Most expensive city in the world by many measures, worse than developing world utilities As with anything that is ‘wrong’ about this place, it’s that way because someone is making a shit ton of money, not because we don’t know how to do it differently

Vast majority of new private vehicles in Kathmandu are Chinese EVs. Apparently the tax situation is much better than a gas car (as an incentive), charging is plentiful and they get cheap hydro electricity

I’m in Pokhara, Nepal, a very popular place for starting a Himalayan trek or climb, and also popular for yoga and retreats for the crunchier types. Someone’s (obviously a tourist) graffiti-ed vegan messages all across town; and the messages get increasingly conspiracy theorist. Other than the […]

The few times I went to do anything intensely outdoorsy in California, I didn’t really enjoy the communal food choices of my fellow hikers (sorry but I don’t like trail mix or oats or bland food, even when hiking) I had to bring my emergency spicy tofu snacks and spicy noodles (spicy food has […]

It’s my birthday week and all, which is lovely, but I recently sneezed while I was asleep and pulled a muscle

I really can’t be away from south and Southeast Asia for too long. Let’s not do that ever again

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I would say that multilingualism became less of a thing in Singapore when we decided to min-max everything including subjects that we study. By my generation we were made to feel that there was no point doing or learning anything unless you could get an A in it, whether it’s Malay or Hokkien or […]

On a street at night anywhere in South Asia is basically my comfort zone

Hanging out with an old friend from college has gotten me looking at some old photos. There have been some gems, and then Someone had bought me this shirt and I proudly wore it, of course

I miss being head bonked by a cat :/

Gelatinous hypodermis

21 years old vs 41 years old A whole lot of life and places in between.