Michael B. Jordan won Best Actor.
I’m happy, and yes, partly because I’m not a Timothée Chalamet fan. Haha.
#MovieNotes
This tweet reminds me of my university days. My dorm room was 404 too.
Ironically, many Chinese people would get this joke. When sensitive news is censored and disappears online, we say it got “404’ed.”
#OddObservations
Kacang Lurik / Kacang Batik — a local Indonesian peanut with beautiful stripes, resembling the patterns of traditional batik textiles.
Richer in flavor than regular peanuts, thanks to its higher oil content.
#TasteNotes
#NomadPages #Indonesia
On a train in Thailand.
#PathNotes
#travel #Thailand
Natural light vs artificial light
#FilteredLight #PathNotes
#travel #Thailand
Church-like architecture, but a temple.
#OddObservations
#CultureShockBits #PathNotes
#travel #Thailand
Bang Pa-in Palace
a mix of Thai, European, and Chinese styles.
#PathNotes
#travel #Thailand
Came across a statue of the Chinese general Guan Yu in a Thai temple (bottom-left corner).
These little cultural overlaps always surprise me.
#OddObservations
#CultureShockBits #PathNotes
#travel #Thailand
Ruins, wind, and falling petals.
#PathNotes
#travel #Thailand
#PathNotes
#travel #Thailand
#PathNotes
#travel #Thailand
Ayutthaya — my favorite city in Thailand.
Beauty lives quietly among ruins.
#PathNotes
#travel #Thailand
Morning
#QuietHours #NomadPages #Indonesia
First rain, new year.
#QuietHours #NomadPages
#Indonesia
A quiet morning
#QuietHours #NomadPages #Indonesia
By the way, when I learned that many Europeans find Ethan Hawke attractive, I was shocked.
A full-on culture-shock moment… haha.
#OddObservations #CultureShockBits
The first time I watched Before Sunrise, I honestly thought Jesse was cast because Ethan Hawke isn’t handsome — so the film could highlight “the soul.”
Haha…
Recently I studied the script line by line for English practice, and realized I don’t even like Jesse’s “soul” that much.
#MovieNotes
Artemis Forest — DIY Body Oil
On warm skin, it rises like a quiet forest draft: clear and grounding.
#nomadpages #intimatePicks
Deeply Indonesian — salty, sweet, and unapologetically oily.
Not my style at all.
But Indonesian cappuccino? I actually like it. Less foam, more coffee aroma.
#NomadPages #TasteNotes #Indonesia
Soto Iga Bakar Betawi
— my favourite Indonesian dish.
Grilled beef rib served in a coconut-milk broth layered with Southeast Asian spices.
It usually comes with emping melinjo — slightly bitter, light, and perfect on the side.
#IntimatePicks #nomadpages #TasteNotes
#Indonesia
[Luca] 2021
Deeply Disney — cute, warm, and utterly clichéd.
#MovieNotes
[No Other Choice / 어쩔 수가 없다]
Directed by Park Chan-wook.
A solid film, not his finest, but worth the watch.
Chungmuro remains a filthy, male-dominated machine, built on the exploitation and humiliation of women.
Masterpieces don’t cleanse a system that feeds on them.
#movienotes
A sudden thunderstorm, luckily, Sop Buntut (Indonesian oxtail soup) kept me company.
#NomadPages #TasteNotes
#Indonesia
[Solaris]
Reading this with a tired body and a foggy post-travel brain.
Still, Solaris pulls me in — strange, magnetic, full of quiet gravity.
Not just Solaris, really. Nature on Earth feels just as unknowable and alive.
#AmReading
Matoa (Pometia pinnata) — a local Indonesian fruit.
It’s extremely seasonal, only appearing for a few days each year.
The taste is like a mix of lychee and jackfruit.
You can occasionally find it in East Malaysia too.
#fruitmood #nomadpages
#Indonesia
Poetry’s vision of Bonnie and Clyde.
(Pierrot le Fou 1965)
#IntimatePicks #QuietFrames
#MovieTalk #Godard
I can only taste bitterness and sourness in coffee — nothing more.
My taste buds seem completely useless for all those “cassia, jackfruit, caramel” descriptions.
I honestly admire people who can taste a whole universe in a cup.
#QuietHours
#foodtravel #coffee
Sup Terung Dayak (Solanum lasiocarpum) — a traditional soup made from the Dayak wild “eggplant.”
It tastes like a mix of eggplant, tomato, and tamarind.
A dish rooted in the rainforest — sour, bright, and full of surprises.
#PathNotes #QuietHours
#foodtravel #Malaysia
There’s a big butterfly in this photo, can you spot it?
Take a closer look at the “dead leaf” in the middle.
(Mulu National Park)
#wildquiet #PathNotes
#travel #Malaysia #butterflies
Walking along the Sarawak River, came across a group of students taking their graduation photos.
A quiet, unexpected moment to witness.
#PathNotes
#travel #Malaysia
