
Work and Play
Back in the day - and by that, I mean even just 7-10 years ago - the culture of people working from cafes was mainly reserved for...

Fushimi Inari Taisha Shrine, Kyoto, Japan
The scene at the end of Memoirs of a Geisha (the film, not the book) where we see a flashback of Sayuri, the main character, when she was...

Life Lessons From The Boxing Ring
Back when I was a kid, I'd never have believed you if you told me that when I was 31 years old, I'd spend 3 months intensely training...

Confessions Of A Half-Asian Tiger Cub
In 2001, a book written by American author, lawyer, and Yale Law School professor Amy Chua called "Battle Hymn Of The Tiger Mother" made...

Casa Batlló, Barcelona, Spain
I used to paint - a lot. Many nights after I got home from work, whether I was sad, happy, angry, or just plain confused, I'd splash my...