Memories from Guangzhou
I recently came across pictures that I took in 2014, when visiting Guangzhou. A bit burned, bittersweet, they look like memoria from a golden age, traces of long-lost eldorado.
postcards from here & there
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Pirate Days: Chasing the Deep Blue, Fish & Dragons in Komodo
A few months ago, my friend D. decided, on a whim, to charter a boat to tour the Flores archipelago and visit Komodo, over Singapore’s national day weekend (August 9, and the weekend after, if you were wondering). She texted me, one night, asking if […]
Goodbye 2019
New Year, same existential questions? Up until now, I had not given in to the “new year-new me” and “last year in review” frenzy. The fact that I’m rarely here blogging certainly is a major explanation for it. And so is my fear of being […]
Weekend à Penang
Penang est une petite île au large de la péninsule malaise ; c’est aussi le nom de l’Etat (la Malaisie est une fédération) comprenant cette même île et la bande de terre qui lui fait face. Sa capitale, Georgetown, est connue pour ses fresques, son street […]
Hong Kong mon Amour
Hong Kong sonne à mes oreilles comme une incantation un peu magique, lourde d’histoire et de promesses d’aventures. Hong Kong, en chinois, cela veut dire le “port parfumé“, ce qui rappelle tout à la fois son rôle de port franc au XIXe siècle, son image […]
Corsica roadtrip
It was during our Summer holidays that my friends and I decided to go on a road-trip in Corsica. None of us had seen the island before, but we had family who had been there, and said very good things about L’Ile de Beauté (the […]
New York, en mode bucolique
New York, pour moi, c’est à la fois la jungle de gratte-ciel, et la nature, les parcs où l’on se coupe de la ville. Où que l’on aille à Manhattan, on est à peu près certain de croiser un parc, petit ou grand, sur son […]
Shanghai Tianzifang: Economic Reforms & The Artsy Bubble
Tianzifang, Shanghai, China. I visited the Tianzifang Quarter for the first time in Septembre 2013, together with a very good friend of mine, as it was a “requirement” for our Chinese Society class. (Photos here)