New York City 2012: The Wishful Student at Columbia University

Ever since the movie, The Bucket List, there's never been a week that I haven't seen someone post/tweet/upload anything related to his or her own personal "bucket list".  I guess we all have our aspirations before we, well, kick the bucket.  Like most of my friends, one of the major things on my list is to really travel and see the world.  Apart from the generic, I have this specific travel goal and that is to visit all...

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Hawaii 2012: The Streets of Waikiki

The East and the West have converged to create a tropical paradise in the form of Hawaii.  In these islands, Honolulu is the capital city where one can experience diversity in culture and food; the climax of which can be found the beachfront neighborhood that is Waikiki. ...

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Hawaii 2012: The Big Island

When you think of Hawaii, certain things come to mind… like sun, sand, and sea. It’s like the land of eternal sunshine; a topical paradise at best. I can probably summarize it in an image like the one below. That’s what I though too! But then, we went to Hilo on the Big Island and it was one rainy place! To give you a quick background, Hawaii is composed of four major islands and a lot of little ones here and there. ...

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Guangzhou 2012: Guangdong Museum

On the same day that we roamed around the landmarks of Guangzhou, we also visited the interestingly-designed Guangdong museum.  Honestly, I am not a museum-going type of person but figuring that China has a very rich culture and history, I might as well immerse myself while I was there. ...

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Guangzhou 2012: Opera House and Canton Tower

Continuing my Guangzhou experience, I will focus this time on the sights and skyscrapers, which, for me, are the best part. In my previous post, I shared with you that we stayed at Hilton Hotel Tianhe. Though I didn’t get to take a lot of photos of my room, here is my shot of my view of Guangzhou from my floor-to-ceiling windows. I especially love that gold-colored glass building. It was a bit of a gloomy day that time. At...

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