Lego x Asia

I alone heard my internal squeeing (obviously) when I saw an exhibit that featured two of my favorite things: Lego, and Asian Appreciation. I never actually played with lego as a child; my fascination of the said building blocks stems from its use as a metaphor in one of my favorite books, Sophie’s World. In the…

Hey, it’s Southeast Asia!

Or, A Case for Southeast Asian Travel. Like many middle-class Filipino teenagers infected with this dangerous thing called wanderlust, I was enamored with a vision of backpacking through Europe, riding transnational train systems, eating foreign delicacies (such as, ahem, Italian pasta and French escargot). I’ve whipped up a dream or two of finding love under Tour…