places
- philippines — where i was born
- singapore — where i grew up, and still home
- hong kong — where i lost cute cute, my care bear
- malaysia — my monthly soft escape
- indonesia — somewhere i keep wanting to know better
- japan — where everyday technology felt unusually well thought through
- united states — where i visited nasa
- netherlands — canals, bicycles, and very good cheese
- czech republic — old streets and very cold air
- france — beautiful, crowded, and a little overwhelming
- australia — wide skies and a much slower pace than singapore
- belgium — old buildings, chocolate, and a few blurry memories
- thailand — where i tried a few things outside my usual life
- germany — where i visited mercedes and saw the engineering up close
- united arab emirates — polished, enormous, and slightly unreal
- azerbaijan — where i lived and taught english for a while
- georgia — the most tense border crossing, and the coldest part of the trip
- türkiye — where two continents felt strangely close