Books & Essays

Through writing, I seek the clarity and simplicity of expressions that can touch the reader from different perspectives.

Books:

Hương Bưởi và Xác Pháo (in Vietnamese only), 2020.
Get it now or read sample on Apple Books.
Audio and Print available in 2021.

Kỷ niệm 20 năm nhạc sĩ Trịnh Công Sơn qua đời, một thiền sinh nối mạch Thiền với ca từ họ Trịnh qua 20 khúc tản văn. Ký ức Hà Nội những năm bảy mươi, tám mươi. Những mẩu chuyện về tình mẫu tử, anh em. Trải nghiệm thiền định tại Lumbini, quê hương Đức Phật Thích Ca. Một sợi chỉ mảnh nối tư tưởng Voltaire, Sagan, Hemingway, Dylan, Trầm Tử Thiêng với Trịnh, tạo cảm hứng cho những trăn trở và khúc hoan ca qua bao cung bậc thăng trầm của cuộc sống, Hương Bưởi và Xác Pháo là một lời nhắc nhở về bản chất thánh thiện của con người.

Verses:
Happy Birthday to Me Yay, 2023
The Path, 2020
Samurai, 2020
Fishing, 2020
Wolves, 2019
O Spring, 2017
Autumn, 2017
Little boat, 2016
Seashells, 2016
Clouds over Serengeti, 2014

Essays & Quasi-essays:
How sounds affects water
The Clint Eastwood 2022 (Anti) Race Review
Adelaide 24hr 2021 recap
Lighthorse Ultra 24hr 2021 race recap
Coburg 24hr 2021 recap
Virtual Sydney-to-Melbourne 1,000km foot race, an experiment in focus and adaptation, 2020
A shapeshifting future, 2020
100 cultural icons Of Tennessee over 1,000kms, 2020
Finishing GVRAT1000 with an indoor 100-miler, 2020
The acquired taste of the 200 milers, 2020
Finding Wonder, 2020
Teaching kids compassion, 2020
The last sunset, 2020
Memory of West Lake, 2020
Delirious W.E.S.T. 200 mile race report, 2019
The mental game of running, 2020
Tahoe200 experience report, 2019
UTMB CCC race report, 2019
Loop racing is just like complex maths, 2019
Running Yên Tử, 2019
From 7 Continents to Canberra 48 Hours, 2019
Alps2Ocean 323km foot race report
Tracing the footsteps of the Mt. Hiei marathon monks, 2018
West Mongolia Diary, 2018 (Part 1 | 2 | 3)
World Wide Three, 2018
Third side of the coin, 2018
When you’re on the wrong bus, well, get off it, 2018
Change happens today; do not despair, 2018
North Pole Marathon trip report, 2018
Tom Hanks and his passion for typewriters, 2018
A review of “The Man Without Qualities” (Robert Musil), 2017
What does it mean when someone tells you you’re good at reading people, 2017
Randomness, 2017
Regular running and walking can change one’s life, 2017
Stillness and creativity, 2017
Halfway land, 2017
Foolish heart, 2017
Have attitude? You got yourself a job, 2017
Getting ready for the cross, 2017
Understanding and caring in a world of alternative facts, 2017
The real cost of what we do, 2017
Less and less is the answer to the Internet, 2017
An ex-gurkha and an ex-sherpa, 2016
Lin Yutang on the seasons, 2016
Adiós Punta Arenas, 2016
How I lost my words on the Antarctic whiteness, 2016
The 22 project
Why a people investment approach is necessary for startups to succeed at scale, 2015
Why I back momentums, not ideas, 2015
What startups and marathons have in common, 2015
Must one try to be different?, 2015
Behind a debut gallery opening: a story of change, 2015
That simple thing expected of mentees, 2014
Boat in Zanzibar, 2014