Category: Portfolio
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Afterglow
The first few days are hard. When you open your eyes, blink twice, slightly confused by the strangeness of your familiar surroundings. This isn’t where I’m supposed to be, a voice in your head protests. But it is. Break is over, you are exactly where you are supposed to be, whether you want to be here…
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I <3 Monkeys
Heading home for a couple of weddings and some family time and stuck at the HK airport with a 12 hour layover. Might as well take advantage of the Cathay Pacific lounge access! In 3 hours I already uploaded most of the photos that I couldn’t get to Picasa while behind the Great Wall, and…
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Long Time No See, Tokyo
Even though I’ve never lived in Tokyo, coming here gives me a strange sense of familiarity. I’m glad I got to revisit a few of my favorite spots in my few days here. { Yoyogi Park } Yoyogi Park is pretty much the equivalent of Central Park in New York. It’s where the locals like…
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Niko Nikko
Nikko is about 2 hours outside of Tokyo and known for the mausoleum and shrine of Tokugawa Ieyasu, who founded the Tokugawa shogunate in 1603. The 200 years for which his family ruled also became known as the Edo period, a time of great economic and intellectual development that ended with the Meiji Restoration and the…
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The Death Star Experience
It took me longer than I thought. It was more fun than I thought. It’s garnered more attention than I thought. After a month of hard work, the Death Star has been built. I impulsively bought a $400 Death Star Lego set for my birthday last month. Many were shocked: $400 for a Lego set?! Others…