Stories of a couch potato
** Press play for a full immerse experience but don’t watch if you don’t want spoilers ** After you’ve watched Korean dramas for years, you start to become numb to how they explore trauma, grief and financial duress. It’s always the same story with the nightmares, the phobias and the hell-bent mission for revenge. But … Read More
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In a time when talks about sexual assault, rape culture and consent range from lengthy essays to heated arguments on Twitter threads, Witch’s Court comes in with a soft and pensive take on the discussion of what it means to be sexually exploited. ** Press play to listen while reading… or not. This drama explores … Read More
It was night time in Hiroshima. It was also New Year’s Eve. That was the first time I had spent my year end outside of Canada since arriving in 2004. So naturally eating okonomiyaki was the best way to pass the time. We hit up Okonomimura, which in my memory ended up being a multi-storey … Read More
On the first day of 2017, I walked for hours in Osaka, Japan with my boyfriend trying to find things that were open. We hadn’t planned appropriately and I was getting more irritated by the moment. Being tired and walking a lot while hungry wasn’t new to me, but I hated how we didn’t have … Read More
I didn’t expect to spend a couple hours baking sugar cookies today. But man life just won’t stop throwing me curve balls! It’s definitely the most festive thing I’ve ever done willingly — which might speak a lot to just how little Christmas spirit I have. Instead of Christmas music, I put on Carpenters’ best … Read More