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Falling (Back) in Love With New York City…[Downtown Highlights] | WanderFong

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Photographs, musings, culinary commentary, and global travel adventures! Falling (Back) in Love With New York City…[Downtown Highlights]. July 19, 2015. Whitney Museum of American Art. Alas, the old adage ‘absence makes the heart grow fonder’ often holds true. And when I recently returned to my old hometown 2 years after moving, I unintentionally fell back in love with NYC. Ambling about the city in the balmy early summer days of June, I felt strangely liberated. I could revel in being a tourist in m...

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Paradise Found: Stunning, Enchanting El Nido, Palawan! | WanderFong

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Photographs, musings, culinary commentary, and global travel adventures! Paradise Found: Stunning, Enchanting El Nido, Palawan! June 22, 2015. El Nido Pangulasian Island. Palawan is a sprawling archipelago in southwest Philippines, just north of Malaysia, comprising more than 1700 islands. It’s the largest province in the Philippines, with a disproportionately sparse population (nice! Stunning Palawan in the Philippines. So…maybe the secret is actually no longer that well-kept. My personal porter, Mark.

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One Year In: What It’s Like to Live In Hong Kong (Part 6 – The People and Their Culture) | WanderFong

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Photographs, musings, culinary commentary, and global travel adventures! One Year In: What It’s Like to Live In Hong Kong (Part 6 – The People and Their Culture). November 26, 2014. Arts in the Park. If you have (or create) the opportunity to move abroad, however, you then have the distinct privilege of immersing yourself more fully and (hopefully) gaining a more complete understanding of a place and its people. That said, I have done my best to interact – and thus learn and absorb. One of HK’s few...

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Redefining a Meaningful Life: Drawing Inspiration from TEDxWanChaiWomen | WanderFong

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Photographs, musings, culinary commentary, and global travel adventures! Redefining a Meaningful Life: Drawing Inspiration from TEDxWanChaiWomen. June 2, 2015. Kitchen Sync Hong Kong. Women Helping Women Hong Kong. TED talks have their critics, but I’m a definite fan. Brilliant, creative people around the globe sharing their ideas and inspiring projects and achievements? How can you go wrong with that? Imagine my elation when I learned that Hong Kong hosts their satellite series, TEDxWanChai. Google&#821...

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The Wonderland of Singapore | WanderFong

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Photographs, musings, culinary commentary, and global travel adventures! The Wonderland of Singapore. May 8, 2015. Gardens by the Bay. Ahh, Singapore…. Dusk falls in Singapore – over Marina Bay and Gardens by the Bay. It about Singapore that makes it such a hot (I mean figuratively) locale – not just for tourists, but also for an almost dominant, vibrant expat community? As I posted about separately. Digital projected in memoriam tribute to the late former Prime Minister of Singapore, Lee Kuan Yew. About...

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Ruminations on the Year of the Goat: Celebrating CNY in Pictures! | WanderFong

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Photographs, musings, culinary commentary, and global travel adventures! Ruminations on the Year of the Goat: Celebrating CNY in Pictures! February 23, 2015. Chinese New Year Hong Kong. I must admit, I am not really one for observing traditions or upholding customary beliefs. That said, I do find practices that perpetuate cultural heritage to often be quite fascinating, even if (or perhaps especially when) they are particularly perplexing to me. As I’ve posted previously. Chinese New Year is the. Among t...

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One Year In: What It’s Like to Live in Hong Kong (Part 4 – The Sweet Side of HK) | WanderFong

https://wanderfong.com/2014/08/28/one-year-in-what-its-like-to-live-in-hong-kong-part-4-the-sweet-side-of-hk

Photographs, musings, culinary commentary, and global travel adventures! One Year In: What It’s Like to Live in Hong Kong (Part 4 – The Sweet Side of HK). August 28, 2014. As my friends (and dentist) can attest, I have an unabashed sweet tooth. No matter how full I may be, I appear to magically grow a separate stomach just in time for dessert! There’s always room, and a dessert menu is always worth at least a glance. Are you with me? Join me, as I first explore the more local side of sweet HK! I would be...