Underneath my clothes

Ngoan, khùng, xinh, nghèo, lười

[slinkpinkiller]

[jacquoumango]

That time in Bangkok.

[shesnake]

The Blue Caftan (2022) dir. Maryam Touzani

[tennant]

The moment you said you loved me, your love is over. The moment your love ends, my love begins.

DECISION TO LEAVE 헤어질 결심 —  2022, dir. Park Chan-wook

[kvroko]

That’s right, Pikachu!  Everyone’s at our side! Pokemon Journeys: EP 132 | The Finals IV: “Partner”

[kaalbela]

Cityscapes by Iruvan Karunakaran

Kolkata / Hyderabad / Madurai / Delhi

[nodded]

Some of us get dipped in flat, some in satin, some in gloss; but every once in a while, you find someone who’s iridescent, and once you do, nothing will ever compare.

FLIPPED 2010 | dir. Rob Reiner

[jacquoumango]

After all this time, I guess nothing has really changed. My old soul has to be addicted to the pain of longing, the way the earth has to rotate on its axis.

Unavailability turns me on. Unattainability fills me up.

The city I have carefully constructed is falling. 

Has it ever been mine?

[jacquoumango]

Chỉ là một lời chào vô hại đã được thu hồi, cả một thế giới cũ lũ lượt ập lại. 

Bắt đầu bằng một tấm ảnh, một bài nhạc và kết thúc trên một phiến đá cứng ngắc và cũ kĩ. Xuyêt suốt đó vẫn là câu hỏi tại sao. 

Đã chín năm rồi. Chín năm, hẳn là quá muộn. 

Đã không còn một đứa 24 tuổi, ngồi nhìn sóng lũ lượt đánh vách Tannah Lot và ước có một chiếc thuyền. Những điểm cập sau đó đều đã làm phần việc của mình. Và giờ là hai thế giới rất khác.

Biết vậy, nhưng vẫn phải tự hỏi: Nếu ngày ấy có thuyền thì bây giờ ra sao?

[s-u-f-j-a-n-s-t-e-v-e-n-s]

These were my least favorite albums of 2021, in no particular order:

1. Squid Game—I didn’t actually see it but it looks really stupid. F- 2. A Quiet Place 2—It should have been shown after the credits for the first movie. F- 3. The Interminable Marvel Brand—If it’s on Disney + it’s for children. F- 4. Dune—A very long Zara ad. F- 5. J Balvin—Black face. F- 6. Matrix 4—Ugh. Computers. Hackers. Cyberpunks. Simulated Reality. The 90s. The color green. F- 7. Any band that is still together after 10 years—Please. Break up. Do your solo albums. Move on. F- 8. Instagram—Get over yourself. F- 9. Musicals—Please stop singing and dancing. F- 10. Baby Boomer WASPs—Get out of the way. F- 11. Sex & the City—And Just Like That? No. Not at all. Go away. F- 12. Conversations about supply chain issues—Stop making excuses. Make your own furniture. Forage for mushrooms or whatever. F- 13. Covid—Ugh. So over it. Please stop killing us! F- 14. Crypto, NFTs, The Metaverse, etc. — see #6. F- 15. The 90s revival—Please. It was bad enough the first time around. F- 16. Adele, 30—Girl, please. We know you’re 33. It’s on your Wikipedia page. B+

[dk-thrive]

Perhaps this is why, in countless cultures, people in mourning rock or sway from side to side—not only to recall infancy and the mother’s heartbeat, but to keep time. Only time can hope to fill the void.

Hisham Matar, The Return: Fathers, Sons and the Land in Between (Random House, July 5, 2016)  (via dk-thrive)

[jacquoumango]

Sri Lanka - 2017

Oh, how I miss traveling!

[notdisneys]

Stories remain in our hearts even when all else is gone.

The Breadwinner (2017) dir. Nora Twomey

[zayelhawa]

The Scent of Green Papaya (1993), dir. Trần Anh Hùng

[southeastasiancinema]

Marlina the Murderer in Four Acts dir. Mouly Surya, Indonesia 2017.

[vintagepromotions]

Air India International travel poster featuring Taj Mahal (c. 1950).

[vintagepromotions]

A poster advertising the Angkor Wat ruins in Cambodia (c. 1910). Poster designed by George Groslier.