My Books
Primo
Growing up ISBN: 978-131-01221-2-5 This was my second book, but first to publish in 2015. It was written as a wedding gift for my cousin who got married in 2016, you should’ve seen her face! Anyways, I shared very few but very deep memories during my childhood days in Canada and Read more
My Books
Document Se7en
Adventures at the office ISBN 978-988-14890-0-5 This was my first ever book written in 2011 and published in 2016. It was an experiment into my own writing style and a journey of discovery on my passion for the written word. The story revolves around my short placement in an accounting Read more
Articles
A Denied Nomad
Being a citizen of a country must grant you certain rights and freedoms right? But Canada begs to differ. I’ve tried to apply for an ID card and a driver’s license only to be turned away by ICBC in Vancouver because I wasn’t resident in Canada. I mean sure, I Read more
VSP
Another Day in Class
The first class was a little slow as the Professor was just trying to get to know the students and get acquainted with our lacking level of engagement. The real “first class” was the second class, where we were asked to bring in recent stories and discuss the definition of Read more
People
Ocean Tiong
I was flying to Vancouver for the VSP in late May when I was seated next to a very kind stranger – Ocean. He is an expert application developer from Victoria (the capital of B.C.) and the proud owner of rolia.net. Rolia is a website connecting the Asian minority community Read more
People
Two Asian Men
If where I live in the eastern end of East Berlin is the deep east, Westphalia is the deep west of Germany. It is in fact, so far west, that although the mainstream culture and foods are generally the same as in the east, a lot of the special events Read more
Cities
Wuppertal, Germany
The valley of the River Wupper, that’s what its name means. The little town is very narrow and stretches along both banks of the river. Once an industrial and mining powerhouse it is now a quiet town of less than half a million people. There are plenty of neo-classical buildings Read more
Articles
Soviet Apartment
Being a student in Berlin is tough, they say it’s “poor and sexy” but the prices have been going up and getting a reasonable apartment to rent isn’t easy. Luckily for me the students’ union had just the place for me, it is a little far in a former Soviet Read more
Experiences
Oktoberfest
Some readers may be surprised to find out that a large portion of Oktoberfest (or Wiesn as the people of Munich call it) actually occurs before October, with all but three days in September. Open from 8am till past midnight every single day of the week, there’s no shortage of Read more