Adventures of a self-made techie
Elephant Mountain, a.k.a. Xiangshan, is probably the most popular hike in Taipei if not Taiwan. But when people say it’s the easiest, I’d like to raise my hand, say “Excuse me, can you please categorically describe that?” Which sounds annoying and arrogant, I know, but you would probably hate me more for not speaking the…
I was cleaning up my Google Drive and saw this, written in November 2015. I must’ve submitted this to Thought Catalog, as a follow-up to this post but it ironically failed. Sharing it here now because you just might need it. 🙂 Embrace failure. Welcome it in your arms like a lost love. Make it…
While others writhe in fear of heights, cry at the sight of cockroaches, I go weak in the knees at the prospect of visiting Prada. Or Louis Vuitton. Or any high-end store with a name I’ll mispronounce. I don’t know why high-end shops intimidate me. I feel like my financial capacity will get judged and…
I have never read a Gillian Flynn novel before. I only watched Gone Girl onscreen, and I thought its brilliance was because of David Fincher. So when I picked up the Sharp Objects novel, I didn’t really have any expectations. All I know is that I’ve seen its TV series trailer on HBO, and as…