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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

A Homecoming of Sorts

We’ve arrived in Indonesia and it has already been an eye-opening experience after just a few hours here. Much of what my parents had told me about the country where they were born still seems to hold true.

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First Step in a Foreign but Familiar Land

The first leg of the trip has been a good start. Four nights and three days in Hong Kong has been a good first step into Asia. Hong Kong means business. It’s a no-nonsense city – you get the sense that when they decide they’re going to do something, they decide to do it.

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Trip to the Motherland

In about a week’s time, I’m going to be off on a 3.5 week trip to Indonesia. It’ll be the first time I’ve visited Asia, and also the first time in a long time that I’ll be travelling with my parents. We’ll be flying into Hong Kong and spending a few days there, before continuing on to Jakarta for a cousin’s wedding, and then off to other areas of Indonesia to visit family and see where my parents grew up, and then to end things off, we’ll be spending about a week in Bali. This will be the longest vacation I’ve taken in a few years, so I’m looking forward to the chance to relax and recharge.

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