Everyone loves McDonald’s. Admit it. Even if you utterly despise the Golden Arches, it means you’ve come to a point …
Buying Chinese Fruit
Near my subway stop in Foshan, China was a row of vendors, some selling fruit, others selling knockoff electronics. I’m not sure which had a longer shelf life.
3 Internalized Idiosyncrasies from China
Sometimes after one returns from travels, they search for some pithy declaration on how their world views may have changed. …
Plastic Surgery in Korea
“How about that one?” – me “Yep.” – Korean friend “And that one?” – me “Of course. You can’t tell?” …
Lantern Festival in China
This story will be the quick confluence of two threads that will quickly be sewn together. One. When I was …
The (Soft) Power of K-Pop
Quick thoughts on soft power. It is ridiculously important if a country wants to have positive sway over a another …
Difficulties of the Korean Language
An-yong-ha-se-yo!!! That’s the impossibly hard way to say hi in Korean. I find the language incredibly difficult just to muster …
Zhangjiajie, Hunan Province, PRC
Some places don’t really need too much of an introduction or historical context: they’re just damn pretty. Zhangjiajie could stand …
Changsha, Hunan Province, PRC
Changsha is the provincial capital of Hunan Province, and a place where Mao Zedong spent loads of time. It’s in …
Rome + Vatican City (Part 5)
This is a story back when I was doing study abroad in Paris, 2015. We took a weeklong trip to …