It’s no secret to longtime readers that I fly frequently, both for work and for pleasure. So much that one might even say that I’m in part responsible keeping a certain airline profitable, as slim as its margins are. After nearly four years of traveling and flying, I have decided…

I was speaking to one of my friends about who I met at a party one night. I rattled off the list of names of people that I interacted with, listing who I liked and who I thought was boring. When I had finished, she said “it’s no surprise that…

Tourism has always had a negative association when used outside of the industry: it’s cool to be in the tourism space, but never cool to be a tourist. Tourists are loud, gaudy, and disruptive. It’s important to participating in travel experiences instead of purchasing tour packages. There’s a difference between…

Both my dear parents, who read my weekly posts, have advised me not to write so intimately for the whole world to see. Though cancel culture still runs rampant, validating their fears of reprisal as during the Cultural Revolution, I have written freely for the most part. I have avoided…

I like prose, drama, and poetry in that order, more so if the definition of drama includes its enactment, as well as film. Poetry seems to have returned in a big way with social media, but remains the least accessible form of literature, especially to a philistine like me. English…

As of this week, there was a company-wide back-to-office initiative where I worked. My specific department announced a month ago that employees would be expected to be physically present two days a week, Tuesdays and Wednesdays. There was a lot of grumbling when it was first announced, about safety, about…

This past Sunday, I went to go see Everything Everywhere All at Once. I was initially a bit disappointed that I didn’t go on a Tuesday for discounted tickets, but after the first half hour, I became incredibly glad of my contribution to its box office. What a film! Michelle…

It’s been a while since I’ve whined about my life. Alternately put, all my posts are my musings about life, so it’s has been a while since I’ve written about it with intense negativity. In the past, I was frequently plagued by concerns and complaints about my job and career…

Exploring terms that do not have simple translations in English — Welcome to Lost in Translation, a collection of articles where I explore terms that don’t have simple translations in English. These terms might be personal to me or might be interesting simply because of the ideas they convey, but the question answered at the end of each piece is if…