I'm scared of the most ridiculous things like, amoebas crawling up my nose and causing brain cancer (is this really an urban legend?), Sarah Palin running for office (again) and air conditioner water dripping in...
My obsession with Japan is a well documented topic and one that dovetails nicely with my other obsession with historical movies, usually involving a sword of some kind, a husky accent and Mel Gibson (pre-crazy...
It's been a while since my last post and I feel terrible about it! Between work and trips to Sydney, San Francisco, Shanghai and Tokyo, I've been completely flat out. Like, droopy-eyed-mouth-agape-while-dragging-my-gimpy-leg-like-a decomposing-zombie flat out....
"Who's your favorite Ninja Turtle?" my friend, who legit looks like a turtle himself, thought-provokingly asked me this weekend. I thought carefully for a good 3 minutes because, well, the answer to that question is really...
An old childhood friend/neighbor, whose first encounter with me was when my brother and I ambushed him with our Super Soakers over the fence that separated our backyards, came through Hong Kong this weekend. Over...
For the most part, I really like living in Hong Kong. The city features such a unique blend of mountainous terrain, bustling harbours and limitless skyscrapers that is hard to find anywhere else in the...
To this day I have fond memories of my fifth grade class in elementary school. Our teacher was an elegant woman named Mrs. Mintzer, who to this day is still one of the most inspirational teachers...
Packing and unpacking is by far the most unpleasant aspect of taking a trip (well, that and eating instant noodles for a month in order to pay off the credit card debt for all those...
Do you remember that movie The Next Karate Kid with Mr. Miyagi-san and Hillary Swank? (Please please don't tell me you were still in the womb when that movie came out because recently I've been...
When I was little, sunsets were the harbingers of death. Yes, literally death. My mother would tell us terrifying stories of what clowns and monsters (euphemisms for child molesters and rapists; although "clown" does the...
Gatsby believed in the green light, the orgastic future that year by year recedes before us. It eluded us then, but that's no matter -- tomorrow we will run faster, stretch out our arms farther...
I don't know what it is but I have this assiduous habit of saying completely inappropriate things about people's families and their age. Not only that, but after the initial comment, I'll keep going, digging...