Four huge suitcases, four carry-ons, four backpacks, and a partridge in a pear tree (which happens to exist exclusively in my imagination) was all we took for our five-month sojourn to the European Continent. I was a bit worried I wouldn’t be able to pack everything I wanted to bring (and keep it under the twenty-two … More My First Impression of New York City
My head throbbed from the pain of wading through a dozen, difficult physics problems when I suddenly lit up at an easy one. #6. What is a solar eclipse? I quickly scribbled, ‘When the moon is between the earth and the sun,’ and my head felt somewhat lighter with the knowledge that I, at least, … More Solar Eclipse in South Carolina
As a pianist with around eight years of experience, I thought it was high time for me to learn one of the most timeless pieces ever written: Sonata Quasi Una Fantasia Op. 27, No. 2, otherwise known as Moonlight Sonata, by Beethoven. Aside from its raw beauty, it sounded fairly easy, it looked fairly easy, … More Moonlight Sonata – Beethoven
It was still dark outside. The sun refused to lift its head over the horizon. Most people in the city were still sleeping, or perhaps just waking up. And I had just catapulted across the Pacific, a long, direct flight from Houston to Beijing, which took around ten hours door to door. As usual with … More A Numbing Day Trip through Beijing
The Voyaging Storyteller 