Posts Tagged ‘Urban Life’
In Cold Air
Fion Yap finds an ambivalent comfort in KL’s shopping malls.
Read MoreLantana Began a Life In-Between
How the commercial district of Quezon City made March Abuyuan-Llanes who they are.
Read MoreHow Enrolling at a Jakarta University Changed My Life
Rawamangun has given Doni Ahmadi an education in every sense of the word.
Read MoreSleepless in Samyan
Refusing to let her life consist only of office work, Noppawan Tongsook strides out, after her shift, into the rainy Bangkok night.
Read MoreI Bought a Condo, and Feel Like a Stranger
Josephine Phay on living one version of the Singaporean Dream, which can feel like a mirage.
Read MoreHow Much of the City Are We Willing to Lose?
On George Town’s crowded streets, Miriam Devaprasana witnesses countless, and priceless, displays of openness, connection, acceptance and belonging.
Read MoreSame Bun Cha, Different Tony From New York
Food can be an entryway to explore the culture, history, and multiplicity of a place. Or not.
Read MoreIn the Heart of HCMC, Seeking One Place That’s Permanent
The shops and stalls of a working-class district give Viên An great comfort, but economic pressure on the neighborhood is relentless.
Read MoreNo Place to Call Home
Kuik Yi Ke wanders through a concreted, tower-studded district of central KL, seeking lingering traces of worlds that are being razed.
Read MoreFor Whom the Nasi Goreng Cart Tok-Toks
For those who know what it means, few things are sweeter than the 'tok-tok' sound of a roving food cart selling fried rice and noodles.
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Masbagik, The City That Never Sleeps
Masbagik is where I call home. Like all homes, it’s a storehouse of old memories. When I was young, maybe three or four years old, my…
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