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Singapore: The bubbling kettle of cultures

Puzzle Pieces6 June, 20227 June, 2022

The intense smell of durian infused our tiny Chinatown hotel room drenched in mould and poor interior design. It is a remarkable improvement from our nightmare bunker in Indiantown the morning before, where my claustrophobia kept me up almost as…

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Travel

Människoöden (human fates): the man with the white speckled beard

Puzzle Pieces8 March, 20228 March, 2022

Today I had a rare opportunity. I was given the chance to look at the outward silhouette of a mentally ill man and deal with the situation like a reaponsible adult. I asked myself what would Jesus do? Buddha? …Sherlock…

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Me timeQuasi-philosophy

The many souls of the lonely heart

Puzzle Pieces11 February, 202211 February, 2022

Tucked into my small frame, rest the souls of many persons. I’ve been so many versions of myself throughout my life, and surely will be many more. Different desires, different lifestyle, different references. As the piece of another soul rattles…

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Me timeQuasi-philosophy

The moments in between

Puzzle Pieces26 January, 202226 January, 2022

Humans are interesting creatures. As though afraid to miss out on life, we seem to miss it as it rushes past us. We rush through the metro despite the trains leaving every 3 minutes. We wait in the long lines…

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Returning CharactersTravel

In the country that smells like rotten eggs and farts: A weekend away in Iceland

Puzzle Pieces13 December, 202113 December, 2021

Clothed in white beauty, Iceland lives up to its name. Icy patches lead the roads to the sights, the cities and the landscape. There are two kinds of winter tourists in Iceland: those with spikes on their shoes and those…

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Me time

Latjo Lajban Lådan – a game of similarity and belonging

Puzzle Pieces3 December, 20213 December, 2021

All Swedes younger than 60 and older than 20, is familiar with the kids tv-show “Five ants are more than four elephants.” It was an epic show that aimed to educate kids about language and creative thinking through games and…

Continue reading ➞ Latjo Lajban Lådan – a game of similarity and belonging
Me time

Remembrace

Puzzle Pieces16 September, 202116 September, 2021

The owner of the Irish Pub presses her bought breasts hard against me in the tightest hug I’ve had in for as long as I can remember. I haven’t seen her in years and, for sure, she doesn’t remember me…

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Me timeQuasi-philosophy

The beating of a human heart

Puzzle Pieces1 June, 20211 June, 2021Leave a Comment on The beating of a human heart

Strangers on a bus become the best of friends, neighbours become lovers, and the person in front of you at this precise moment might come to share their deepest secrets with you should you give them the chance. Through some…

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Me timeQuasi-philosophy

Reflections

Puzzle Pieces15 May, 202115 May, 2021Leave a Comment on Reflections

The butts of two ducks turn into the protruding eyes of a crocodile as I find my peace at a lake. Water is such a remarkable material. Around us the ground bends and curves to account for the residue of…

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Me time

Pandemic ⇾ Meditation + workaholism

Puzzle Pieces26 April, 202129 April, 20212 Comments on Pandemic ⇾ Meditation + workaholism

For the first time in very long, I overslept. Waking half an hour too late, I sat up in not a panic, but with the guilty realisation that I probably needed that extra moment of mindless bliss. It’s been a…

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Me timeQuasi-philosophy

Searching for sense in sensory deprivation

Puzzle Pieces13 April, 202116 April, 20211 Comment on Searching for sense in sensory deprivation

In the air, the smell of orange zest, cedarwood and cashews forms out of nothing but my own appetite. It’s not a real smell. It’s not an escaped soul of some combination of ingredients I have spread out in front…

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Don Quijote
Me time

No man is an island

Puzzle Pieces21 March, 202122 March, 2021Leave a Comment on No man is an island

Yesterday I was on my second ever Tinder date. My date this time was a married woman (no one’s perfect! 😉) and since there was no romantic potential in this encounter I’d say this date went significantly better than my…

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The Riddle
Me time

A stranger arrived in Bremen, a stranger remains.

Puzzle Pieces20 March, 202120 March, 20211 Comment on A stranger arrived in Bremen, a stranger remains.

It is both the strength and the weakness of the written word that it exists in all times succedent when the thoughts that produced the text exists only in that one moment. It is the sickly sweet smell of marijuana…

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Me time

Marie Kondo-ing my way into radical gratitude

Puzzle Pieces8 March, 20219 March, 20212 Comments on Marie Kondo-ing my way into radical gratitude

Some years ago the hottest thing on Netflix was Tidying up with Marie Kondo. For those who missed this beauty, it was a cleaning show in which this superhuman bordering on alienesque woman visited people’s places and told them how…

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Me timeQuasi-philosophy

A drop in the ocean, a straw of grass on a field

Puzzle Pieces1 March, 20212 March, 20211 Comment on A drop in the ocean, a straw of grass on a field

There are eight billion people on this planet. Each one struggles with life’s hardships, with connection, with purpose, with survival. Throughout the years of my life, I’ve asked myself what makes me unique, what gives me purpose, what excuses my…

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Death Inc.

Puzzle Pieces17 February, 202117 September, 2021Leave a Comment on Death Inc.

[[Author’s warning: This story contain a pretty dark sense of humour that may not appeal to everyone.]] Blinding light… Excruciating pain… Silent darkness… Illuminating hope… A buff man… …? __ “Ah! Man… I’ll never get used to how you guys…

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Me time

A boat lost at sea

Puzzle Pieces16 February, 202117 February, 2021Leave a Comment on A boat lost at sea

When I was eight I wrote a story of an anthropomorphic boat that travelled around the world’s waters. As it visited place after place, it grew increasingly lonely and started to look for another boat to keep it company. But…

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