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Facts about Voting by Mail

Posted on October 12, 2020October 14, 2020 by

As Election Day gets nearer in the US, we’re likely to encounter repeated claims by various parties, including the President, that mail-in voting is more prone to fraud than in-person voting. In light of this, I’ve created a couple of handy infographics. Feel free to share! NOTE: This information is presented in my personal capacity…

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4th Month Skating: Let’s Jam!

Posted on October 2, 2020October 2, 2020 by

Hey it’s been 3 months since I started quad skating in July! I’m still skating pretty much every day and learning new stuff all the time. My current obsession is unlocking how to do toe spins. Wicked hard! I thought I would celebrate by doing a little jam skate video. I could think of no…

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Partnered Skating in SF!

Posted on September 21, 2020September 21, 2020 by

If this isn’t a perfect city summer vibe, I don’t know what is. God damn do I love skating in the park.

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Hide Yourself to Be Yourself

Posted on September 13, 2020 by

Zoom has a feature called “Hide Self View” where you still show your camera to the people you are in a meeting with, but not see a live view of yourself. As I think about this, “Hide Self View” is ironically about showing MORE of your true self to others. With your own camera visible…

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Filipino Turon (recipe)

Posted on September 12, 2020September 12, 2020 by

I made Filipino turon for the first time! This is one of my favorite Filipino desserts, which is always a hit at parties. It’s a super simple recipe, but very labor intensive. I used plantain instead of Saba banana for the filling , along with jackfruit. I also dialed back the sweetness, which brings out…

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Second Month of Skating: Getting My Jam On!

Posted on August 28, 2020November 18, 2020 by

There are lots of kinds of roller skating: park skating (ramps), trail skating, derby, figure. But I have had one primary motivation for learning how to quad skate: dancing. Or “jam skating” as it’s called in many places. Early this morning, I celebrated two months of quad skating by jamming to one of my favorite…

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From Giving out Bologna Sandwiches in Santa Monica to Building a World Government

Posted on August 23, 2020August 23, 2020 by

In college at UCLA in 1990s, I knew I wanted to change the world. But I didn’t know what that meant.  I sought the answer through volunteering, a lot. I spent my weekends distributing food to homeless people in West Los Angeles. I got really good at making hundreds of bologna sandwiches at a time….

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Intermittent Fasting Update: August 2020

Posted on August 14, 2020August 14, 2020 by

I’ve been practicing intermittent fasting since January, and I have zero regrets. It’s been quite the lifestyle change, but very little suffering from my experience. I’m at my target weight and feel as energetic as ever. I started, like most people, with an 16:8 schedule (16 hours of fasting, 8 hour eating period.) This was…

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Growing Up as a Coconut

Posted on August 9, 2020August 9, 2020 by

I spent most of my childhood in the San Francisco Bay Area. That sounds like a great cultural landscape to grow up within, with its diverse mix of races and peoples from all over the world. My reality was quite different. Specifically I grew up in Pleasanton, California, a large town about an hour away…

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One Month of Roller Skating: So Happy!

Posted on August 3, 2020November 18, 2020 by

So I’ve been roller skating for about a month now. I can’t think of anything I’ve “worked” so hard at at the start. Pretty much every day I’ve put in at least 1-2 hours of practice. And when I’m not skating, I’m probably watching skate videos. I didn’t do anywhere near that much practice when…

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