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We have been visiting Mt Baldy and hiking on the trail for a while. But each time we stopped somewhere not very far from the trail head. This time, we made up our mind to finish the trail. Booked an Airbnb at the foot of Mt Baldy, we stayed there for one night and went on hiking the next day. The total length of the hike was about 10 miles, with...

Learn and play should be the main goals of life. I omitted work on purpose. Because work is part of life, a significant part. Popular cliche of “work-life balance” and “separating work from life” are just false promises. I also ignored tremendous amount of chores that you will never call it playing or learning, such as washing dishes, commuting...

The Master and Margarita (Мастер и Маргарита) is a novel by Mikhail Bulgakov, written between 1928 and 1940 but not published until 1967. I first learnt about this book in some Jordan Peterson’s remarks. But finally picked it up during Christmas break 2024. Halfway through it, I was lost: why the hell do you want to tell me those? What’s your...

8 days in Chile. We flew from LAX to Santiago and transferred flight to Punta Arenas. At Punta Arenas airport, we rented a car and drove to Patagonia. Then we drove back to Punta Arenas airport and few back to Santiago. After staying 2 days at Santiago, we flew back to LAX. Logistics and Planning Bring a European type L power plug adapter....

We placed our hearts on the table, to play the honest game. It was fun, until one is missing.

A book difficult to chew. This book was written in German in 1920 and translated to English in 1929. Perhaps something was lost in translation, or in time. The language in the book is difficult sometimes, but the content is fascinating. Despite the difficulty, I marvel at a soldier’s experience in world wor I. Ernst Jünger is a miracle ...

I don’t know how to make of this book. This is the first time that I don’t know how to comment on a book. I can’t dispute nor affirm author’s viewpoints. It’s a book about near-death experiences as evidence for heaven. You can watch John Burke’s interview and decide for yourself. John Burke interview https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tH3e...

When you visit a place for the first time, you should always ask yourself whether you would like to come back again. Sometimes your heart tells you no, such as Cancun. Other times it’s a yes, such as Spain. Whether you will really revisit or not is another story, but it tells how much you enjoyed the journey. If there’s only one thing I could...