…takes forever. But I’m glad I finally did. — I have never spoken about this publicly before because I was afraid and weak. I was afraid that if I do so, my ex-boyfriend would tell people how bad I was as a human being and blame me for all the salty things that happened in our relationship. …

Narrowing down my favorite monochrome photographers of all-time — I am so nervous to write this piece, as I have never really sat down and listed my favorite photographers for others to read. I’m not even sure how to categorize or order them, but randomly enumerating them seems more difficult. …

A bizarre assemblage of strange, often shifting, scenes… —

Or at least trying to do so. — Fujifilm announced its new X100V camera, and along with its hype came this sad thing. A street photographer whom I respect is being attacked by many people, some are his fellow cameramen, and most of them are his fellow Japanese, too. Apparently, the video, which Fujifilm uploaded which featured Tatsuo…

Translating what I daily see through photographs — Here in Japan, I take Boomerang snaps of people sleeping, mostly inside the trains, and I publish them as short-lived series on my Instagram stories. For every moving photo, I plaster a huge one-liner, all caps and in bold, which says OTSUKARESAMADESU. Friends/Followers have asked me a bunch of times…

Seems tempting, but here’s how I stay on it without being annoyed or anxious all the time — It irks me that I am still on Facebook after more than a decade. But if it irks me that badly, then why am I still on it? The “dire” need Facebook used to be very useful to me, especially when I was a freelance writer and I needed to market my services…

How I came to love monochrome and why I am sticking with it — If you scroll through my Instagram, you’ll see thousands of posts of black & white photos. But if you had the luxury of time and reaaaaaaaaaally swipe all the way through, something which I haven’t done myself, you would see my — surprise! — vividly colored pictures. …

Recalling the decade, starting from scratch, and slightly feeling less crappy because it’s 2020 — Baths are new beginnings — so is taking a shit in the morning after having your cafe latte enema. Since it’s the New Year, everyone is into new beginnings. A new gadget to spew hundreds of your time on. New lists of books to read (or the same lists of…

Unintentionally inspired by Wong Kar Wai —