Category Archives: Life

Forking

I am contemplating forking this blog into two. On the one hand, I would like to blog more about geeky stuff like web development, information studies with a UX focus (prospective graduate studies!), and technology in general. These are posts that I would want more people to read for mutual learning/discussion and simply for developing

One thing I miss about college

When people ask me if I like working more than going to school, I don’t have a certain answer. They are completely different in multiple ways and I like somethings and hate some things about both. But one thing I really miss about college is the social life. I wasn’t really that outgoing or involved

Attitude Towards “Our” Money

Today a friend asked me something related to receiving monetary gifts from church members. It got me thinking a little. When I started working, I could finally say that I had my own money. And because I have my own money, I can spend it however I like. No more asking my parents if I

Jetlag

Having recently come back from Taiwan last Wednesday, it’s no surprise that I have jetlag. There’s a whopping 16 hour difference and given that I don’t think I fully adjusted to Taiwan time in the first place, my biological clock is whack. Usually these sorts of vacations occur during an extended break so I have

Some Videos from Taiwan

A few video clips that I took in Taiwan with the Canon Rebel T1i. Please pardon my shaky hands, noob focusing, and american-accented chinese. Youths from Sabah singing hymn 389 in Malay All of the youths, save one, are related. I believe three are siblings (children of a Pastor Joshua) and the rest are cousins.

Taiwan: The Beginning of the End

We are now situated in the Farglory Hotel in Hua Lien, which is probably the most baller tourist hotel in the area. As my sister described it, it looks and feels like a Vegas hotel. It’s the last night for Whei and I; my mom and Hain-Sing (to his great dismay) are in Taiwan until

Taiwan: Arrival in Hua Lien

We are now in the Ola Hotel in Hua Lien after arriving around 4:30pm. A local pastor and his wife picked us up and took us around for the evening, including a couple of the churches in the area. It was really nice and the best word I can think of right now to describe