George Town Time Travel
Penang as portal—Kek Lok Si night convoys, amethyst sisterhoods, honour-system beer, and magic that might be real.
Notes
Essays in a general voice—places, food, ritual. Not a travel diary.
Half-Believable World
Walking the peninsula half-believing—agarwood, earth shrines, Zheng He and Ma Zu, Ong Dia, Datuk Gong, and gods stacked like weather.
When Nyepi and Lebaran Collide
Nyepi on March 19, Lebaran on March 21—Indonesia’s rare back-to-back silence and celebration, read through moon sighting, brotherhood, and the calendars that almost touched.
I Don't Need Water for New Year
April without Songkran—a quieter refusal when the calendar turns wet.
Shot Down in May
Krabi pirate feeling vs real sailor, reunion after two years, Captain Kevin LOSS, The Boys—Sinatra’s middle month.