A long weekend in Muskoka

Winter is usually a time for hibernation; asides from the somewhat-annual snowboarding trip or visit to the skating rink, we tend to keep our activities indoors after the Christmas season.

Tian Tan Buddha

I really wanted to go see the Big Buddha last time I was in Hong Kong. I went when I was a kid, but have no recollection of it. Unfortunately, black rain made it impossible (well, highly not recommended) to go, and we spent our last day wandering around Causeway Bay and Victoria Park instead.

Flowers of the sun

The original plan was to visit the lavender fields and eat lavender ice cream. However, the day before we planned to go, my friend suggested that we also stop by Bogle Seeds to see the sunflowers, after pictures flooded everyone's feed from the previous weekend.

One land, many voices

With two days left in our trip, we started the morning off easy after our late night chasing the northern lights.

Chasing the aurora in Yellowknife

We headed out at 10pm, and drove to Prosperous Lake, about half an hour away from Yellowknife along the Ingraham Trail.

Tai Tam

I wish I could tell you I was trying out a new photography style, but in reality I had accidentally changed some camera settings when I last used my camera during my descent at Bukhansan, and I didn't have the time or realization to change them. I had thought it was due to the rain that the photos were so grainy, as my viewfinder got blurry due to the moisture, but that was only part of the reason. The sharper photos from my phone are interspersed throughout.

I arrived back in Hong Kong the night before, and I was absolutely knackered. I enjoy being in new places, but the to-and-fro part is a decidedly less enjoyable part, especially when it involves overseas immigration, customs, lines, and luggage woes.

Maybe I brought the bad luck of the TTC with me, but a historic signal outage issue caused mass delays with the MTR that morning. It took my friend a long time to travel a few stops, and so we, like the rest of Hong Kong, flooded to the streets to take the buses.

Hygge, and other fuzzy feelings

The halfway point of February marks Valentine's Day, and in delayed celebration of that, I thought I would share some thoughts, things, and places that give me the warm, fuzzy feeling inside.

What could give me the warm fuzzies more than Tofu?