My brother, Josh, and I saw lots of exciting and spectacular sights along the way from Sydney to Melbourne in Australia, but one of the sights that also started out pretty badly was our adventure on Baw Baw Mountain. Josh had seen this mountain in his research, and we...
I finished writing my second book on November 24, 2022. Writing that date down is a bit shocking. I can’t believe I finished the book so long ago. After I finished writing it, I put it away for a while and focused on other things. In the summer of 2023, I moved and...
My family liked to do jigsaw puzzles growing up, and I would say most of us are still avid puzzlers. Our favorite puzzle was an outline of the continent of Australia filled with different sections of individual pictures. There was a picture of a kangaroo, a kangaroo...
When I went to the gate of the school to pick up my food delivery, I noticed the beautiful bougainvillea by the river, and I paused to take a picture. The bougainvillea have been blooming for several weeks now, and I love it. Most of the ones on campus are pink, and...
I loved getting to see so many animals in Australia that I would never get to see outside of the zoo. While my brother and I were in Sydney, we went to the Taronga Zoo because our friends said it was a beautiful place and we could enjoy a wonderful view out over the...
For the past couple of weeks, I have been working on getting rid of things in my apartment that I don’t need. I have so much stuff, and I have a hard time getting rid of things that someone gave to me. But do I really need to keep something just because someone that I...
Last week, I translated a speech for a friend of mine and then interpreted the speech in a live situation. I am definitely not the best translator or interpreter that I know, and I felt like a bit of a fraud standing in front of everyone and trying to translate...
The other day, I had dinner with my friend in such an interesting village in the middle of the city, that I would love to tell you about it. In China, and it seems like especially in Guangzhou, there are lots of villages in the city. Guangzhou is changing a lot, and...
Conversations with taxi (or didi in China) drivers are almost always interesting. One guy in my city told me about the interesting things people had him transport—like a cat without anyone accompanying the cat. Someone just dropped it off and someone else picked it up...
I love seeing and enjoying things that inspire me to create something new and lasting on my own. When I watch Kendrick Brothers’ movies, I usually feel motivated to write and grow and share what I’m learning. While in Melbourne, I went to an Australian art gallery...