125th street station
some photos of 125th street station on line 1.
num pang
num pang means ‘bread’ or ‘sandwich’ in khmer (similar to the word banh my in vietnamese), and is the name of a new cambodian sandwich shop in the village. the bread here is to die for: crisp on the outside and deliciously chewy on the inside–better than any banh my I’ve ever had (and that’s saying something).
switched to wordpress
my frustration with comment spam + my newly found free time = my decision to make the switch to wordpress. pretty swanky, but a pain to transfer all my photos… slowly chugging through but it will be awhile before all the old photos properly show up. my old blog can still be accessed here.
go! go! curry
inspired by the village voice, I decided to head all the way down to west 38th for this japanese curry shop.
new york city
sorry for the lack of updates. my contract in hanoi ended prematurely at the end of march, due to cash flow problems at the NGO I was working for. so after finishing up and a bit of traveling (ninh binh, vietnam & seoul, korea), I am now writing you from the big apple! looking for a job, just like everyone … Read More
cycling in hanoi
actually, this is me cycling on my way home from work. traffic is the number one thing travelers to Hanoi notice most, and it took me a month of cycling before I got the guts to go for the motorbike.
this is fairly light traffic, but gives you an idea… [VIDEO]… Read More
temple on kim ma
spent a day with my roomie, Seth, wandering around town, shopping, eating at our fav veggie restaurant (Ha Thanh), and also… visiting the temple on kim ma street. it was fairly quiet (well, compared to the chaos outside on the street), though there were a few people inside for the mid-month worship. like the other temples around town, this one … Read More
goldfish on a bike
the funnier sight may have been me trying to take a picture of this guy while cycling myself.
here comes Tet
Têt (essentially chinese new year) is coming, and the shopping frenzy continues.