after I watched a YouTube …

Ugly Art 2

Ugly Art 1

What Are Girls For?: A Film Review of Woman of the Hour

The deliberate, laborious effort to stop myself from doom-scrolling on my phone allowed me to spend my early Saturday afternoon watching Woman of the Hour . …

18×2 Beyond Youthful Days

If there's one thing that drew me to this film, it's Greg Hsu. The Taiwanese actor, who seems to be on a roll this year, has once again delivered anoth…

Puffs and Hopes

He went to the terrace, lit his cigarette, breathed in another hope as he puffed a mouthful of smoke. He stooped a little, whispered about his life like a ridd…

Exhuma

Earlier this year, I met Vanessa and Elah for an afternoon dine-out. It was the first time we had met after a long while (the last time was at Ryan’s post-birt…