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Kitchen talks and moonlit walks in Philippine suburbia

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Old copy of James Clavell's Tai-pan

How the British obsession with tea shaped Hong Kong

March 14, 2026
Friday, the 13th

It’s February 13, and it’s a Friday

February 13, 2026
Pickled vegetables in Mason jars

Pickled vegetables and Thanksgiving in the Philippines

November 20, 2024
Crispy tawilis from Pepeton's.

Tawilis, Taal and a book by Thomas Hargrove

December 21, 2023
Nancy Wheeler (Natalia Dyer) in Stranger Things, Season 3

What do Nancy Wheeler, Grace Hart and Tess McGill have in common?

September 29, 2023
Statue of Kusunoki Masashige (1294-1336)

Shōgun

August 5, 2023
Taipei and surrounding areas voewed from Taipai 101

How we experienced the Wan An air raid drill in Taipei

July 31, 2023
Tea and cake at Salon de The Alcyon, Osaka 2019

English-style tea in Osaka

May 5, 2023
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