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Hi! My name is Adrian Liem. I’m an online strategist and web specialist located in Vancouver, BC. I’m currently on a leave of absence from my job at UBC. Here’s what I’m up to in the meantime:

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  • Skiing, climbing, biking, swimming, running and eating
  • Playing hockey and ultimate
  • Dabbling in design, photography, and videography
  • Spending time with my family
  • Writing about the experience
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Archive for the ‘Travels’ Category

To California and Back Again

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So here’s a first: this post coming to you from the back of a moving car! I’m on a short road trip with my parents, currently driving towards Eugene, Oregon. Our morning started in the Bay area of California, I took the first shift driving, and now get to sit back and relax.

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A Surprise Visit

Anytime you can take a sip from a cappuccino, look out the window and see the sun shining, it’s a good day. And it’s even better when the city you’re looking out onto is Amsterdam!
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Returning with Appreciation

It’s the last night of my trip, and the last week has been so busy I haven’t had a chance to write so there will be days of thoughts to fill in, but suffice it to say for now that the trip has been a memorable experience.

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Lost in Time Regaining Perspective

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We had a nice pleasant day today travelling from Surabaya to two nearby towns called Malang and Buta Batu. [Update: the second town is "Batu". Thanks, Yuna, for the correction!]. As has been the case when meeting much of my family so far, this was a visit to another successful business owner. This time, an aunt who has been running a successful flower plantation business for the last twenty years.

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Blurry Thoughts

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My mind has been jumping around a lot lately. Maybe it’s because I’ve now realized we’re past the mid-way point of the trip and I have as much to look back on as I have to look forward to. So in jumping around, shotgun fashion, here are some thoughts.

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Spirituality and Singledom

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A couple days ago I realized I had no idea what day it was – not a bad way to live, day by day. If nothing else, it makes the past present and future all blend into one.

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Finding Roots

We wrapped up the main highlights of Jakarta today, going to an outlying town called Bogor and seeing the last few places where my father had called home.

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A Moment in Times of Contrast

Today we toured Jakarta, and sitting in a car has never been so tiring. It’s almost midnight as I’m writing this now, and still I can hear the traffic outside. Lucky for us, one of my cousins guided us through the city, took us to some of the smaller corners of the city you might quickly pass by, including places where my dad had grown up.

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