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Bicycle Buddha

Ramblings of a Zen student, two-wheeler, and curious human.

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Car Sick

Japan is great and I despair for the world

Lost and lonely are givens

Travelling solo in Japan

The sibling trap

Brothers and sisters: we were raised to hate each other

Lazyass bike rider

I would ride my bike even if it was bad for the planet and made me fat. I ride because I can't be bothered doing anything else.

Doing the scariest thing

Shaving my head in public is the least of it

I miss peaches

I miss the light fuzz under my fingers, the micro prickles irritating my chin.

Aimless in Oaxaca

I go to Oaxaca, not to see lots of things — but rather, to see things a lot. To smash moments into microparticles and make an experiment of slowing down time.

Biking is easier than walking

“Walking is not your friend!” says my hyperkinetic physio. “Wear cushy shoes! Swim lengths! Don’t stop moving!” He bounces off to bully a client strapped into a torture device in another cubicle. “But no no NO walking! Just keep riding your bike.”

License This

My life as a municipal nuisance, battling car-addiction in the hidden corridors of a sprawling metropolis.

Lest We Forget

11-11-11 on the Drive

Lost and Found

I am an anti-compass. Just look where I'm headed and go the other way.

In defense of Burning Man

It's not just a party. It's a dress rehearsal.

Tailored shirts and chicken gravy

A *Youlogy for Jennifer Chan

Volunteer Wrangler c'est moi

Working for free is my kinda gig.

Give it away give it away give it away now

Buy Nothing is the best shopping therapy.

No regrets

Through all those excruciating decades of hormonal anguish and baby/no-baby indecision, not one person ever told me the one thing that could have eased my pain. No one ever told me it would be OK either way.

Cosmic Skytrain

Ketamine Assisted Therapy is a trip.

Welcome to the workin' week

Reflections on a lifetime of dubious employment