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What I know, I share. What I trip over, I document. Once a fortnight, one true story.

The higher, the harder · Grade I–V · hover to read

The whole route

  1. 10

    Spider-Man wasn't ready

    He is handed something that could save him, and he spends the film fighting it.

    1 min read    GRADE III

  2. The off-road race and Murphy’s law

    PVOLVOC 2025, Hanoi. Everything was prepared, and then nothing went to plan.

    2 min read    GRADE IV

  3. Sitting alone

    A CEO explained why people have fewer friends now. I listened, and understood why I guard the quiet.

    1 min read    GRADE II

  4. Money is a tool

    A founder who once appeared on Shark Tank Vietnam was back in the news — this time under investigation.

    2 min read    GRADE III

  5. The coach who wasn’t

    A self-styled success coach, filmed directing his staff to assault someone.

    2 min read    GRADE III

  6. Coffee with my son, then rain

    We were laughing and running from the drops. At some point I stopped and took out my phone.

    1 min read    GRADE I

  7. Stuck in traffic this morning

    Once, using a horse for transport was right. Then the petrol engine replaced it.

    2 min read    GRADE III

  8. Dinner in Myanmar

    A war, an earthquake, and colleagues who still sat down to dinner with us.

    2 min read    GRADE V

  9. On the beach, still thinking about customers

    Toes in the sand, a coconut in one hand, and a holiday I had promised to keep work out of.

    2 min read    GRADE II

  10. Swimming with my son

    Health isn’t a reward for success. It’s a requirement to even reach it.

    1 min read    GRADE II