Posts tagged wanderlust

Hello again, world.

After long absence from the blogosphere, I finally able to find the time to share some bit and pieces from my latest stint in Europe in the past two months. Okay, another reason is because the sunny blue sky that one usually enjoys in Santa Monica choose to desert me today.

So enjoy these panoramic photos of Lago D’Orta, San Guilio, Northern Italy. These series were taken entirely using iPhone 4s with no filter. I decided not to bring my Leica in this trip and counting solely on the iPhone. I reckon, they ain’t too shabby of a pix, no?

Where are we going? - http://t.co/FBymy62R - a beautiful tilt-shift timelapse video that inspire your travel..

The traveller sees what he sees, the tourist sees what he has come to see. The whole object of travel is not to set foot on foreign land; it is at last to set foot on one’s own country as a foreign land.
Gilbert K. Chesterton

10 Things I (Will) Miss About Living in Shanghai

These are some (personal) random list of things that made my life in Shanghai comfortable and, at certain points, even very much enjoyable. Despite the fact that sometimes one has to (ahem) have a wee bit deeper pocket to enjoy certain privileges, I still find them worth every penny. All the good things about Shanghai certainly outweigh all the day-to-day silliness that one has to put up with from time to time. Well, what can I say, no place is perfect. Surprisingly enough, it wasn’t easy for me to simply condensed a 6+ years period of living in Shanghai down to mere ten things. I need to left out a lot of things, so feel free to add your two cents if you want. For what it’s worth, here’s my own list of what I (would) miss about living in Shanghai.


**Disclaimer: I understand that these lists might be seen as very 外国人-centric and therefore a bit myopic (and shallow), but I couldn’t help it and I will not apologize for it. Some of them are simple things that I found comforting and at times reminded me of home (read: food for picky people like me). 


See here for the complete list…