This year, I’m trying really hard to make goals and actually follow through, keeping myself accountable for things. Another goal for 2018 is to read at least two books a month and so far I’m on track. Though okay, I may have…
Devise Authentication with Rails 5
Devise is the cornerstone gem for Ruby on Rails authentication. With Devise, creating a User that can log in and out of your application is so simple because Devise takes care of all the controllers necessary for user creation (users_controller) and…
Herbal Oxymel Tonic
Do you ever feel like you’re that one friend who is late to the party? Yeah, I’m kind of in that boat. Here in China, every US trends we get is delayed by about 3-4 months. By the time that…
Travel Tips: Harbin
I just came back from a frigid, yet incredible weekend in Harbin, where I flew to visit the ice and snow festival. Harbin is a must-do in the winter in China. The Ice Festival is Disneyland meets Elsa’s castle from…
Takashi Murakami: Lineage of Eccentrics
It was so nice to be home in the States for two weeks. It was my first time back in Boston since 2014 and I have forgotten how much I love the city. Boston is not the largest city, or…
2018 Goals
I know New Year’s resolutions are overplayed, but I still like the idea of starting off a new year with intention. So here goes. My first goal for 2018 is to stop spoiling movies for myself by reading the summary…