Life, Oh Life Category
Personal posts that are usually lament some aspect of life and those around me.
Mar 29 | Céad míle fáilte
Funny, isn’t it, that there are certain places that make you feel more compelled to write than others. I just realized the only other time I’ve blogged away from home recently was again in Ireland. It’s sad, really, how little I’ve written in the past few months. Work has somewhat taken over my life. And […]
Aug 18 | A Letter to Ireland
As I wait for my Ryanair flight to roll out of Dublin’s airport, I have many reasons to want to come back. While the first two days of my time in Dublin were spent working deep within the walls of Google’s Dublin offices, I made sure to give myself ample time on the weekend to […]
Jul 27 | Mountain Adventures, Part 1: Rigi
I’ve decided to spend the summer here in Switzerland with a bit of an organized regimen, and this time it’s going to be tackling mountains around Switzerland. Today, I made my way to Mt. Rigi, in the canton of Schwyz. Altitude: 1,798 m Weather: No clouds but slightly hazy Path to get there: Zurich HB […]
May 19 | Grüezi!
I’ve been in a sort of “consume media” mode for the past week, so it’s high time I switch gears and start doing something productive. The weather here has been rather uninspiring for the better part of the week, so I’ve kept myself busy looking for apartments, going to viewings, filling out applications, and wandering […]
Jan 18 | Around APAC in 88 Days Part 2
The past couple of days have been pretty busy on the trip preparation front, and most of it consist of me hemorrhaging money left and right. Oh well. I keep on telling myself that this isn’t something I’ll have the chance to do many times in my lifetime. 1) I realized that I didn’t need […]
Dec 2 | How to make a standing desk for less than $20
One of the standing desks I assembled As this was going to be my last quarter at Stanford, I made an effort towards the beginning of the quarter to decide upon classes I knew I could only take here, and one of those ended up being a class taught by BJ Fogg called “Behavior Design […]
Sep 1 | Magic Pudding
With my summer internship over I now have a bit of time to put towards writing and sharing some of my summer. Stay tuned for more frequent updates! 魔法のプリン- Magic pudding. The image it conjures up as a mystical menu item in a ramen store deep inside Tokyo probably differs from person to person. For […]
Aug 12 | The perfect Canon upgrade kit
File this under First World Problems, if you will: not being able to take a photo of your camera and kit because you don’t have another camera! As any fledgling camera addict would probably know, there comes a point in the whole camera-owning business where buying a couple of lens becomes a fun (and possibly […]
Oct 11 | Summer reflections
As it so happens it takes about a month for me to have the time to shift gears between one thing and the next, and as such it’s high time for me to put down to pixel the kinds of amazing adventures I’ve been able to have this past summer. I started my internship at […]
Aug 27 | 65 miles of Napa Valley
Sometimes it takes a couple of bubble teas and a week’s worth of rest to be able to muse over a weekend of pure awesomeness. Back in early August I decided on a whim to participate in the Eagle Cycling Club’s Tour of Napa Valley as a group of IDEOers would be headed to it […]