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Orbit 軌道

The world organised around gravity.

At the car wash

On pressure, steam, tissue and restoration.

By Lai Yin 麗賢

/ 10 May 2026

At the car wash

Göttingen

On bratwurst and ice cream in the sun, stick shifts, and the pill.

By Lai Yin 麗賢

/ 29 Mar 2026

Göttingen

Tours

On Brazilian waxing, nights until dawn, high-voltage batteries and milkshakes by the Loire.

By Lai Yin 麗賢

/ 8 Mar 2026

Tours

Chinese New Year

On pan-fried turnip cake, sleeping with a Gweilo, fertility, and the impossible work of being Lai Yin.

By Lai Yin 麗賢

/ 17 Feb 2026

Chinese New Year

Porto

On departures, arrivals that never happened, and second chances.

By Lai Yin 麗賢

/ 6 Feb 2026

Porto

Lijiang

On altitude, breathlessness, and boundaries held.

By Lai Yin 麗賢

/ 25 Jan 2026

Lijiang

Bali

On sex, pregnancy, children and wanting.

By Lai Yin 麗賢

/ 16 Jan 2026

Bali

Berlin

On hospitality, family, fundraising, and sex before breakfast.

By Lai Yin 麗賢

/ 11 Jan 2026

Berlin

Sydney

On Felix, sex, motherhood, and twenty years of asking who leads.

By Lai Yin 麗賢

/ 4 Jan 2026

Sydney

On roundabouts

On school mornings, school runs and needing to breathe again.

By Lai Yin 麗賢

/ 14 Dec 2025

On roundabouts