What did I do in Japan? I ate. In all the things I remember I did, food was a major theme. I’m not a very wealthy tourist, but even with the more affordable restaurants – it’s absolutely delicious. I can’t even remember what all those dishes are but among the photos you may notice the [...]

Want to see Tokyo from above? head to Shinjuku where the Tokyo Metropolitan Government Offices offer nice (free) views from their 45th floor of those twin towers, facing north and south.
On a clear blue sky day, this is roughly what it would look like…

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Why do people go to game shows? looks like it has little to do with gaming. I mean, that’s there too, but from the few shows I’ve been to it seems it’s mostly meant to show off half naked girls to enthusiastic male teens. Know what? you’re right, they don’t even have to be half [...]

The best source for information about any place you move into is expat blogs. While it’s difficult to find the high quality ones that really offer good info before you arrive at your expatriate destination, you are usually able to form a good reading list within the first year.
Before arriving at Hong Kong, I [...]

2009 is about to close, 2010 awaits. For those interested, here are a few stats about Fili’s World – the blog- for the year 2009.
Over the last year I wrote 205 blog posts, averaging a post every 1.75 days, which is surprising with the insane work load I’ve had.
I think it shows that [...]

So what did 2009 look like? to me, this was yet another year of hectic changes and adventurous uncertainties. To give you quick insight into my 2009, here are some of the highlighted posts from 2009 :
January 2009

My mom’s the first of my family to visit me in Taiwan.
I make the very difficult [...]

There are some really great English language Taiwan blogs out there, and almost every week I discover another one that’s worth keeping track of. With 2010 almost in, I thought I’ll do a special 2009 summary tribute of the top of Taiwan’s expat blogosphere.
 
Note : I urge my fellow Taiwan bloggers to do the same. [...]

The girls of China Live China blog asked me to answer a few question about Hong Kong for one of their articles.
Following are their questions followed by my answers.
1. What are you doing in Hong-Kong and why did you choose this city?

I’m studying for a PhD at the Hong Kong University of Science and [...]