EVERY POST I HAVE EVER WRITTEN

Let’s Get Back to Traveling!

2022

Scaling My Blog & Brand

2021

Recovering from a Pandemic

2020

Life in Quarantine

12/31: My 2020 Year In Review
12/31: Wishing Everyone a Happy & Healthy New Year in 2021!
11/15: 10 Foods & Drinks You Must Taste While in Poland
11/09: Switching Sides: My Transition from Nook to Kindle
11/08: The Narrowest House in the World
10/30: My Three Year Anniversary with VIPKID
10/22: 3 American Brands That Have Other Names in Poland
09/13: The Hooded Crow from Eastern Europe
08/21: My First Time Going Out Clubbing Alone
08/18: In Poland, I Met One of the Smartest Birds in the World
08/12: You Should Never Rush While Booking a Flight
08/08: The Rocky Safari: New Look
07/28: Custom YETI Travel Merchandise
07/10: Review of the 16″ MacBook Pro
07/08: Are We Taking Enough Chances?
06/13: Three-Month Update From Quarantine
06/09: Appreciating Nature For the First Time
05/21: How I Learned How to Speak Chinese
05/16: Coming Out Stories
05/13: Two-Month Update From Quarantine
04/24: A Cockroach Crawled Across My Body in Athens
04/23: Earth Day Considerations From a World Traveler
04/13: One Month into the COVID-19 Quarantine

2019

My Year Living in Spain

2018

Backpacking Solo in Europe

2017

2016

2015

My Sophomore Year of College

12/31: My 2015 Year-In-Review
12/26: A New Apple Watch Sport Band Makes a Big Difference
12/16: I’ve Gone Crazy for Coconut Water
12/12: The Mighty Wallet Is Made of Tyvek House Wrap – and I Love It
12/11: Charging my Phone with the Christmas Spirit
12/10: Guess I’ll Be Taking Exams with Mononucleosis This Year
12/01: Random But The Fact that HIV “Exists” Blows My Mind
12/01: My Black & White Self Portrait
11/29: Birthday Doodles for the Guy I’m Dating
11/28: 3 Steps to Brew a Horrifyingly Beautiful Cup of Tea
11/27: I Wish Black Friday Still Started at Midnight
11/26: Spending this Thanksgiving in ‘Turkey Pose’
11/10: This Weekend… I Was Slimed
11/09: I’ve Never Been Anyone’s “Best Customer”… Until Now!
11/03: To Compliment a Stranger Just Because
10/30: I Decided to Carve A Jack O’Lantern Last Night
10/27: Would You Date Someone From Another Country?
10/23: “Coming Out” to People Who Already “Know”
10/21: Our Date at the Great Jack O’Lantern Blaze
10/17: Do You Ever Wonder Why Glasses Are So Expensive?
10/04: My Hypnosis Show Went Well!
10/02: Having Anxiety About My First Legitimate Hypnosis Show
10/02: 5 Things I Love About My Apple Watch
09/27: A New Apple Watch to Celebrate Turning 20!
09/20: The Perks of Dating an International Student
09/20: My Junior Year Course Schedule
09/12: Psychiatry to Psychology- Which Career Path Will I Choose?
09/01: Rutgers Target Night: Free Swag Bag and Skin Rash
08/29: Living the Single Life at Rutgers
08/27: It’s All Coming Together
08/18: My Dorm Will Be Taken Over By Cats
08/10: There Is One Week Left Until I Go Back to Rutgers
08/09: The Story of How I Started A Business in Stage Hypnosis
08/02: The Cute Flight Attendant I’ll Probably Never See Again
07/26: Guess Who Is Heading Back to Indiana!
07/25: I Can Finally Take a Break From Wearing Contact Lenses
07/23: Kickin’ Back at the Jersey Shore
07/21: Doing Some Serious Bonding With My Nook This Summer
07/16: Meet The Haunted Rocking Horse From My Backyard
07/08: My Traveling Isn’t Over Just Yet!
07/08: Dick’s Last Resort: A Dining Experience Like No Other
07/06: Jetlagged in Indy
07/03: The Weirdest Translations I Came Across in China
07/03: I Got Lost in the Forbidden City On My Last Day in China
07/02: I Walked the Great Wall of China!!!!
07/02: Don’t Leave China Without Visiting The Summer Palace
07/01: To Wuzhen, Hangzhou, and Beyond
07/01: Reflecting on Gay Rights
06/29: The Famous Lingering Garden of Suzhou, China
06/25: My Stroll Through a Chinese Farmers Market
06/24: My Crush on the Chinese Ice Cream Guy
06/23: Touching Silkworms and Touring the Suzhou Silk Factory
06/22: We Left Shanghai To Explore Wuxi and Other Small Villages
06/22: I’m Bringing Home Authentic Emperor’s Dragon Well Green Tea
06/22: Small Animal Keychains in China Should Be Banned
06/21: Chinese Sidewalks Twist Your Ankle One Step at a Time
06/16: My Visit to the Oriental Pearl Tower in Shanghai
06/15: Nestle Water Bottle Factory Tour
06/14: Written During My 26 Hour Journey to China
06/07: It’s My Time to Fly!
06/03: A Chinese Pocket Dictionary Just In Case!
05/27: The Story of The Time I Hypnotized My Little Sister
05/26: Breaking Out My Nikes for China
05/25: My Memorial Day Safari Adventure
05/23: “Photo Picture! Where’s Your Photo Picture???”
05/18: 3 Tips to Help You Succeed In General Biology at Rutgers
05/13: Down to the Last Final!
05/12: Picked Up a Moleskine Voyageur For My Trip to China
05/10: I’ll Only Be a Sophomore For 3 More Days
05/01: Today Is Day One of Expo Milano 2015
04/30: Huh? What Do You Mean I’m Going to China!?!
04/30: ONLY TWO MORE WEEKS. TWO MORE!
04/20: ENDLESS HOMEWORK & SLEEP DEPRIVED
04/16: A Moleskine Notebook To Help Fight Against HIV and AIDS
04/15: The Struggle of Having Sunday Exams at Rutgers
04/04: Where I Stand One Year After Coming Out
03/29: Serving as a 2015-2016 CKI District Governor!
03/25: My Second Chem 2 Exam Is Tonight At 10 PM
03/19: I Was Interviewed on the Subject of Psychiatry
03/14: Finding My Old Photos from Chinese Summer Camp 2012
03/12: I’m Going To Be 100 Minutes Late to Every RA Class
03/11: Asking a Ghost to Help Me Write My Essay
03/06: I’m Going to be a Resident Assistant Next Year!
03/05: Taking a Step Back from The Daily Post’s Daily Prompts
03/05: Love How Casual the Last Sentence Is
02/27: I’m Finally Transferring Out of the Business School
02/25: Speciation is the Reason Why I Don’t Want to Live Forever
02/22: Interacting with INFJs In My Personality Psychology Class
02/04: My Spring 2015 Semester Courseload
01/26: I Got a Seat in Personality Psychology!
01/24: I’m Going to Be a Teacher’s Assistant for Abnormal Psychology!
01/16: Summarizing the Cognitive Functions of Personality
01/13: The First Book I Ever Wrote: “The Best Holidays”
01/12: I Scream, You Scream, We All Scream for Rice Dream
01/08: Back in the Hood
01/07: Flashback to When I Was a Rockstar
01/05: Pokémon Will Protect Your Plants
01/04: I Have Diagnosed My Cat with Generalized Anxiety Disorder

2014

My Freshman Year of College

12/31: My 2014 Year-In-Review
12/22: Home For the Holidays
12/02: Can Gay Men Use Bumble- The New Dating App?
11/28: This Thanksgiving My Family Gave Thanks For Stink Bugs
11/27: Why I Will No Longer Participate in Black Friday
11/24: My Grandma Can Smell the Soldiers at Old Navy
11/21: Every Class this Week Was about Gender and Sexuality
11/16: Tonight, I Will Communicate With the Blogging Spirits
11/16: Can a Type B Personality Get Into Med School?
11/14: Live Blogging: My Day Today!
11/06: How is the Food at Rutgers?
11/04: My Career Counselor Said I Should Become A Career Counselor
10/22: 5 Tips on How to Study Smarter (Especially For an INFJ)
10/17: Is General Chemistry at Rutgers Hard?
10/17: I Guess Sociology Is Being Taught in Japanese Today!
10/16: Happy Spirit Day Everyone!
10/11: Why Do Bad Things Happen to Me Before Sociology
10/10: A Rutgers Package Delivery… Gone Seriously Wrong
10/05: I Got a New i-Am-Not-a-Phone 6
09/25: A Rather Delayed Birthday Celebration
09/24: Intro to Sociology Taught Me to Let It Go
09/19: Rutgers King Neptune Night 2014
09/18: I’ll Just Pretend I’m a Freshman…
09/02: Moving into My New Dorm (BEST Hall)
08/20: I Met My Boyfriend on OkCupid
08/19: Was Coming Out to My Parents Worth It?
08/14: Understanding the INFJ Personality Type (Cognitive Functions)
08/12: My Trip to Turks and Caicos (So Far)
07/29: I FINALLY PASSED CALCULUS
07/19: The Story Behind the Haunted Winchester Mystery House
07/12: My First Visit to Disneyland!
07/12: A Night at Downtown Disney
07/12: Taking Research In the Disciplines: That’s So Gay at Rutgers
07/11: I Dreamt a Christian Dentist Pulled Out My Teeth
07/11: I Finally Bought the SEL35F18 for my Sony NEX F3!
06/12: So That’s What Taro Looks Like!?
06/11: Will My Parents Let Me Live in a Gay Dorm?
06/10: Facing My Fear of Anesthesia
06/04: My Family Only Buys Heteronormative Date Nuts
06/01: What Is Alpaca Evolution?
05/31: Last-Minute Unexpected Surgery Is Always Fun
05/28: I’m Excited About My Summer Internship!
05/27: Should You Take a Byrne Seminar at Rutgers?
05/23: My Parents Are Pretending I Never Came Out
05/20: Flowers of Spring 2014
05/10: Rutgers Reflection: My ‘Scarlet Day’ Bus Tour Nightmare
05/04: Spending Countless Hours Studying For Finals
04/26: The 10th Annual Undergrad Research Symposium
04/21: The Story of How I Came Out to My Parents on Easter at 3 AM
04/19: My Parents Want Me to Come Out to Them
04/11: My Story Was Featured On DLP’s National Website!
04/07: I’m Now a Brother of Delta Lambda Phi!
03/24: We Found a Cake and It’s Only Half a Year Old
03/21: Choosing a New Lens for my Sony NEX Mirrorless Camera
03/07: I GOT A KEY CLUB INTERNSHIP!
03/03: Apple Employees Line Up and Prepare for Battle
02/24: I’m Allergic to Almond Milk But I Drink It Anyway
02/13: Life-Changing Revelation … Bye Business. I’m Going Pre-Med?
02/07: The MBTI Changed My Life Forever (Story of a Gay INFJ)
02/06: Attack of the Giant R Balloon
02/05: Rutgers Buses Are Dinosaurs
01/26: The Story of How I Came Out to My Younger Sister
01/24: “That’s So Gay” at Rutgers!
01/20: What a Lovely Day to Spend $300.00 on Cereal
01/10: “Om Namah Shivaya!” Blasting Throughout Our House
01/08: I Think My Coat Needs a Slightly Bigger Hood
01/03: Our iPad Got So Cold Its Apps Started Shivering!

2013

Senior Year of High School

12/31: My 2013 Year-In-Review
12/31: 2014 Resolution: Calculus… Third Time’s a Charm?
12/26: The Advantages of Blogging with a Samsung Chromebook
12/25: How My Family Discovered Grindr on Christmas Day
12/23: Sweetie, I Think It’s About Time We Have a Talk About The Pill
11/30: Google Is Trying to Kill Caps Lock…
11/27: Thanksgiving at Rutgers
11/12: Registered for the Spring 2014 Semester!
10/29: Birdwatching at Rutgers: Obviously The Best Byrne Seminar
09/22: King Neptune Night at Rutgers
09/22: Praying Mantis Tough Love
08/03: SkillsUSA National Championships
08/02: GOD HAS ANSWERED MY PRAYER: H&M Online Shopping
08/02: Lulu for Gay Guys?
07/27: I’m Back! I’ve Been Traveling NONSTOP.
06/22: I Graduated From High School!
06/18: Can You Tell I Signed My Best Friend’s Yearbook?
06/15: What Is Tinder?
06/15: What is the Best Pen?
05/23: Pokemon Twelve Years Later
05/10: Personal Goals for a Healthier Lifestyle
04/10: Rutgers or TCNJ?
03/19: “Antisocial” or “At Peace”?
02/24: LGBT “Prom?”
01/25: Iceskating in Endless Circles
01/23: New College Semester… in High School!

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