travel – Page 4 – Joanne Lam

Hang on to the beauty

I’ve been in San Francisco for just over a week now, and it’s definitely been an experience and a different change of pace for me. I’ve been in a mix of emotions from excitement to frustration to embracing the unknown and the adventure. That’s just all a part of being somewhere new. I pride myselfContinue reading “Hang on to the beauty”

The Power of Random Connections

“I believe that life is chaotic, a jumble of accidents, ambitions, misconceptions, bold intentions, lazy happenstances, and unintended consequences, yet I also believe that there are connections that illuminate our world, revealing its endless mystery and wonder.” – David Moranis This week, I’m frantically trying to finish a few papers for the end of theContinue reading “The Power of Random Connections”

The grass is always greener on the other side, or so they say

“Growing up is losing some illusions, in order to acquire others.” – Virginia Woolf What I’m about to say this post may not be the same experience every child has had but I don’t doubt that on some level, you’ve felt the same way. Growing up with an older brother that’s seven years older, I’veContinue reading “The grass is always greener on the other side, or so they say”

A mini San Diego getaway

“Traveling is a brutality. It forces you to trust strangers and to lose sight of all that familiar comfort of home and friends. You are constantly off balance. Nothing is yours except the essential things – air, sleep, dreams, the sea, the sky – all things tending towards the eternal or what we imagine ofContinue reading “A mini San Diego getaway”

The perfect one-day itinerary for Portland, Maine & Boston (separately)

Upon returning to sunny Los Angeles to prepare for my third quarter of grad school, I can’t help but relive the incredible moments of the past week in Boston- along with a side day trip to Portland, Maine. A lot has happened, a lot of eating, a lot of drinking, a lot of hugging, andContinue reading “The perfect one-day itinerary for Portland, Maine & Boston (separately)”