Spring arrived with a season that felt full of movement: hosting friends at home, exploring new corners of London, spending time away, eating very well, seeing art, buying books, celebrating birthdays, welcoming family, and heading off on bigger adventures. The headline, of course, was…
Christmas, for me, does not look like a city skyline. It looks like long two-lane roads cutting through open fields. It looks like fences stretching across winter-pale grass and trees standing bare against a wide sky. It looks like Western Loudoun County in December,…
Winter began in motion but quickly settled into something more introspective. After nearly a month travelling through Southeast Asia, we returned to London in the early hours of December 8th, stepping out into damp, cold air that felt almost theatrical in its greyness. Winter…
I landed in Hong Kong on a Sunday evening, arriving from Singapore just as the sky was turning dark. It was my first time in Hong Kong, and notably, my first time anywhere that is officially part of China. I have not yet been…
I landed in Singapore on the evening of 11 November 2025 and stepped into air so humid it felt like swimming through soup. The city glowed in the darkness. At first, it looked futuristic, with its clean lines, glass skyscrapers, and smoothly running systems.…
Autumn 2025 unfolded as a season of return and departure, of unpacking and repacking, of settling in and setting off again. It began on a volcanic island in the middle of the Atlantic and ended somewhere between Bangkok traffic and London frost. In between,…
I first visited Santiago in August 2025, not on holiday but as part of a longer work trip through South America. Like my first visit to Dubai, my days were structured around meetings, with meals and glimpses of the city fitted into whatever time…
Visiting Malawi with The Sparkle Foundation was more than a trip; it was a journey into the heart of a community working to create hope and opportunity. Over the course of a week, I witnessed children learning and playing, families striving for self-sufficiency, and…
In 2024, I had the chance to visit Dubai for the very first time. It was technically a work trip, but since I had never been to the UAE or anywhere in the Middle East apart from Egypt, I was excited to see what…
Welcome to another Seasonal Digest! Reflection is an important part of life and in my effort to be self-aware and grateful, I will go through a summary of what’s been going on in my world season by season. This Seasonal Digest covers Winter 2020/2021…