ikoku nikki/diary of a strange land, tomoko yamashita| bowl of misua
a new year means a new holy week. this year again, my family made the pilgrimage to the farm of my godfather. this time, we brought maurice. i introduced...| bowl of misua
it’s a thing on tiktok right now to write scenarios about meeting up with your younger self for coffee. i’m not gonna act high and mighty and say that ...| bowl of misua
earlier today, i had woken up after only a few hours of sleep. my state of wakefulness did not last very long. i fell asleep again not long after opening...| bowl of misua
hi everyone! it's already 2025 where i am, so happy new year :) i hope this year is full of love, fun, and fortune for us all. this year, my main res...| bowl of misua
in 2019, a year after my childhood nanny left to get married and the year i started college, i began to hole up in my kitchen to cook and bake. it wasn’t much. i couldn’t perform the magic my grandma would whenever she took charge of the kitchen, cooking up meals that i wholeheartedly enjoyed.| bowl of misua
in 2018, the summer before 12th grade, i spent my break in a tutoring centre preparing for college entrance exams. every weekday for a month or so, i went to a tutoring centre and sat there for nearly the whole day just studying.| bowl of misua
to start it off, what brought this all about was this series of chan’s latest bubble messages:| bowl of misua
this year, me and my longest and dearest friend hit 13 years of friendship.| bowl of misua
i finally relented to my mother’s pleas and went with her to avail of a facial treatment plan. the previous one i talked about in an older blog post didn...| bowl of misua
two weeks ago, i had an existential crisis so bad, i had to take a leave from work. it was my first ever leave since joining the company in late februar...| bowl of misua