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Three cafés worth the MTR ride

A shortlist of quiet places with decent pour-over and enough seating to finish a chapter. Includes one dangerously close to a vinyl shop.

coffeehong kong

My first roll of film, 14 months late

I finally developed a roll that sat in a drawer since last summer. Half were overexposed. The other half are the best photos I've ever taken.

filmcameras

A stormy Saturday on Lantau

We hiked anyway. Got rained on at the peak, dried off at a tiny village teahouse, and the ferry home smelled like wet jackets. Would do it again.

hikingweekend

Twelve books so far this year

My reading list with short notes. If you read one this month, make it How to Do Nothing — it fixed something in me.

readinglists

Mochi has opinions about my desk

A photo essay, sort of. Mostly a photo of my cat sitting on everything I'm trying to use. Ten shots, zero lessons learned.

mochicats