Science
Cooking is science. It's actually a subset of materials science! Integral to cooking are the concepts of kinetics, phase transformations, and organic chemistry. Cooking is the perfect way to learn these intuitively. Today, I'll explain a simple experiment I did in the kitchen. The impetus was
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Because I got sick in Hanoi, I felt like planning the end of this journey. I was not a fan of Vietnam so far. I had a 30-day visa, though. And I heard many people talk about Danang and Hoi An as great places. In fact, I heard multiple conversations
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My new passport arrived! After staying in Chiang Mai for close to 2 more weeks, I needed a change. I found myself in the same situation that landed me in Korea! Sapporo's Snow Festival was coming up, and I had booked a hostel with free cancellation. Time was
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I had to renew my passport and I figured the best place to do it would be Chiang Mai. There's a U.S. consulate there, plus a jazz scene with unexplored gems. My friends Nu and Yok from Jazz Happens in Bangkok had told me they would be
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In 2018, I spent both Christmas and New Years Eve in Bangkok. After having spent nearly 2 months in Thailand thus far in my journey, I wondered whether I had had enough. As I had planned to stop by South Korea and Japan before returning to America, I booked a
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Apologies for the late update! I returned from Asia right before spring started. I wrote the following little reflection in the airplane... Sad to leave Asia and happy to return to America. I hope to come back again soon. I'm very grateful to be Californian, to have a
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One of my favorite memes is Ron Paul saying "It's happening!" The variant, "This is happening," is my favorite phrase to feel when I'm in an interesting or unique situation. Yes, this is happening. It's always happening. What happens? Jazz
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After feeling like I'd stayed enough the second time, I decided to fly to Krabi. There, I could access some of southern Thailand's islands in the Andaman Sea. Immediately, I noticed a higher sun intensity and humidity than Bangkok. It makes sense as this area is
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Resolved never to take another sleeper bus in Asia, or at least so long as I'm over 180 cm in height, and decided that Vang Vieng and Vientiane were not necessary destinations for me at this time, I returned to Silom Soi 6 to stay in Kinnon Hostel.
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Three weeks since my last update. I'd be sorry if I had followers. If I might send someone a link to this page, I must frantically update from my ever-expanding backlog of content. In contrast to the start of my journey, things have quieted down a great deal.
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Just five days from entering, I decided to leave this country. Destinations I considered visiting: Nong Kiaw is a beautiful place but far out of my way as it is north. Vang Vieng is south, and also lovely, but I hear it is a tourist party town. I don'
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This is something new I'm trying, so bear with me, and provide comments and criticism appropriately. The pain of a broken heart can be one of the most debilitating feelings one can experience. In extreme cases, feelings of hopelessness and no belonging drive one to end a life.