To the hidden beauty of big island

On my way flying out to the big island, I messaged G, who had just returned after three weeks of vacation there, for any last-minute tips on what to do there. “You should go to Carlsmith Beach to swim with the turtles.” I dutifully put it on my almost first…

I immediately noticed them upon our arrival at this breathtakingly beautiful villa on the east side of the big island of Hawaii, the…

A friend forwarded a crime report published in the Chinese New York Times a few days ago. It was about an emerging online organized finance crime that got significant boosts from the COVID pandemic. The crime got so pervasive in Chinese-speaking communities worldwide that it now has its own wiki…

I did not expect much of this Friday evening's open-air live symphony except for having a relaxing TGIF evening in this beautiful place with some live music. The crowd was scarce, and it fit correctly to my expectation. The only names registered to my eyes on the evening's program were…

“There! This is the place I want to be buried after I die. ” He stood there, making a mental note. It was at the twilight time of a January winter day. After a few days’ treacherous horse-riding journeys, he finally reached this peak spot that oversaw the south end…

4 am At the elevation of 8509 feet Deep in the redwood forest of Sierra pine groves I woke up to the loudest moonlight Quietly opened the car door, I looked up The stars were not as close as once I saw The forest was in a deep sleep mode …

The first grandma was a bustling core staff in an aapi-mom-pap-operated kind of salon easily found in the South Bay. This was many years ago when my daughter was a skinny tomboy girl. She had been refusing to wear any reasonably pretty girly dress I proposed since her senior kindergarten…

It was a beautiful early summer evening. The air was gently warm and tenderly cool at the same time. The soft breeze from the Hudson Valley flowed through the wooden pavilion, kissing the bouncing hairs and flying skirts of those who were dancing and laughing. …

I was standing in the line for a cup of mocha. The cute shop was the famed Blue Bottle brand, located in the middle of a very hip shopping area. A man and a woman came and lined up behind me. They were busy fast talking and laughing like a…