June 27, 2018 Subways and Spaghetti If you haven’t, be sure to read “Skyscrapers and Juice Boxes” for the beginning of this story. *This is a work of fiction. Names,…
June 16, 2018 Skyscrapers and Juice Boxes *This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, businesses, places, events, locales, and incidents are either the products of the author’s imagination or used…
June 6, 2018 Somewhere Over the Pacific *written mid-trip to America, whilst sleep deprived and without connection to the outside world, so take what I have to say with utmost caution, or don’t* To say I am excited to go home is an understatement. I’m pretty sure my countdown started at 100 days to go. I’m so stoked that I’m sitting in seat 25K, staring out the window, wide awake on a ten-hour flight from Taipei to Vancouver, knowing full well that not getting sleep is going to be so fun later when I finally make it to Chicago. Good news is that I’ll sleep really well tonight. That’s for sure.
May 30, 2018 A Day In the Life It’s 7:00 A.M. The sun shines through the ginormous window in my bedroom. Wiping my tired eyes, I make my way out of bed. …
May 27, 2018 Three Things I’ve Learned While Living Abroad As I prepare to go home to visit for the first time in nearly a year and ten months, it baffles me just how…
May 23, 2018 Charles, the Londoner There was one man who stood out in my mind out of all my early travels as a child: Charles, the cab driver. He…
October 17, 2017 The In Between A little over a week ago, I woke up before the sun had risen. My friend and I climbed into a taxi. My hands…
October 9, 2017 Eyes Wide Open It’s double ten day here in Taiwan, also known as Independence Day. I sit on the floor of a train on my way back…
September 24, 2017 Don’t Fall in Love, Travel Instead Love, ah, the wonderful yet dreadful word everyone longs for throughout their lives… From a young age, we read children’s stories about princes and…
September 19, 2017 What Matters Most Fall has always been a weird time, as in the past, it has been a time of transitions. It has been a time of…
