I shall now refer to time in my life as Before Kevin Kwan (BKK) and After Kevin Kwan (AKK). Lol, just kidding. But for real, my life has not felt so empty after a series like this since I finished reading J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. I have to say, the long […]
One day, a colleague of mine discussed an app called ClassPass with me. On ClassPass people can find exercise classes near them. This colleague mentioned a barre class, an exercise class which combines some ballet techniques with other anaerobic moves, close to where we work. I had maxed out my Groupon classes from PureBarre and […]
I waited quite a bit to finally watch Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald, and Rotten Tomatoes had something to do with it. As of December 27, 2018 the film’s Tomatometer was 38% and the Critic’s Consensus Statement was: “Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald has glimmers of the magic familiar to Harry Potter fans, […]
My sister and I share a room in a suburban area of Maryland. As I walked into our room I noticed a book, which I knew to be hers on account of I’d never seen it before. It had a simple, yet interesting cover that read: A COLONY IN A NATION. The words “a colony” […]
Ernest Hemingway just earned his second strike from me. The first book I read from him this year was the Old Man and the Sea, which I found to be dull. However, Hemingway’s name always seems to come up in random conversations. For example, I only read The Old Man and the Sea because my […]
The week of November 5th, 2018 was fruitful. I had finally gotten around to reading former FBI director James Comey’s book A Higher Loyalty: Truth, Lies, and Leadership, and I’d also survived the herculean task of completing the tedious text The Last of the Mohicans by James Fenimore Cooper. *no copyright infringement intended for the above image* First, […]
* No copyright infringement intended for the image below * I said it before and I’ll say it again the real MVP is Charlie Wu! I cannot get over his character. Wu is the ex-fiancé turned confidant of Nick Young’s cousin Astrid Leong Teo. I need to re-read the first book to see if Kwan, the […]
Saturday October 27, 2018 was a serendipitous day for me in the DMV (short hand for DC-MD-VA area). I started out my day grabbing a Witch’s Brew from the local Starbucks along with a double-smoked bacon, cheddar and egg sandwich. To be honest the Witch’s Brew tasted like sugar water with chia seeds and whipped […]
This post essentially serves as a bundle of books I’ve read or audiobooks I’ve listened to, and which would’ve required a lot more effort on my part to do justice to in an analytical manner. So basically you’re going to read brief synopses/reviews. Enjoy! *No copyright infringement intended for any of the book images in […]
*No copyright infringement intended for the above image* The Spaniard philosopher George Santayana is credited for saying: “those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.” As I read The Fire Next Time by James Baldwin his words reminded me of the fact that despite living in a world where information is readily available at […]