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hong kong

My mom’s pretty amazing at bargaining and finding travel deals. (She’s the resident travel agent among our family friends.) Before we left, she looked up several groupon deals and had local friends buy em’ for us so we could take advantage of said deals.

On our first day in HK, one of my mom’s friends …

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Taiwan (Part 1)

My hotel room happens to have wireless, so I figured I’d share some of my adventures over here. I’ll be hanging out in Taiwan/Hong Kong for another 1.5 weeks or so. Since I have limited time on the internets (endless food/shopping/sightseeing options are calling), they’ll probably be segmented posts with a lot of stuff missing …

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清明节

Jessica, Farrah, Popo

I’ve never really associated April 5th with anything good, and this has only compounded since five years ago today.

I can’t believe it’s really been half a decade already. It feels like it’s been so much longer, especially if you use my rapidly degenerating Cantonese as an indicator.

I wonder if you know that …

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reclaimed

My brother’s girlfriend and her sister are visiting from the Philippines for a couple weeks, so her sister’s staying in my currently “vacant” room.

However, if you remember the logistics of my family members, my beloved cat believes that my room is actually her room, and that she’s being the nicest living creature on the …

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窩蛋牛肉飯 (Eggs & Beef Over Rice)

My parents were pretty worried that I was going to starve to death in grad school, or that I would die of malnutrition because I wouldn’t have time to make food for myself. Hence, they alerted me of the wonder that is known as rice cooker meals. (And what Asian household is complete without a …

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