How to get friends to visit Hermosa Beach
“Who’s coming?” Kyle asked. “Right now just Malik, but we’ll see.” I was planning a weekend trip to Hermosa Beach to watch beach volleyball, and didn’t know who else would want to come. I...
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My Utah Vacation
I went to Utah last week for a friend’s wedding, and extended the trip so I could also go to Arches National Park. Confession: while I was looking forward to celebrating my friend Cait...
To Tip or Not To Tip
Over Christmas I was catching up with a friend from high school when the subject of tipping came up. “TWENTY PERCENT? Are people really expected to tip TWENTY PERCENT on dinner?” Chiawen had been...
The Travel Criteria
“Who are you going to Paris with? How do you know that you guys will be compatible travel partners?” Jason asked. “I’m going with Nathan from church…you’ve met him, I traveled with him to...
January 2016
If there was a theme to the first month of 2016, it’s work hard, play hard. It all started off with a quick New Year’s weekend trip to Spokane, Washington to celebrate a friend’s birthday. I wasn’t...
Why I am no longer Chinese
Even though I was born and raised in Taiwan until the age of eight, I never understood the distinction of being Taiwanese versus Chinese until well after college. All self-proclaimed Taiwanese people came from...
I love Taiwan
I know what y’all are thinking…“is there any place that he DOESN’T love?” To which the answer is, clearly you don’t know me very well. A few weeks ago I went to Taiwan for my...
Paris, Je t’aime
I like to think that I could live there, but don’t think I’d be able to deal with having seasons. It’s nice being in California, where I can play volleyball outdoors almost every weekend...
I recall Nahm in Bangkok (your rec.) a great value. Delicious and memorable, but not life changing. But I doubt…