Celebrated Christmas early with the gang at Tenyia's

My daughter and I have mood rings. She loves it. She loves how it changes colour. Her mood ring is almost always blue, which means...

Mom's orange bauhinias line the entrance gate to our home. Our langka tree (jackfruit) is older than my nephews. We have 25 jackfruits...

My mom's Christmas tree and decorations now at home are white. She crocheted each snowflake that now adorn our tree. She also loves plants.

From the Henry Howard Hotel, Garden District, NOLA Fresh croissants every morning

Took a tour to Oak Alley Plantation. Out of all the plantation tours, Oak Alley was said to be the least emotionally harrowing. I was...

Went on a cemetery tour. Quite odd that it is part of the tour. The unique way of burying the dead in New Orleans isn't exactly unique to...

Early flight to New Orleans. Check out that beautiful sunrise My first night was at Andrew Jackson Hotel right smack in the middle of the...

First order of business today was seeing the Royal Tenenbaum house in Harlem. The Hamilton House in Harlem, NYC Had brunch at La...

Grand Central Station Chelsea Market and the Highline The views from the Highline Ended the day by watching "Hadestown" on Broadway

New York City

We had a successful surprise birthday brunch for dear Mathieu. The grazing table was Pinterest worthy. Good job, gang! Of course, what is...

Checked out the first jazz festival in Hangzhou which turned out to be comme ci comme ca so we moved to JZ jazz club beside West Lake....

I wanted to capture light. But light alone cannot be my subject. It's impossible. I appreciate light in the ascending gradients of dawn...

This reminds me of the last shot of the movie "How To Make An American Quilt" ...only a Chinese version

I finally had my first roll of film developed and scanned here in China, land of cheaper alternatives and instant gratification. They're...

One day, I will remind my nephew Joshua of how he had found a grasshopper, kept it in a jar with a few sprigs and water and named it...

Sinta, I love you very very very much. You're the most important person in the whole word to me. I am so sorry for putting you in this...

I am waiting to board my plane in Shanghai. I booked a flight to Manila to see my daughter even just for one night. Yesterday was a full...

I went through depression twice in my life -- one was in Hong Kong because of work-related stress and postpartum in 2016. If I were to...