It’s been a long busy week and I still have the energy to write. It’s been a while since the itch to type down thoughts has happened to me. I know itch sounds like yuck, dafuq is that metaphor, but whatever. I have been back to writing for a living. And I mean it in…
How to Enjoy Xiangshan (a.k.a. Elephant Mountain)
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…
Fail and Don’t Say You’re Sorry
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…
When a Frugal Commoner Does High-end Window Shopping
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…