This semester, I began work as one of the coordinators for the Pan Asian Council (PAC) at Brown, a body comprised of leaders from social, cultural, advocacy, and publication groups that strives to create… Read More
This is my first attempt at geovisualization. Made this map over the past two days. It’s a breakdown of votes by ticket during the 2008 Legislative Council elections in the Hong Kong island constituency for each… Read More
Took my first swing at making an infographic last week on a topic of personal and academic interest: students from Hong Kong studying abroad. Read somewhere that infographics were 30 times more likely… Read More
Landed back in Hong Kong yesterday morning after a short trip to Singapore over the weekend. Brought my DSLR along to take pictures, but ended up just taking pictures of the food. Although… Read More
Since summer’s here, aside from my morning Zite regimen, I’ve added a few more blogs to my daily procrastination reading routine. Here they are: On international affairs… Democracy Lab: A fascinating new collaboration… Read More
VISIONS, Brown/RISD’s visual and literary arts magazine that focuses on Asian/Asian American issues, recently released its Spring 2012 issue. I’ve had the good fortune of serving as the magazine’s Editor-in-Chief this semester and… Read More
Uni or sea urchin is absolutely one of my most favorite foods. Two summers ago, when I was in Hokkaido, we’d drive by seaside villages and stop by fish markets where they’d crack… Read More
I’ve got a pretty damn good immune system that handles all types of food. I’ve had near-raw shellfish in a wet market in Phnom Penh and duck and quail embryos in a back… Read More
I’m now back in Hong Kong for a few more days before heading back to Brown. Here are the first batch of photos that I’ve edited from the many that I took in… Read More
Nothing beats Indian Lay’s flavors. I’m not a fan of fried stuff, but these chips are heavenly (not to mention Wai Wai noodles). I’m back in Kolkata after a long weekend in Gangtok,… Read More
Had a break from volunteering (more on that later) today because all the houses rest on Thursdays, so I decided to organize a Bengali home cooking lesson through Kali Home Travel. Rushing back… Read More
Navigating the back alleys around my hotel, I arrived at Mother House shortly before noon today to inquire about volunteering and to look at an exhibition on Mother Theresas life and her room,… Read More
After around eight hours of flying from Hong Kong through Singapore to Kolkata, I landed at the Chandra Bose International Airport at 9 pm. The familiar scene of military police patrolling the arrival… Read More
Cooked lasagna today with one of my suite mates as one of our many off meal plan food experiments. It took over two hours, but it was lots of fun. This experience definitely… Read More
I checked into Kou Mou Hall of Shaw College at the Chinese University of Hong Kong earlier this week to begin my two month program looking at cultural heritage conservation and management. I’ll… Read More
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