I rarely ever get to spend Mother’s Day with my mom anymore (as she’s been in China around the holiday for the past few years). As I grow older, any quality time spent with my mom is harder and harder to come by. Suddenly, it’s more preferred to celebrate birthdays and New Years with friends, weekends are spent doing whatever it is that twenty-something girls do, and family vacations become a thing of the past. I lived about an hour’s drive away but I didn’t…
The story of how I got peer pressured into getting Lasik eye surgery by a woman I just met
Okay, maybe “peer pressured” is a tad harsh. “Roughly persuaded” is more like it. But the second part is true. I had just met her for the first time in my life, and five days later, I found myself climbing into the surgery bed, shaking uncontrollably, under glowing lamps and strange machines. Less than five minutes later, I walked out of the surgery room sore-eyed but glasses-free. For the first time in over a decade. Wait, I’m getting completely ahead…
[Taipei] Battle of the beef noodle soups: Chef Hung vs. Lin Dong Fang
You can’t go to Taipei and not eat beef noodle soup. It’s like going to Paris and not eating baguette, Poland and not eating pierogis, Vietnam and not eating pho… okay, you get point. But as with all things where food is concerned, we refuse to settle for anything but the best. And to seek out the best beef noodle soup in the city, we turned to a couple of locals for suggestions. We met up with D’s uncle and cousin one…
Travel wears | street fashion in Taipei
As much as I love traveling with D and have come to rely on mostly each other for company, there are just some roles we cannot fulfill for each other. Sure, he has learned to listen to me whine talk about blogging and pretends to care about recent gossip and even once went to a Hello Kitty cafe with me, but there is one thing at which he draws the line: shopping. No matter what, D cannot make up for the lack of…
17 reasons why Taipei is the coolest (in photos!)
Six years ago, D visited Taipei for only two days. Three years ago, we met and since the first date as we chatted about our travels over dumplings, he’s raved about Taipei and how he dreams of returning someday. “It’s just such a cool city,” he’d say. But he couldn’t really tell me why. And he didn’t have any pictures to show me either, aside from some blurry ones taken from the top of the Taipei 101. And so I never believed him….
6 steps to bargaining at D’Talipapa market in Boracay
The D’Talipapa Seafood Market is one of my favorite places on Boracay, and at the same time, my least favorite. Seafood is one of those things that I’m mostly apathetic towards (it just seems like too high prices for not too much payoff), but if I happen to get my hands on some, I don’t know why I don’t eat more of it. It’s delicious! On the other hand, D is a big seafood fan (check out the gigantic shrimp we had…
Travel plans for summer 2015 revealed!
Some of you may remember that I entered a blogging competition a few months ago, where the first place prize was a trip to Europe. When I entered, I had no thoughts of winning because you still would have to purchase your own flights into Europe, and Europe is still really expensive. But then I was listed as a finalist and all of a sudden, I really wanted to go!! We decided that if I did win, we would purchase our…
A year of travel (in food!)
I had so much fun putting together a massive mosaic of my first year of travel in photos (and you guys loved it too!). One comment threw me off. My friend Kiara, said “I was actually surprised there aren’t more photos of food.” Obviously, there was only one way to remedy the situation: to create a FOOD MOSAIC! Kiara was right of course. How did I neglect such an important part of our life? Before setting off on our adventures, I never…
A day in the life: Boracay, Philippines
In travel, you mostly only hear about amazing sights or thrilling activities. But I assure you – our everyday is not that glamorous! A Day in the Life is where I capture the small moments that make up a typical day and give you a peek at what life really looks like in pictorial snippets, as well as some of my recommendations and idea for cost. As soon as I wake and before I’ve even rubbed the last vestiges of sleep…
Robbed in Boracay: a tale of when paradise turns sour
Four days into our month-long stay in Boracay, our apartment got broken into. In the dead middle of the night. In the morning, I walked out into the living room and reached for my toiletries bag sitting on a shelf. It wasn’t there. Okay no biggie, I thought. I just misplaced it. I paced around the tiny living room, lifting cushions and shifting chairs. A few seconds later, I saw my toothbrush and Invisalign braces (both of which I stored in my…
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