• Phuket

    The Plan

  • Back in Air!

    I got my ticket back in 2012, in the San Francisco bay area, while I was on an internship. It was intense, a lot of fun, and probably the most effort I’ve ever put into achieving a single goal in my life, but I’m really happy that I was able to finally get my pilot license. Unfortunately, I ended up moving to the UK not long after that, which was great for my career, but not so good for flying – general aviation in the UK is much less accessible, in terms of cost, licensing, and physical access to airplanes and airports. So I haven’t been flying since.

  • Seville (Naboo?)

    When I go to big cities I am always a bit stressed, because there are always more things to do than I can fit into my schedule, and that makes traveling a bit unpleasant. It may seem like a good problem to have, but if I am stressed about having to see everything, doesn’t that defeat the whole point of traveling?

  • Polyamory

    You are walking on a 100-metre long trail, and there is a pebble every metre. When you encounter a pebble, you can choose to pick it up or leave it. If you pick it up, the game is over, and you get to keep the pebble. If you leave it, you cannot go back to it later.

  • Solo Eurotrip, Budapest

    Armed with the gift of the last of a book of 10 transit tickets from Japanese guy #1 and some amazing kebab from the Vienna Westbahnhof, I boarded the bus to Budapest (not using the ticket… the ticket is for intra-city travel only).

  • Solo Eurotrip, Vienna Part 2

    Vienna is divided into 23 districts, and numbered 1-23 for easy reference (gotta love German simplicity). The first district, the Innere Stadt, is the Old Town, where all the historical things are. I believe it was the entirety of Vienna before the expansions in the 1800s to include the suburbs.

  • Solo Eurotrip, Vienna Part 1

    Backpacking is a bit like playing a fantasy role-playing game (Baldur’s Gate anyone?) – you go to a small town, find an inn, order a drink, talk to a few people, try to get a few hints on where to go next to advance the story, and be on your way.

  • Solo Eurotrip, Prague Part 2

    There are two types of paddle boats – one where each boat has one propeller shared between the 2 paddlers, and one where each boat has two propellers, driven by the respective paddler. Cheating is only possible on the first type because on the second type, a lazy paddler will result in the boat turning in circles.

  • Solo Eurotrip, Prague Part 1

    For future reference, Barcelona Airport is very bad for sleeping, unless you have something soft, like a giraffe’s belly.

  • Solo Eurotrip, Lisbon Part 2

    According to Moroccan girl #1, police in Morocco is so corrupt that there’s this one time her friend was stopped for drunk driving (drinking at all is illegal since her friend was Muslim, and Muslims aren’t allowed to drink in Morocco, so a Muslim drinking and driving is doubly illegal), and not only did he get away with it after some bribing, the officer even told them where the next checkpoint is, so they can avoid it. THEN THE OFFICER GAVE THEM SOME WEED and sent them on their way (now not just driving drunk, but stoned AND drunk).

  • Solo Eurotrip, Lisbon Part 1

  • Solo Eurotrip, Prelude

    About a week ago, I left London and embarked on a solo backpacking trip to continental Europe.

  • Identity Theft by Email Spoofing

    I have been running my own email server for almost 10 years now, and it has been pretty problem-free until now, so I didn’t really think about it that much. I know it’s not an open relay, and that’s about it. If it’s not broken, why fix it right? Ha!

  • Living (Slightly More) Rationally - Consistent Valuation of Time

    How much is your time worth? and are you valuing it consistently?

  • Gliding "You Have to Look Up to See Clouds"

  • Mountain Flying

  • I Believe I Can Fly

  • FIRST SOLO!!! "Reid-Hillview Tower, Citabria 990WY, ready for takeoff"

    One more item crossed off the list of 100 things to do before I die.