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Travel notes, tips, and personal stories.
Interactive 3D Room Webpage: Still Under Construction 🚧
2026-08-16Building an explorable digital room with Three.js
An unfinished attempt to build an interactive 3D room webpage with Three.js. The project combines downloadable GLB assets from Sketchfab with natural-language-guided placement, camera-angle, and interaction adjustments.
What a Semester at Berkeley Actually Gave Me
2026-08-03A UCB exchange retrospective: desire, independence, connection, and redefining your limits
Six months in Berkeley as a one-semester exchange student: owning your desires, becoming independent, expanding your social radius, and letting the environment redefine your limits.
GRE 325+ Success Experience
2026-07-30From 316 to 326 — study notes for the second attempt
A complete record of my GRE journey: vocabulary, practice, mock tests, and pitfalls from 316 to 326.
Jingdezhen Withdrawal & Ramblings
2026-06-15Random thoughts after the trip
Reflections on visiting Jingdezhen, the porcelain capital, and the quiet 'withdrawal' after returning home.
Performing Presence: Cultural Capital and the Spatial Consumption Trajectory in Aesthetic Markets
2026-04-10An autoethnographic study of aesthetic markets
How aesthetic markets turn consumption desire into a spatially produced event — with notes from 2024-2026.
Canadian Visa Success as a US F1 Student
2025-10-10A one-semester UCB exchange student's 10-year multiple-entry Canadian visa timeline
How I got a 10-year multiple-entry Canadian visa as a UCB exchange student — full application timeline, walk-in biometrics tip, and USPS passport mailing.
Incheon Airport Non-Through-Checked Transfer Guide
2025-08-16A step-by-step guide for transferring at Incheon with baggage claim and re-check
Detailed guide on navigating Incheon Airport for non-through-checked transfers — baggage claim, immigration, re-check-in, and security.
Analyzing Su Wenyun's "Besieged City" through Character Language
2023-12-15A reading of Su Wenyun in Qian Zhongshu's Fortress Besieged
An essay on Qian Zhongshu's Fortress Besieged, analyzing Su Wenyun's 'besieged city' through her language.
From the "Wonder" of Xu Wei to the Official-and-Retired Life in Yuan Hongdao's Brush
2023-11-23Reading Yuan Hongdao's Biography of Xu Wenchang
Using "wonder" as the thread, a reading of Xu Wenchang's official-and-retired life through Yuan Hongdao's biography.