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Horse trekking in the Altai Mountains for 2 weeks in Mongolia

About my time horse trekking in the Altai mountains of Mongolia in 2024 with Zavkhan Trekking

november 6th mood

No words. Just feels. Hope you are all taking care of yourself. We will continue resisting, organizing, and persevering. I have many more updates coming soon, exciting things in the works ~ stay tuned.

another trip begins; en route to mongolia via korea

I stopped drawing for a while... Here's why...

I stopped drawing for a while, here's why. A comic on coming back after experiencing major loss.

How doing the #100DayProject in 2019 changed my creative life

My experience drawing a comic a day for the #100dayproject in 2019 and how it shaped my creative journey for the better

Author with back facing camera posing in front of Zhangjiajie (tall rocky pillars) with a pond with reflections

China Travel Tech Prep: Apps to Download (2023)

Apps I used during my travels through China in 2023

2022 About Page

Thoughtful Wanders, a digital platform centered on sharing my journey [un]learning about the world, society, and self. The work I create is based on seeing the world through my brain as a curious and creative person where I try to make the implicit explicit and process my learnings out loud.

i thought life looked like this up until i was 18 years old...

A piece I did spontaneously back in 2021 when I was reflecting on how differently I viewed life and the journey of life as an 18 year old versus as a 26 year old.

drawings from 2021; on being an asian american woman

Illustrations reflecting on being Asian American Woman, drawn after the Atlanta Spa Shootings in 2021.

The Essences of Thoughtful Wanders

The Essences (core values) of Thoughtful Wanders

hi, I am back!!!!!

big changes coming & an inside look to what they are

my solo trip to china has begun!

a travel journal excerpt & updates on how the trip has been so far. from combatting loneliness to navigating trip logistics to thoughts on the responsibilities of representation

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a mini crisis moment: thoughts on building community & volunteering for a greater cause vs. long term travel & nomadic living

A personal update for paid subscribers as to what I've been up to, the physical "in-person" activist community I have been part of & building, and the slight change in trajectory going forward

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when the earth below you crumbles

a personal update of sorts, the experience of starting anew, the ups and downs of trying to pave your own path

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Long term travel & nomadic living vs. being rooted in one place in relation to “the cultural iceberg”

Are they two ends of the same spectrum or are they not that different after all? I process this question using “the cultural iceberg" model

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The origins of the term “Third Culture Kid” & who gets to be one?

Defining "third culture kid" (TCK), who gets to be one, and my own experiences as a TCK

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The complexities behind a simple question: "where are you from?"

Approaching the question from the different perspectives of a third culture kid, an Asian American, a Taiwanese person. Written by someone who is all of the above.