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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:

Working

Playing

  • 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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Posts Tagged ‘goals’

Taking A Tiny Leap

I’ve started to let folks know about some new and exciting plans in my world: I’m taking some time off from my full-time job and embarking on a leave of absence a tiny leap.

What’s New?

If there was a list of Frequently Asked Questions of the holiday season, there’s one that I think might rise to the very top that would actually have nothing to do with the season: “What’s new?” You’ll get asked this by friends you’re reconnecting with, relatives you haven’t seen in a long time, even new people you meet for the first time at holiday parties. It sounds like a simple enough of a question to answer and it gets asked all the time, but it often catches me off guard. As innocuous of a question as it may be, it’s one that really deserves more than the usual passing reply of, “Hmmm, not much.”

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On the To-Do List: Dominate Everlong on Rockband2

I’m a competitive person. If you only know me a little, you might not know this. Actually, even if you knew me pretty well, you might still never think of me as competitive. But I’ll tell you now, that fire is in there and sometimes it leaks out. Case #1: My attempt to dominate Everlong on Rockband 2.

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Thinking of Possibilities

It’s been a busy last few months since I last regularly posted here. I’ve started writing for a few other hobby blogs, launched a couple web apps with my brother, launched some major projects at work…the list goes on. Life flies by when you get busy, and it’s just zoomed right by the last little while. Sometimes it goes by so fast that if you don’t take that time to slow things down, or you don’t experience anything else to change your momentum, you never get a chance to stop and think. Lucky for me that busy-ness got a couple breaks and I’ve had a chance to re-focus.

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