It’s good to back. Just by opening up a Word document and starting to type this makes me feel relaxed. I miss writing like this—I miss sharing my thoughts with you all about what’s going on…
This year, one of my new year’s resolutions was to become conversational in Spanish. I attempted to learn Spanish last summer using the Duolingo app, but I stopped after a week because it wasn’t fun at…
You probably know from Lilo and Stitch that ohana means family, but do you know what 家 means? Good news! If you don’t know Mandarin, I’m going to teach you the word 家 (pronounced: jiā) today, and also…
Haha, I know it’s February already, but does that matter? I’ve given myself a good long January to reflect on everything that happened last year. Fine—I admit, I’ve sort of been putting this off, but being…
I’m on a five-hour flight to Toronto. I checked in yesterday 23 hours before the flight and scored an emergency exit row seat. It’s the middle seat, which I don’t prefer, but it has extra legroom,…
Last weekend, I did something that a couple years ago I would have never imagined possible with my fitness abilities, or rather, lack thereof: I ran a marathon!!! I took the ferry to Victoria Saturday afternoon,…
Today, on Thanksgiving Day (in Canada), there are many things to be grateful for. And definitely too many things that I take for granted. One such thing is health. I took a short trip to Victoria…
Hello Bonjour! For five weeks in May and June, I was in Trois-Rivières, Quebec, learning French through the Explore Program. Since I just graduated from university, this was the last year that I could do it—unless…
If you want to know how to save money during a trip but not sacrifice quality, this post is for you. Specifically, I’ll be talking about my Europe trip, but these money-saving tips can be applied…
I started my solo six-week backpacking adventure in London, UK. At this point on the trip, I was determined to write a post for each city, so most of my thoughts are summarized in my So This Is London…
I’m currently sitting on a bench in the town centre of Český Krumlov. I’m three weeks into my six-week Europe trip and this is the first day where I’m completely alone. It’s funny because I’m considered…
One thing I always hear about London is that it’s rainy and cold. Well, it wasn’t for the five days I was here. When I arrived, it was incredibly hot and sunny. It was a good…
Last weekend, I decided that I wanted to go to Europe to spend my last two months of summer before I return to normal life in September. When I looked at plane tickets on Google Flights…
Air pollution is the thing that foreigners like to talk about here in Beijing. It’s the default small talk topic. How’s the weather? Oh, the air pollution sucks today. Do you exercise? Oh, I’m scared to go…
We finish browsing the Old Street. It’s 2 PM, but we don’t want to leave just yet—apparently, Jiufen is a full day trip and therefore we should stay for the full day. “What else is there to do at Jiufen?”…
My Taiwanese friends back in Vancouver are always praising Taiwan for its delicious night markets, authentic bubble tea and mountainous beauty. It was so cool to finally experience what they’ve been talking about all along. The highways…
I’ve been back in Beijing for two weeks, and all I’ve been doing is enjoying the little things. No, it’s not because I’m in Beijing that I’m enjoying these things—it’s because I’ve slightly changed my thinking…
Three months ago, I took The Habit Course, a 5-week course on how to build and maintain habits. Thanks Trina for recommending it to me! Overall, the course was fantastic and exceeded my expectations. I learned much…
In first year, I couldn’t imagine being in fourth year. Fourth year students were like, adults, you know? They looked so much older and they seemed so much wiser. They were so mature. I saw this video back in…
As of today (World AIDS Day), we have raised $3,575 for the Stephen Lewis Foundation to fight HIV/AIDS in Sub-Saharan Africa. Thank you to everyone who made a donation! If you donated $10 or more, look…
Today is Thanksgiving Day in Canada. Each year, I spend some time thinking about the things I take for granted. I’m thankful for my home and city. It’s been exactly one month since I came back…
Day of the Longboat is one of two UBC REC traditions that you have to do before you graduate, or else you’re missing out big time. The other one is Storm the Wall. I had heard…
Last January when I was applying for exchange, there were more than 150 universities in 40 countries to choose from and without hesitation, I chose Beijing. I chose to come “home”. I was born in Beijing…
Curiosity brought me here. I have quite a few friends from Hong Kong so I’ve always wondered about Hong Kong. And now I can say that I’ve finally been there! I flew to Hong Kong by myself…
Exactly one year ago, I was in Kenya having one of the best times of my life. I was there for two months volunteering at a community bank with a few others from Canada. I do…
This year, one of my new year’s resolutions was to become conversational in Spanish. I attempted to learn Spanish last summer using the Duolingo app, but I stopped after a week because it wasn’t fun at…
You probably know from Lilo and Stitch that ohana means family, but do you know what 家 means? Good news! If you don’t know Mandarin, I’m going to teach you the word 家 (pronounced: jiā) today, and also…
Haha, I know it’s February already, but does that matter? I’ve given myself a good long January to reflect on everything that happened last year. Fine—I admit, I’ve sort of been putting this off, but being…
I’m on a five-hour flight to Toronto. I checked in yesterday 23 hours before the flight and scored an emergency exit row seat. It’s the middle seat, which I don’t prefer, but it has extra legroom,…
Last weekend, I did something that a couple years ago I would have never imagined possible with my fitness abilities, or rather, lack thereof: I ran a marathon!!! I took the ferry to Victoria Saturday afternoon,…
Today, on Thanksgiving Day (in Canada), there are many things to be grateful for. And definitely too many things that I take for granted. One such thing is health. I took a short trip to Victoria…
Hello Bonjour! For five weeks in May and June, I was in Trois-Rivières, Quebec, learning French through the Explore Program. Since I just graduated from university, this was the last year that I could do it—unless…
If you want to know how to save money during a trip but not sacrifice quality, this post is for you. Specifically, I’ll be talking about my Europe trip, but these money-saving tips can be applied…
I started my solo six-week backpacking adventure in London, UK. At this point on the trip, I was determined to write a post for each city, so most of my thoughts are summarized in my So This Is London…
I’m currently sitting on a bench in the town centre of Český Krumlov. I’m three weeks into my six-week Europe trip and this is the first day where I’m completely alone. It’s funny because I’m considered…
One thing I always hear about London is that it’s rainy and cold. Well, it wasn’t for the five days I was here. When I arrived, it was incredibly hot and sunny. It was a good…
Last weekend, I decided that I wanted to go to Europe to spend my last two months of summer before I return to normal life in September. When I looked at plane tickets on Google Flights…
Air pollution is the thing that foreigners like to talk about here in Beijing. It’s the default small talk topic. How’s the weather? Oh, the air pollution sucks today. Do you exercise? Oh, I’m scared to go…
We finish browsing the Old Street. It’s 2 PM, but we don’t want to leave just yet—apparently, Jiufen is a full day trip and therefore we should stay for the full day. “What else is there to do at Jiufen?”…
My Taiwanese friends back in Vancouver are always praising Taiwan for its delicious night markets, authentic bubble tea and mountainous beauty. It was so cool to finally experience what they’ve been talking about all along. The highways…
I’ve been back in Beijing for two weeks, and all I’ve been doing is enjoying the little things. No, it’s not because I’m in Beijing that I’m enjoying these things—it’s because I’ve slightly changed my thinking…
Three months ago, I took The Habit Course, a 5-week course on how to build and maintain habits. Thanks Trina for recommending it to me! Overall, the course was fantastic and exceeded my expectations. I learned much…
In first year, I couldn’t imagine being in fourth year. Fourth year students were like, adults, you know? They looked so much older and they seemed so much wiser. They were so mature. I saw this video back in…
As of today (World AIDS Day), we have raised $3,575 for the Stephen Lewis Foundation to fight HIV/AIDS in Sub-Saharan Africa. Thank you to everyone who made a donation! If you donated $10 or more, look…
Today is Thanksgiving Day in Canada. Each year, I spend some time thinking about the things I take for granted. I’m thankful for my home and city. It’s been exactly one month since I came back…
Day of the Longboat is one of two UBC REC traditions that you have to do before you graduate, or else you’re missing out big time. The other one is Storm the Wall. I had heard…
Last January when I was applying for exchange, there were more than 150 universities in 40 countries to choose from and without hesitation, I chose Beijing. I chose to come “home”. I was born in Beijing…
Curiosity brought me here. I have quite a few friends from Hong Kong so I’ve always wondered about Hong Kong. And now I can say that I’ve finally been there! I flew to Hong Kong by myself…
Exactly one year ago, I was in Kenya having one of the best times of my life. I was there for two months volunteering at a community bank with a few others from Canada. I do…