Small habits

Comparing FOREO Luna and LumiSpa skincare devices at the shop counter

A Question I Didn't Expect

A customer came into the gift shop looking for a FOREO Luna. Instead of making a sale, we ended up standing on opposite sides of the counter, scrolling through Xiaohongshu...

A Question I Didn't Expect

A customer came into the gift shop looking for a FOREO Luna. Instead of making a sale, we ended up standing on opposite sides of the counter, scrolling through Xiaohongshu...

Congee and rice noodle rolls at a Cantonese café after a medical appointment

Memory Clinic

  A routine visit to the memory clinic was followed by congee, rice noodle rolls, and a small stop at my local gift shop. Sometimes caring for ageing parents isn't...

Memory Clinic

  A routine visit to the memory clinic was followed by congee, rice noodle rolls, and a small stop at my local gift shop. Sometimes caring for ageing parents isn't...

Customer choosing health supplements for her parents

Somewhere in Between

A customer spent half an hour choosing health supplements for her parents. That evening, I came home to a daughter preparing for her HSC. Some seasons of life are spent...

Somewhere in Between

A customer spent half an hour choosing health supplements for her parents. That evening, I came home to a daughter preparing for her HSC. Some seasons of life are spent...

Family walking through a Korean supermarket on a Monday

Monday Rituals

Monday has become our little family ritual—physiotherapy for Mum, a slow walk through the Korean supermarket with Dad, and coffee together before heading home. The conversations are often the same,...

Monday Rituals

Monday has become our little family ritual—physiotherapy for Mum, a slow walk through the Korean supermarket with Dad, and coffee together before heading home. The conversations are often the same,...

Latte by a rainy café window

Rain, Latte and a Window Seat

A rainy morning, a latte, and a window seat. Sometimes the most interesting thing in a café isn't what's on your table—it's everyone quietly passing by your window.

Rain, Latte and a Window Seat

A rainy morning, a latte, and a window seat. Sometimes the most interesting thing in a café isn't what's on your table—it's everyone quietly passing by your window.

Scrolling through social media on an ordinary afternoon

Another Way to Live

A quick phone call, a postponed coffee, and an unexpected afternoon scrolling through someone else's life.

Another Way to Live

A quick phone call, a postponed coffee, and an unexpected afternoon scrolling through someone else's life.