In this dreamlike episode of Wanderings with Ashaley Koblah, a low-key afternoon in Ghana with a friend drifts into an imagined journey, a Cobra Starship in hyperspace, interstellar colours streaming past, and Aubrey in the seat with the clearest view.
It’s a moment where reality collides with imagination, where the ordinary becomes something divine, and you can almost feel… and taste… heaven.
Join me for Aubrey’s Delight—a playful escape into music, friendship, and the kind of small, shared moments that feel like heaven.
Transcript
Wanderings with Ashaley Koblah
Episode 5: Aubrey’s Delight
In a Cobra Starship, in the seat with the clearest view, I’m trooping through these interstellar colours, a cacophony of psychedelic rock music in the space-time continuum.
Stellar-high… and I can’t complain. Dopamine high, shoot me, and I’m down.
Toast… You won’t know until you know.
Happiness… a butterfly,
Holding on to the last supply.
Oh no—no cherry-picking; Aubrey is all worth it.
In my soul… dwells her chi.
Reflective Interlude
I wrote this after having a few pints of strong, dark-brewed Guinness in the comfort of my home in Ghana with a dear friend.
It was in the wake of our realisation that we were both twenty-something, single men.
lives that could have been filled with family, kids, and the weight of responsibilities
But instead, here we were,
spending a quiet public holiday together.
We began to imagine what it would be like… travelling in a spaceship,
in hyperspace drive like in Star Wars, with that imaginary girlfriend who’s all worth it. Aubrey.
In that moment in hyperspace… just those beautiful colours, flying by at almost light speed. That moment of clarity. Quiet. Space. And peace.
Just us… the spaceship… and Aubrey.
And
Coldplay’s Yellow playing gently in the background.
That moment… would be all of heaven. Divine.
That was Aubrey’s Delight—a moment of colour, of peace, of being suspended between reality and imagination.
A reminder that sometimes… the smallest shared moments,
The silliest daydreams can feel like heaven itself.
Outro
In the next episode… we shift from cosmic wonder to something closer, more tender, a moment of yearning for a girl I once loved.
It’s called Tay’s Absence.
I’ll see you there.
