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[New Year Resolutions] Initiative 2018

“Why do you need to wait for a new year to start working on your goals?” is what I’d often rationalize with for not coming up with new year resolutions. While that’s still fairly true, I’d like to try take advantage of using them as smaller goals, side-tasks if anything, as I’m already constantly workingContinue reading “[New Year Resolutions] Initiative 2018”

San Jose 2/3: The Tech Museum of Innovation

This past weekend in mid-January I was fortunate enough to have visited San Jose for the first time! My time here was rather limited since I was here for a big Smash event (in an upcoming post), but whenever I’m visiting somewhere new I always make it a priority to explore the city and its renownedContinue reading “San Jose 2/3: The Tech Museum of Innovation”

San Jose 1/3: The Museum of Art

This past weekend in mid-January I was fortunate enough to have visited San Jose for the first time! My time here was rather limited since I was here for a big Smash event (in an upcoming post), but whenever I’m visiting somewhere new I always make it a priority to explore the city and its renownedContinue reading “San Jose 1/3: The Museum of Art”

Soloing Through Thanksgiving: Amtrak Train Ride Across the United States! (3/3)

Day 1 Day 2 Day 3.5-5: The Amtrak Ride (below) To see what this post and series is all about, click above! Day 3, Friday Friday was my last day in the city of Chicago. Waking up rather early around 7am, I was packing up my things ready to check out from my AirBnb room.Continue reading “Soloing Through Thanksgiving: Amtrak Train Ride Across the United States! (3/3)”

Soloing Through Thanksgiving: Turkey in Chicago (2/3)

Day 1 Day 3 (To see what this post is all about, check out Day 1 above!) Day 2, Thanksgiving Day It’s Thanksgiving Day! I wake up at around 8am, getting a full eight hours of sleep. My legs are feeling SO much better. Today’s gonna be great! Except that I chose Chicago primarily forContinue reading “Soloing Through Thanksgiving: Turkey in Chicago (2/3)”

Soloing Through Thanksgiving: Welcome to Chicago! (1/3)

Day 2 Day 3 2015 is the first year that I moved out and lived on my own. For those who haven’t been following my blog, I moved out to northern San Diego, from Hawaii, for work after having graduated from the University of Hawaii last year. Naturally, flights back home for such a shortContinue reading “Soloing Through Thanksgiving: Welcome to Chicago! (1/3)”

Smash and Travel: Las Vegas

This past July in Las Vegas, I went to my first international Super Smash Bros. tournament ever. It was a life changer. (Talk about a delayed post!) It was known to host almost 2000 entrants from all around the world, just for this one game (this event hosted a few more tournaments for other gamesContinue reading “Smash and Travel: Las Vegas”

My Ultimate Keep-Your-Day-Job Travel Wishlist

Exactly half a year ago, I took a one-way flight from Hawaii, born and raised, to southern California. Absolutely no regrets. Every day of work in the software engineering field has been challenging yet stimulating, and every weekend has been filled with new adventures every time in the third largest state in the nation. KnowingContinue reading “My Ultimate Keep-Your-Day-Job Travel Wishlist”

Traveling the World in 2 Hours!

During Memorial Day weekend, I decided to explore downtown San Diego on my own for the first time. Living all the way up in Carlsbad, about 30 miles away, without a car makes this a long and/or expensive trip, but with the Smash tournament going on later that evening I figured I’d make the most ofContinue reading “Traveling the World in 2 Hours!”