In my first year Spanish class, back in high school when I had no idea that I would ever live abroad or how important the Spanish language would become to me, our class had an open-ended project to make something related to Spanish-speaking culture. I think my mother had just read some crafts article [...]

Just some photos of some decorative foliage in the downtown district of my home town from my February trip. The cabbages are in front of the computer store my mother runs. The green thing is from the photography studio next door.

Last night, I felt like watching a movie. I had four or five to choose from. I wasn’t familiar with any of them by name, so I looked the first one up on IMDB to get a plot synopsis, see the actors, and get a feel for the general quality of the film. [...]

Put yourself in her shoes for a moment. You come home from a hard day’s work, and find your husband, as always, in his office, working at his computer. You stand in the office doorway, exchange greetings, and start talking about your days. As you lean on it, the door slowly [...]

Just a few more photos from my trip to the Motherland earlier this month. Every day commuting back home from work, I’d seen some gorgeous sunsets and finally, on the last day of work, I decided to stop the car next to Lake Wheeler, climb up the dam hill to the water, and take [...]

National Grandparents’ Day isn’t until September, but I just saw my two remaining grandparents, and I thought they deserved a post.

On my week of commuting into work in Raleigh, NC, recently, I passed by a pretty cool-looking building: Yates Mill. According to the web page, a mill was first used on this site 250 years ago. That’s like America’s equivalent of one of Europe’s still-standing ancient Roman structures. Except for demonstrative purposes, [...]

On Monday, February 11, I went out with some of my high school hallmates to a specialty beer bar in Raleigh, called The Raleigh Times Bar. They had about 200 different beers on the menu, with a special section for Belgian Beers. I was pretty much in heaven. We had three different [...]

This week, I’ve been staying at my grandmother’s house and commuting into Raleigh to work. Some of the farm land I have to drive through to get there is truly gorgeous.

Every year I play in a golf tournament organized by my father in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. This year there were 16 participants staying in 4 condos playing golf in a 3-day tournament. I played excellent golf and ended up tied with the leader after all 54 holes, but I lost in a [...]