MUSINGS

From the Notebook

Writing about everything under the sky β€”Β and the life that happens in between.

Sydney, I Miss You

On coffee without sugar, a wok full of vegetables, and the city that quietly changed me...

What Bleach Taught Me About Living

A lifelong anime fan watches Bleach for the first time and finds six life lessons from Ichigo Kurosaki worth writing about β€” on purpose, friendship, and the power of will...

The Fridge That Taught Me Sydney

We arrived in Sydney in 2015 and I bought a second-hand fridge that had its own philosophy about temperature. What it taught me about improvisation, adjustment, and making a home somewhere new...

Dad

The slow heartbreak of watching illness change the man who raised me...

Sayōnara, Ghibli Trend

A 90s Animax kid and lifelong Ghibli fan reflects on why AI-generated Ghibli art feels like an injustice to Hayao Miyazaki and the artists who inspired us...