Food the Wong Way, and some other hobbies
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Pro-Tip Tuesday:
Alt Uses for a Water Bottle While on the Road 2Here’s one from my significant other’s mountaineering class. I froze my ass off camping in in Bryce Canyon so you don’t have to. While camping, you can fill a large nalgene (or other water) bottle with hot water before bed, and put it in your sleeping bag for extra warmth all night! If you find the…
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Friendly Friday: Introducing the Bizarro Tumblr, a Look Behind the Scenes
My friend Amy asked me when I was in Minnesota once, “do you ever make recipes that don’t turn out?” and that spurred me starting a collection of fail/disappointment pictures. These have been deposited here as a stream, and has started to include situations I think funny. You know, we’re all human, and we might as well…
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Pro-Tip Tuesday:
Alt Uses for a Water Bottle While on the Road 1Discovery in the desert, Moab, Utah near Arches National Park: While on the road, you can use a large Nalgene bottle (or other water bottle) as a stand-in for a foam roller to roll out your thighs and other muscles, a great plus if you, say, went for a hike while car camping and have sore muscles! For…
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Southwest Road Trip Correspondence
Me (via email): We appear to have entered some anomaly in the space time continuum. Kris’ watch says 10pm, mine says 8, and the car says 9. Who knows what time or what age we will return to after our road trip… My brother: Woah.
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Moab Vignette
Bonus post for you subscribers! When I close my eyes, I can still see the desert. I look down and toe the red-brown dirt at my feet. I look up, and a vast horizon unfolds before me, the carpet of dirt for miles, dotted with the occasional tenacious yellow-green scrub bush. Far beyond, a ribbon…
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Stand-Up Paddleboard in Southern Taiwan
This post is on stand-up paddle board (SUP) in the vicinity of Kaohsiung, specifically. Mama: What is this thing you do, Yiling? Paddleboat, like with your feet? Me: Um, no mama, it’s called stand-up paddleboard. Mama: Paddleboat? Me: No, BOARD. It’s like a surf board, but bigger and more stable. You stand on it, and…
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What to Know About Your Phone for International Travel
Taiwan Pro-Tip EditionSIM Card Rental & Local Pay Options $ < Global Data Plan $$$ Did you know: you can rent a SIM card or cell phone when you arrive at the airport in Taiwan? I found this out once I was there, after already having purchased my $10-a-day global data plan with AT&T. AT&T would charge…
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Kaohsiung, Taiwan in the Morning
Hi Folks, I’m in Taiwan* for QingMing Jie. Lots of over-deep thoughts to organize, food eaten, and photos to sort out. In the mean time, this video clip for you: If you have any questions on what it’s like here, let me know this week and I’ll try to find out! *where my mother grew…
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Taiwan Adventures – Going “Home” Part 2
Recap of What I Expected to Find in Taiwan: (see Taiwan Adventures – Going Home 1 for the full intro) -Familiar but unfamiliar: being too-rusty in language skills, feeling a stranger in a friendly city -Pollution galore What did I find? Arrival Aah, that southern Chinese accent! Familiar, just …familiar.I walked off the plane to…
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