It can’t be called a “Sydney winter” without having the strong winds that could blow through even the thickest jackets. Walking on the streets, I heard them pushing through the trees in the darkness. It sounds like desperation. I dislike winter. But this is not even the “worst” — how…

I only got to know the singer Kehlani last year whilst I was listening to “Good Thing”, a song she worked on together with one of my favorite DJs Zedd. Her voice has always left me some kind of impression, yet only through a recent dance video that I wanted…

The Sydney winter has one of the weirdest traits — switching extremely from a hot and sunny day of 25C at the mid of May, to a rainy and cold day that gave me chills even with a heater oscillating the room at 26C. It was such a challenge mentally…

At the end of 2019, I faced one of the hardest challenges of my life, which I only got to understand its importance more and more as I moved on with my life in 2020 trying to face it — start my career afresh as a teacher, and leave marketing…

(Bella on the day I adopted her) The happily walking and exploring-around Bella suddenly stood still. Her whole body shaking, deep low breathes that contain strong anger rushing out, and standing tall and fearless as a mountain. …

What a year, and a time to recognize women, men, everyone, and myself! I have written several reflections on how life-changing the past year has been, but aside from linking this article strongly to gender (which is not what I intend to do), I acknowledge that it is another year…