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Seven Years Ago Today
Hope is a Ferris wheel - It takes low and high; And when you reach the top, it is like you can touc…
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Aug 17, 2025
Still Home
I thought home would feel different once my parents were gone. My parents’ house was where my two s…
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Aug 13, 2025
When Two Small-Towners Craved for Burgers
We live in a small district — not quite a village, but definitely not a city. It’s the kind of plac…
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Aug 07, 2025
1987: When the Day Comes
History doesn’t always arrive in a textbook. Sometimes, it comes in the form of a film you didn’t m…
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Aug 04, 2025
Vietnamese Cuisine: My First Taste, My Honest Thoughts
Maybe around two or three years ago, I was having dinner at a café when I randomly picked a dish fr…
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Apr 02, 2025
Letting Go without Being Ready
Since my father passed away in July 2015, Nande seemed to lose a lot of her strength. She used to b…
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Jan 23, 2025
Savoring Bakso, Savoring Life
In Indonesia, one of the most cherished comfort foods is bakso —springy meatballs served in a warm,…
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