I Am Buraot

Being homeless at all is no feat. That’s why I was surprised why anyone would choose to go homeless when he has a home he could go to. The streets are not safe and oftentimes mean. You could get mugged anytime, killed if you’re unlucky. But Sarge, like some homeless veterans, has a more serious [...]

Venice Beach, Los Angeles. Almost always it is a very calm, quiet and peaceful place. Contrary to the eclectic impressions a tourist might have during the day, the nights have a small-town feel to it. On any given day you will find lots of characters along the speedway by the beach. Artists both new and [...]

I am traveling back to the outer edges of the Milky Way. As ancient as I had been, the century-old warp speed is no longer working. The real Spock who had the audacity to create such have gone and came back to Vulcan. And the parallel universe I have come to confused myself with is [...]

I was driving on this road to nowhere. I was passing through more than just the places and faces of people I met, oftentimes I get lucky enough to know them, to be with them, be them. I was born from the country. Small town, big family, rough life. You know the story, short in [...]

Looking from the inside of my comfortable hotel room, I could sense the North American winter cold. I gazed at a few snowflakes stacked in the window pane and tried to imagine a million different kinds. I couldn’t quite place where the west meets the east. Except perhaps that I do know that it is [...]