If you want a subsidized holiday then you have to put in the legwork. I recently scored a suite in New York City’s Soho for one night valued at $953 for free, but it took three months of preparation to get to that room. I’ve previously written about how I Read more…
I visited Vancouver in January of 2024 and met up with my old secondary school principal from when I was in Hong Kong. We went on a school trip to Yangshuo and Nanchang, China in 2008 and 2009 respectively. He left for another head of school job in Vancouver and Read more…
This article is part of a series called Backstory where I reveal how feature and in-depth stories were crafted. You can find more with the Backstory tag by searching “Backstory” in the search bar. The original story was published here: I worked with Jen Osborne again on this video, but Read more…
This article is part of a series called Backstory where I reveal how feature and in-depth stories were crafted. You can find more with the Backstory tag by searching “Backstory” in the search bar. The original story was published here: https://cusjc.ca/noveltimes/2020/12/13/recoveries-and-vaccines-transitioning-to-a-post-covid-19-canada/ This was the first and will probably be the Read more…
I don’t usually do product reviews or restaurant reviews (except for ice cream parlours), or any reviews in general. But this product has changed the way I look at commercial solutions to problems I didn’t have. The Clapper is a socket adaptor that turns appliances on and off with an Read more…
Finished. Finished with my master’s. When I started this website, I was merely an undergraduate student trying to organize all his experiences into a logical medium. I wanted to be able to share what I learned, to internalize travel experiences, and do enough research to appreciate the history of a Read more…
Want to be a calmer driver? Drive with a variety of things in the car. Carrying fragile objects like crystalware and animals as well as loading the car up to the brim with heavy boxes makes you more careful. The first time I realized this was when I picked up Read more…
There are only five places in the world where a member of public can touch a piece of the moon recovered from one of the Apollo missions, not just from lunar meteorites. There’s one in the Johnson Space Center in Houston, Kennedy Space Center in Florida, Smithsonian Air and Space Read more…
This article is part of a series called Backstory where I reveal how feature and in-depth stories were crafted. You can find more with the Backstory tag by searching “Backstory” in the search bar.(Featured photo courtesy of Lindsey James.) The original story was published here:https://capitalcurrent.ca/dog-2/ The video assignment took about Read more…
I’ve been on Instagram for about a year now and just made my first post. Although an amateur at the media format, I do have some preliminary thoughts on the site and how it could improve. Instagram used to be called Burbn, but it had since pivoted. I see the Read more…