illustrator. thinking about things, looking at things, trying my best.
daily life
After the blistering summer passes, I feel like time speeds up all of a sudden. I've been in overdrive this past month doing lots of things and being outside every weekend. Especially since Tokyo rained for 34 sad consecutive days in September! This is really the golden time
daily life
Last week marked one year since the passing of my cat, Nami. I adopted Nami when I was only 20, and through remembering her I also think back to some of my most formative years. I've been writing about and drawing her often, trying to keep those memories
my work
I recently had a serendipitous opportunity to work on an illustration with China Airlines and Chef Eric Sze. Eric just released his first cookbook, titled TAIWANESE?, and his restaurant WenWen (Greenpoint, Brooklyn) collaborated with China Airlines to create an exclusive in-flight menu for flights from LAX or Ontario to
thoughts
‘Man only plays when he is in the fullest sense of the word a human being, and he is only fully a human being when he plays.’ I read this article recently and have been thinking about it very much. It really hits me deeply at this specific time of
culture
Festivities make summers a little more bearable I've lived my whole life in hot places, but Tokyo summers are HOT. Every year, I feel like July and August are a blur either because I'm indoors a lot more or I'm constantly mildly heat stroked
travels
Cebu city, Dumaguete, and Siquijor Island Last winter we had a generous amount of year-end holiday, so we decided on an international trip and ended up on the Philippines. It was the cheapest ticket out of the country during the high season. Some few AI chats later our trip