Asia

2026
• 30 JulYou should change your flight from Tokyo to Shanghai to visit actual China 𝕏
• 4 JanLuxury is absolutely done in the West but still exists in Asia and the Gulf states 𝕏
2025
• 23 DecThe oceans are full of plastic exactly because you recycle 𝕏
• 14 DecWhy Koreans didn't get richer 𝕏
• 13 DecAmap is my favorite navigation app in China 𝕏
• 13 DecNIO is another very popular EV brand in China 𝕏
• 7 DecChina can be very cheap with $300 Chongqing hotel suites and $20 rooms 𝕏
• 7 DecChinese tourism is 95% domestic making China feel like the only foreigner there 𝕏
• 4 DecChinese high speed trains are now faster than the Japanese Shinkansen 𝕏
• 4 DecArriving in Chongqing and China's LED lit skyline versus Europe saving energy 𝕏
• 4 DecI took the high speed train in China today 𝕏
• 4 DecWestern double standards on China versus Japan city lights 𝕏
• 3 DecChina's train security is stricter than TSA 𝕏
• 3 DecGetting the China flu after arriving and why to wear an N95 on planes 𝕏
• 3 DecNever bring a knife to China because DHL and customs make shipping impossible 𝕏
• 29 NovI got the China cough after 4 days in China 𝕏
• 28 NovWestern people used in Chinese marketing to represent quality 𝕏
• 27 NovBeijing uses robot arms at toll booths 𝕏
• 27 NovChina airport confiscated our power banks without CCC certification 𝕏
• 27 NovThe Russian connection in China doesn't stop 𝕏
• 27 NovWoke up in Beijing's Summer Palace built in 1750 as a birthday gift 𝕏
• 26 NovGot Alipay to work in China as proxy for Didi Meituan and Baidu 𝕏
• 26 NovRussians are traveling to China a lot because they're blocked from most places 𝕏
• 25 NovChina isn't easy to travel 𝕏
• 10 NovSingapore too is now compromised by degrowthers 𝕏
• 15 JunI randomly discovered Dubai has an absolutely massive solar farm 𝕏
2024
• 24 NovEurope's end game might be to become like Japan a cheap tourist destination 𝕏
• 5 SepBali broke ground on a subway that will connect the entire island 𝕏
• 5 AugIn Bali the heat puts your brain into power save idle mode 𝕏
• 5 AugIf you wanna get rich install AC 𝕏
• 4 JulJapan is not futuristic it's a fossil stuck in 1990 unlike China Korea and Vietnam 𝕏
• 2 JulJack Ma met Jerry Yang at the great wall of China in 1997 𝕏
2023
• 8 AugInvested in Brazil after traveling there for a month 𝕏
• 4 AugGood example is GoJEK a super app in Asia where you can do everything from ordering an Uber to massage and investing 𝕏
• 22 JunAlmost nobody I know in Asia wants to move to America anymore 𝕏
• 10 JunFirst class in America vs first class in Asia 𝕏
• 5 JunUS flag stripes come from Indonesia's Majapahit empire 𝕏
2022
• 2 DecIndonesia makes sex outside marriage illegal even in Bali while Thailand gets more progressive 𝕏
2020
• 20 MarAsia had SARS so they test and isolate but the west tries its own thing 𝕏
• 1 MarAir pollution before and after Corona 𝕏
2019
• 16 OctLorn - The Slow Blade ✕ Hong Kong
• 5 AugMonitoring Bali's undersea internet cable
• 25 JulFukuoka hotel I randomly booked turned out to be coliving with beautiful coworking 𝕏
• 13 MarBali banned single-use plastics and this cassava bag is the biodegradable alternative 𝕏
2018
• 24 NovIn Beijing you can add your public transit card to Apple Wallet 𝕏
• 23 NovBeijing air turned into hell on earth this weekend from weekend driving 𝕏
• 23 NovEvery receipt in Beijing gives you a QR code for digital bookkeeping 𝕏
• 19 NovBeijing today 𝕏
2017
• 28 DecAs decentralized as cryptocurrency is: so will be the people working on it
• 22 DecHalf the people in Asian coworking spaces are now working on crypto 𝕏
• 3 AugHow to pack for world travel with just a carry-on bag
• 17 JunNYC's Bossa Nova Civic Club has similar dark techno vibes to Shanghai's Shelter 𝕏
• 3 MayTaipei is boring, and maybe that's not such a bad thing
2016
• 18 OctVaporwave impression about my month in Shanghai 𝕏
• 17 OctHong Kong Express - 上海 (Shanghai)
• 8 OctWorking from a free coworking space in Shanghai 𝕏
• 7 OctThe Shelter in Shanghai is a cyberpunk Bladerunner club from the year 2150 𝕏
2015
• 30 NovBeijing air quality hits 543 AQI 𝕏
• 14 OctVaporwave is the only music that fits the feeling futuristic Asian mega cities give me
• 14 MayI uploaded 4 terabyte over Korea's 4G, and paid $48
• 11 JanWhy are you still in Europe 𝕏
2014
• 5 AugManila
• 23 JulBali is the magical voodoo spirit island of Asia
• 13 AprCelebrating my birthday North Korean style
• 18 JanHow I Went From 100 To 0 Things (Or How I Was Robbed of All My Stuff)
2013
• 31 DecCelebrating NYE 2014 in Hong Kong
• 30 DecHow I ended up in Hong Kong (or my adventures in the New York of the East)
• 23 NovHow I spent the night with Singapore's migrant workers
• 22 NovWhy I want to live in Singapore
• 27 OctThe myth of a globalized world
• 12 OctWhat I learnt from bootstrapping my startup from Thailand in six months
• 20 JulThe 100 Thing Challenge – From 200 to 20 things in 3 months
• 17 JulLiving in a Hotel
• 16 JulThe Story of my Visa Run to Tachileik in Myanmar
• 19 JunMake money where prices are high, spend it where prices are low. Does income arbitrage work?
• 16 JunFinding an apartment in Chiang Mai
• 11 JunCo-Working Spaces in Chiang Mai: PunSpace
• 10 JunMoving to Chiang Mai
• 4 JunMy Bad Day At The Co-Working Space
• 29 MayThe 24-Hour Coffee Place in Bangkok: Too Fast To Sleep
• 19 MayKoh Phangan is the Disneyland of Partying
• 17 MayVisiting Koh Samui, the island of paradise
• 5 MayFrom dive bar to roof-top bar to roof-top pool in Bangkok
• 1 MayCo-working spaces in Bangkok: Launchpad
• 24 AprThe 100 Thing Challenge
• 23 AprCo-working spaces in Bangkok: Hubba
• 22 AprReset your life