A small story before the departure. “Due to engineering requirements your flight JQ62 09/02/2018 from Ho Chi Minh City to Sydney is delayed. Your flight is now expected to depart Ho Chi Minh City at 6:30pm on 09/02/2018 and arrive in Sydney at 7:10am on 10/02/2018.” Because I was at the home airport, there’d be … Read more
My company organized a 2-day trip to trek Ta Nang for managers. Despite advice to practice before the trip, I didn’t think it would be as hard a the hikes/treks I did in Kangding, Danba, or Garzê (all in Sichuan province of China) in 2009. Turned out I was wrong somehow. The day before the … Read more
🏞️🧗⛴️ No mountain is too steep for those who climb, No ocean too vast for those who dare its tide. // 山高自有客行路，水深自有渡船人。 Shāngāo zì yǒu kè xínglù, shuǐshēn zì yǒu dùchuán rén. // Sơn cao tự hữu khách hành lộ, thủy thâm tự hữu độ thuyền nhân. // Núi cao tự có khách trèo lên, … Read more
👣🌊☁️ I’d go out for a walk alone when I so please, What a pleasure this brings, only I would know. I’d stroll to seek the fountainhead, And there take a seat to admire the sky and watch clouds grow. // 興來美獨往， 勝事空自知。 行到水窮處， 坐看雲起時。 Xìng lái měi dú wǎng, Shèng shì kōng zì zhī. … Read more
🙏🕊️🚫 Freedom is not doing whatever you want to do, but not having to do what you don’t want to do. // 自由不是你想干什么就干什么,而是你想不干什么就不干什么。 Zìyóu bu shì nǐ xiǎng gànshénme jiù gànshénme, ér shì nǐ xiǎng bù gān shén me jiù bù gān shén me. // Tự do bất thị nhĩ tưởng cán thậm ma tựu … Read more
