Last September, what is probably my favourite television show of all time came to an end. After some 25 years of working together, Jeremy Clarkson , Richard Hammond, and, my favourite host, James ‘Captain Slow’ May finally parted ways, first on the BBC’s motoring programme Top Gear, and later on its spiritual successor The GrandContinue reading “What will I do with that green bag?”
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One of these days.
I love New Order. Perhaps it’s because I grew up with them – they’re my dad’s favourite band. I’ve got these fond memories of hearing those glimmering synths, those droning basslines. Theirs might’ve been one of the first pieces of music I ever heard. And yet, despite knowing them all my life, it’s only todayContinue reading “One of these days.”
A travel day.
On the plane now from Seattle to Boston. If the flight map is anything to go by, we’re just over eastern Montana right now, a few hundred miles out from the North Dakota border, which from a plane is far from a tall order. It seems this flight is following much the same trajectory weContinue reading “A travel day.”
To our absent members.
Ten years ago, in 2015, a ten-year-old Ansel wrote his first screenplay, Wings of Canada. It was an action-comedy feature involving a war breaking out between Canada and a hegemony of Russian, Chinese, and American forces. A whole squadron of characters, funny yet ingenious, would rise up to fight the invading forces, and through theirContinue reading “To our absent members.”
Alone in America at the End of History
Sometime in the early 90s, a bright-eyed, idealistic young man, fresh out of high school and his mandatory two years of military service, packed up everything he had to his name and crossed the ocean for the very first time. The almost thirty-some-hour quadruple flight from Singapore to Tokyo to Chicago to Madison, Wisconsin mustContinue reading “Alone in America at the End of History”
Daughters of the Capitol Riots
On this day, four years ago, a mob of several thousand swarmed the steps of the Capitol in Washington D.C. They broke into the Senate and House chambers, clutched the Stars and Stripes and a suite of other colours, and, bearing rifles and makeshift weapons, shouted that first ominous death knell of American democracy. IContinue reading “Daughters of the Capitol Riots”
We aren’t going anywhere.
Yesterday morning, I woke up at 3:52 am. I had a lot of trouble sleeping that night, a lot of tossing and turning restlessly in my bed, in my silent apartment in Olympic Village—yet in that hazy fog of an early morning stupor it wasn’t silent. It felt noisy, unceasing. A constant hum of theContinue reading “We aren’t going anywhere.”
Inherent Limitations of My Writing
Writing has always been a central aspect of my life. Ever since I acquired even an elementary grasp of the English language, I have felt a constant urge to express my thoughts and feelings through some written medium. My extensive appreciation for a wide range of literature – from Orwell to Dostoyevsky and Hemingway toContinue reading “Inherent Limitations of My Writing”
Stephen Avenue – The Heart of Calgary
What does Calgary have to offer? What value does a tiny, fledgling city in the heart of Alberta bring to a prosperous Canadian nation and a bustling world stage? Many would answer this question with a rather dismissive ‘not much’ – that is if they are even able to point to Calgary on a mapContinue reading “Stephen Avenue – The Heart of Calgary”
Hysterical and Useless
Reflections on Radiohead’s OK Computer in the wake of COVID-19. As a 90s alternative rock enthusiast and a great admirer of narrative, emotionally- charged poetry, I was naturally fascinated by Radiohead’s magnum opus OK Computer. Tinged with piercing electronics and screaming guitar leads, its grandiose, reigning instrumentation drew me in like nothing ever had before.Continue reading “Hysterical and Useless”
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