https://www.briantsui.me/blog daily 1.0 2019-12-02 https://www.briantsui.me/blog/the-minister-the-goddess-and-the-tea-table monthly 0.5 2019-12-02 https://www.briantsui.me/blog/ying-man monthly 0.5 2019-11-14 https://www.briantsui.me/blog/dragons-have-long-backs monthly 0.5 2019-09-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d57ccdb3315170001d54d28/1569056111321-RYQC6K8XM2740XSQ3V86/Ardentryst.jpg Blog - Dragons Have Long Backs The large spider kind of felt like those spiders that dangled over you in a side-scrolling adventure game, where you had to duck under them. I googled “side-scrolling adventure games”, and in a rare stroke of luck found this great image from a game called Ardentryst. This was exactly what I was looking for from Google images with my very vague search input! How often does that happen. Anyways, the spider didn’t shoot fire at us (or maybe that’s the character shooting fire back), and there was only one rather than three, but otherwise this picture is a pretty accurate depiction of what happened. Image source from “Duskfire’s Blog”: https://duskfire.wordpress.com/page/14/. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d57ccdb3315170001d54d28/1569056232433-VG27MSTY47JU1FECNC3Z/Enter+the+Dragon+.jpg Blog - Dragons Have Long Backs Climbing up the foot of the dragon. I’m in the blue shirt. Photo credits to Emma Pred-Sosa; this is just one of her scene-stealing shots https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d57ccdb3315170001d54d28/1569056519106-54DZYIP5WEKPREQWUV6Y/Dragon%27s+Back+Hike+Photo+%28Forest%29.jpg Blog - Dragons Have Long Backs https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d57ccdb3315170001d54d28/1569071674974-RGE2T78876860TW6XQPC/HK+Island+Trail+Trailhiker.jpg Blog - Dragons Have Long Backs These are maps of the trail from a blogger who looked at the trail through Google maps (left) and Google Earth (right): https://trailhiker.wordpress.com/2018/11/11/hong-kong-trail-section-8-including-dragons-back/. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d57ccdb3315170001d54d28/1569056664636-ZHEGW1SNN40YP499RJYR/Dragon%27s+Back+Summit.jpg Blog - Dragons Have Long Backs Us at top of the hike, ready to plant our imaginary flag. One long hike for man, no progress for mankind. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d57ccdb3315170001d54d28/1569056767435-Z6Q7VRMPPURPZ5UT2EOU/Dragon%27s+Back+Top.jpg Blog - Dragons Have Long Backs The four elements on full display: earth, water, air, concrete. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d57ccdb3315170001d54d28/1569071715180-VFVEKO1DBKNSTII487NW/GPS-track-Dragons-Back.jpg Blog - Dragons Have Long Backs https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d57ccdb3315170001d54d28/1569072339512-FQF6WHY5LBXI0NC56URL/HK+Find+My+Friends+3.jpg Blog - Dragons Have Long Backs Source: Apple Maps on my iPhone. Hong Kong’s country parks never stood out to me until after the trail. Whenever I looked at a map of Hong Kong, my eyes always glazed past those big green patches that cushioned the roads. I was aware of and saw those green patches, but I never really noticed them. There were no roads there, so it always seemed empty. If I was wearing a beret and holding a paint brush, I might be dropping the term “negative space.” I’m kicking myself for realizing just how not-negative at all that space is, how those parts are just as full of life as Central. When I opened my GPS this week, it was impossible not to notice all the reserves and country parks each time. I feel a little bit shameful at how, in spite of the fact that I literally live next to mountains and have been reading up on Hong Kong, I still looked at maps of HK with terrible filters for so long. https://www.briantsui.me/blog/breakfastredeemed monthly 0.5 2019-09-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d57ccdb3315170001d54d28/1569074662522-THO39DMRDXMV1XMHKTC3/U-Deli+Food+Stand+Menu.jpg Blog - Breakfast Redeemed This is the menu at one of the food carts on our campus. My goal is to be able to read all the items on this menu and order in Cantonese by the end of the semester. In the meantime, I’ve been learning to use google translate really well.. https://www.briantsui.me/blog/health-and-beauty monthly 0.5 2019-08-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d57ccdb3315170001d54d28/1566127713480-BGOE9J0LNO5083SO182P/edUHK+Block+C+and+D.JPG Blog - Health and Beauty https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d57ccdb3315170001d54d28/1566277853888-L2RLB1A0BZ1H07G9876G/Sunrise+8.15.2019+Cropped+.jpg Blog - Health and Beauty Yes that was a humble brag about how early I woke up for a run, rest assured it didn’t happen again the next day. https://www.briantsui.me/blog/newbies monthly 0.5 2019-09-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d57ccdb3315170001d54d28/1566279766274-NVP30V0RCL6XBK0D2P7W/C-Can.jpg Blog - Newbies Students and university staff lining up for lunch! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d57ccdb3315170001d54d28/1566280405103-JCPI2PBZN7CF4XPNQU7T/Brian+and+Lauren+.jpg Blog - Newbies Take two: a normal picture https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d57ccdb3315170001d54d28/1566280111990-KYGDYJEQ79ZP989XLJCP/Taxi+8.9.2019+Edited.jpg Blog - Newbies https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d57ccdb3315170001d54d28/1566280466511-1BKFIWQRLPK0KEYJYXS9/Brian+and+Lauren+Teaching+Supplies.jpg Blog - Newbies These teachers are armed and dangerous with their teaching tools https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d57ccdb3315170001d54d28/1566279927442-BMORBYVSUX6BHQLDYU19/University+Quad+Lauren+.jpg Blog - Newbies This is the main open central area of the university. Lauren is to the left! https://www.briantsui.me/blog/category/Hong+Kong+Airport monthly 0.5 https://www.briantsui.me/blog/category/Hong+Kong monthly 0.5 https://www.briantsui.me/about daily 0.75 2019-09-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d57ccdb3315170001d54d28/1567002011441-P60UMAQLV2PJN5U38YHB/EdUHK+Location+Google+Maps+.png About Image Source: a screenshot that I took via Google Maps https://www.google.com/maps; parts of the outlying islands are left out in this screenshot https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d57ccdb3315170001d54d28/1567001951134-WX9107ZB84UT4W4XHF2Q/5+Day+Trip+Itinerary+HK+Macau+.jpg About The New Territories are shaded in yellow. The large majority of residents live in Hong Kong Island and Kowloon Peninsula. Image source: https://iamaileen.com/diy-trip-itinerary-guide-5-days-hong-kong-macau/ https://www.briantsui.me/archive daily 0.75 2019-08-29