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Orbit 軌道

The world organised around gravity.

On marriage

Marriage is a really, really bad idea. Separation has been in the air we breathe since the beginning.

By Lai Yin 麗賢

/ 1 Dec 2025

On marriage

On c-section

Years after our daughters were born, I was still chasing a son. Conception wasn’t instant like it was with our daughters.

By Lai Yin 麗賢

/ 24 Nov 2025

On c-section

London

On why I don’t get to London often enough. Fish and chips on Notting Hill. Noodles and dumplings steaming in Chinatown. And the correct Brasier.

By Lai Yin 麗賢

/ 16 Nov 2025

London

Verona

On summer innocence, ice cream, first love, condoms and heartbreak.

By Lai Yin 麗賢

/ 14 Nov 2025

Verona

On my father

He ruled the wok and the pot. He cooked tong from scratch with rice fluffy and hot and sweet. He pulled me out of abuse and hospitals and brought me home when I was lost.

By Lai Yin 麗賢

/ 9 Nov 2025

On my father

On dad jokes

He teaches them how to stay in play when the world goes flat.

By Lai Yin 麗賢

/ 4 Nov 2025

On dad jokes

I am harbour

She didn’t come to visit. She came to nap. She lay down because my house holds. I am harbour.

By Lai Yin 麗賢

/ 2 Nov 2025

I am harbour

On Householding

He walks the dogs. I move the world. He does the mornings. I place everything in motion.

By Lai Yin 麗賢

/ 30 Oct 2025

On Householding

On hypnobirthing

I ruled out an epidural right from conception.

By Lai Yin 麗賢

/ 27 Oct 2025

On hypnobirthing

Sevilla

On crossing Europe alone by train and being hot and single for a while.

By Lai Yin 麗賢

/ 26 Oct 2025

Sevilla