Experiences – Life – Inspiration 🇨🇭🇯🇵

I stumbled upon an NHK documentary about matcha. It promised science, tradition, and the secrets behind Japan’s green miracle powder. And I’ll be honest — I didn’t finish it. Not because it wasn’t interesting, but because I was too lazy (and impatient) to sit through forty-something minutes of slow narration…

I was watching NHK just now when something unexpected came on the screen — a group of young Indonesians waving a pirate flag. Not the kind you’d see in old history books, but one that looked strangely familiar: a skull wearing a straw hat. It took me a moment to…

I never really thought about the difference between growing and learning until I heard Sadhguru talk about it recently. He said that personal growth can happen in any direction—it doesn’t necessarily have a goal or purpose. But learning, he explained, is different. We usually learn with intention, because we want…

Walk into a Japanese bank or post office on a weekday morning, and you’ll see a scene that feels almost timeless: elderly men and women quietly updating their passbooks, bowing politely to the clerk, then slipping the little book neatly back into a pouch. For many, this small ritual represents…

I haven’t owned a car in years — and honestly, that turned out to be one of the best financial decisions I’ve ever made. My first car was an old Alfa Romeo I bought for €2,500. It lasted two years, with about €1,000 spent on maintenance. Then someone crashed into…