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Attempting to disconnect from Social Media Feeds as a source of endless mindless news, and use these instead!
Nice view in Kuala Lumpur!
iOS 11 is nice and smooth! Really liking it, especially with force touch on control center and other interactions :)
Nice view in Kuala Lumpur!
iOS 11 is nice and smooth! Really liking it, especially with force touch on control center and other interactions :)
Experiences money can’t buy in Bali: starting the day exploring with my driver, before he offered to visit his family and take me to see a football/soccer game!
Experiences money can’t buy in Bali: starting the day exploring with my driver, before he offered to visit his family and take me to see a football/soccer game!
Hi everyone— it’s been a while! How’s the Microblog community going?
Hi everyone— it’s been a while! How’s the Microblog community going?
Today started with an early 6:30am wake up call —for no reason. I’ve been lacking some sleep over the weekend, so it wasn’t a great sign to wake up feeling tired.
I powered through the morning, and, around lunchtime, my Airbnb host asked me if I wanted to go out. I told him I was thinking about getting some Phó and so teamed-up on his scooter for a 12mn ride through the city.
He told me he caught the flu over the weekend, so I thought Phó should also be a good thing for him. After an delicious, energising, filling, and hearty lunch we were on our way back when he asked me if I ever had a face massage, here in Vietnam.
I explained to him that I hadn’t, and that the only massages I ever get are given by my girlfriend — I’ve never felt comfortable enough having a professional massage therapist (unrelated but yeah, I dislike the word masseuse). He said he was going to get one and offered that I tag along, citing how relaxing it was.
We parked in front of this hair salon, in the third district. Entering the salon, we were taken all the way to the back where they had a barely lit room with six beds, and two current customers. As you lay down, you realise that there is a flat surface slightly inclined, just enough so that your head is tilted backward.
The therapist put a towel under my head and another one on my chest, before starting to shampoo and wash my hair. With my hair wet and cleaned, she started massaging my cranium with their fingernails before moving on to my face.
She went through several cycles, several routines, going from the top of my skull down to my forehead, to my cheeks, to my neck, and even down to my shoulder blades. All in all, it was a very relaxing experience, especially considering my physical exhaustion from the past few days and the lack of sleep from last night.
Hello world! Was waiting to have access to the iOS app in order to be back here!
Hello world! Was waiting to have access to the iOS app in order to be back here!
I don’t often post these types of things, but today’s Timehop had quite the memory:
Eight years ago today, I graduated from high-school! 2009-2017
Current status: [😷][http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/2093081/shanghai-path-massive-sandstorm-choking-northern-china]
Current status: [😷][http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/2093081/shanghai-path-massive-sandstorm-choking-northern-china]
Finishing to watch Netflix’s The Crown while working on a Survival Guide to Shanghai — anything y’all would like to know?
Finishing to watch Netflix’s The Crown while working on a Survival Guide to Shanghai — anything y’all would like to know?
Just setting up my Micro.Blog => micro.tibz.blog
Just setting up my Micro.Blog => micro.tibz.blog
Facebook’s apps are adapting to Stories, because it’d rather be called a copy-cat than a has-been.
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Today, I’ve received my Passport back with my Chinese Visa approved!
Making progress on preparing this trip every single day and I’m leaving in 21 days at the time of writing/publishing!
"Wordplay, turns into gun play And gun play turns into pillow talk And pillow talk turns into sweet dreams Sweet dreams turns into coffee in the morning"
I’ve started re-reading Jack Cheng’s These Days. This moment when the two protagonists first met kind of struck me:
It was a prelude to a deeper embrace, a hug that said, pay attention, there’s something here.
I’ve known some of this, recently. It’s funny the signs that one’s body can give if you pay attention. [≠]
Just had another case of “stepping away from the keyboard” to do something else instead of staying stuck for ages!
Can’t recommend it enough: after an hour or so, I’m getting back inspired and refreshed, not to mention unstuck.
I can’t tell whether I’m sick or allergic, but imma fight it!
I’ve spent some time this morning looking at my dates, flights, and Airbnbs.
Something will go wrong of course, but as it stands right now, I believe I’ve locked in all flights until December, and the first Airbnb for the beginning of my trip (between April & May).
All I need to do now is actually pay for the damn things. Oh and have a look at Visas and Insurance.
From my good friend Andrew, who also happens to be amongst the smartest men in the room, on a regular basis:
Make no mistake, this will have a profound impact on our future and our history. The deep, sinking anxiety that I've felt over the last 24 hours is something I never want to feel again, but it's merited. This is a key moment.The feeling has nothing to do with liberal vs conservative. It has everything to do with right vs wrong. I can’t support what he stands for - racism, sexism, division - and I won’t. That’s a binary thing. This is not policy, it never has been. It’s person.
I’m sad that we’re so divided. There’s a real issue deep within the country that allowed him to rise, not unlike what we’ve seen in the history books. It’s on all of us to fix this, in whatever way we can. And that needs to start now. We can’t let the progress that generations before us worked so hard for, fought for, died for - vanish.
This morning I woke up compelled to public service and politics, and I hope you did too.
If you need motivation, look at the photo below. Look at the race of the crowd. I’m fortunate, I’m a straight white male. Imagine how it feels to wake up this morning as a minority, a woman, a homosexual. The battle against hate starts now, again. I’m not a democrat and I’m not a republican. This is not party lines.