Meet David, his friends call him Dave. There’s really nothing so remarkable about David, he’s in his last year of secondary school and currently applying to study in second-rate universities in Hong Kong. His mother told him to get his Read more…
The benches they have here at the waiting area are neither comfortable nor uncomfortable. The seat backs are reclined far enough to lean back on, but not far back enough to feel restful in. Armrests between seats are a good Read more…
I’d take a day trip to Poland every other week to look at some cultural sights, see an afternoon play at the opera house, and buy tax-free groceries. Mainly just to buy tax-free groceries, but I’d tell myself I’m also Read more…
Close your eyes and imagine a serene environment. The icy Appalachians hide the rising golden sun in the distance, the foreground is occupied by the Dakotan badlands with bales of hay rolling across the wilderness in the wind, and everything Read more…
I’ve actually landed in Hong Kong since it was part of the British Empire and was granted permanent leave to stay by Her Majesty’s Hong Kong Government (hence the title of this post). This is the city I called home Read more…
John F. Kennedy famously proclaimed the words “Ich bin ein Berliner” during a speech in West Berlin. In his speech, he described how Berlin was at the forefront of the battle between the ideologies of East and West. What he Read more…
Shakey was my cat in Berlin and oh I loved her so! I got her the first month I was there and just after another month of being with Shakey, I’ve absolutely fallen in love with her. Being able to Read more…
Very close to Shanghai and less than an hour away by high speed rail, Hangzhou is a beautiful place gifted with stunning natural scenery and fertile soil. It is the land of my forefathers and hence my father would bring Read more…
One of the placed I’ve lived in and grown to hate (but later appreciated) was Shanghai. It’s hard to imagine that the place 6-year-old me lived in was so different when I visited at 17 and 19 years old. Back Read more…
During my research of national socialist architecture in the 1930’s and 40’s I travelled to many places in the German-speaking world including places of historical significance in Austria and Germany. One of my more unexpected finds were in Czechia where Read more…