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Share When I lived in Hong Kong, I always got a kick out of taking friends and family to Chungking Mansions for the first time. You should have seen the looks in their eyes when we strolled over to the elevators in the C block. They must have thought I’d gone mad in Hong Kong, and [...] Share Tomorrow is the 100th anniversary of the Wuchang Uprising, otherwise known as Double Ten. Taiwan celebrates it as their National Day. But it’s more than just that. It marks the beginning of the Republic of China and the end of thousands of years of dynastic rule. This photo was taken 100 years ago. The Iron [...] Share In my little absence from blogging, I’ve been to Vancouver and back. What a great getaway. It wasn’t my first visit there, but considering the previous time was 24 years ago, I wasn’t exactly returning to familiar territory. I love comparing this postcard I sent to my maternal grandmother in 1987: with this 2011 postcard [...] Share Now that school is back in session, I’m sad to leave summer behind. Besides swimming, my summer was consumed with many trips to Chinatown for dim sum, which my kids love. And what’s not to love? How a propos that I just received Liza Chu’s awesome Dim Sum: A Survival Guide (Blacksmith Books, 2010)! [...] Share So yesterday my niece returned from a three-week trip to Kyrgyzstan. She’s 8 years old and visited her maternal grandparents for the first time. The best thing about hearing of someone’s travels is actually to see her photos. And here are a few she snapped: yurt This yurt is pretty cool. And since mutton [...] |
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