As an eBay regular, I’d never bothered with in-person auctions. But when JB attended auction sales at Drouot, and an influencer I follow regularly wins Hermès scarf auctions… I figured “why not”. Then one day, Nadia, a digital nomad who knows my passion for Hermès scarves, sent me a link to interencheres.com, where 400 Hermès scarves were up for auction with crazy estimated prices!! I browsed all 400 scarves and signed up on the site ASAP. It was my very first online auction with an auctioneer, so I didn’t win anything, but I figured out the rules of the game. Note: this post is NOT sponsored, I paid for everything…

There are books that come into my life late but exceptionally. As a Vietnamese person, I am strongly exposed to Chinese culture, but it was only after a special Saturn transit in my birth chart (the kind of event that happens only 2, at most 3 times in a lifetime) that this book was placed in my path. It absorbs all my thoughts because its philosophical depth has a “boom” effect in my head. How did this book come to me? I’m going through a complicated period right now, and to distract myself, I watch shows that don’t require too many brain cells. It all started with the show “Mind…