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We travel not to escape life, but for life not to escape us. 
Current count: 42 countries.

"the cherry #blossom is no more impressive than an apple or an orange tree. what sets it apart is its #brevity. #fragility gives life #poignancy." 🌸 Luke Sital-Singh #TED2018
If i were to pick two words that might adequately capture what transpires here, it would be "human endeavors". till next time. #TED2018
not exactly a test drive because the car drove itself .. #bmwi3 @ #TED2018 pretty rad to think this could be the future that solves neighborhoods' "last mile" commute.
new vantage point of the annual pilgrimage ❤️ #TED2018
1) solitude is my soul food 2) solo side trip selfie. all charged up and ready to battle the next few days in Vancouver.
who doesn't love rainbow sunshine snowy mountain combo? ✨
"Nothing is ever random, no pattern is ever composed without obeying the laws of harmony. Islamic #art aims to embody and convey the #harmony and structure of everything on this earth through pattern." - D.Awartani : This too can be said about #mathematics and science. : Fascinating that Christianity celebrates art via depictions of humans doing things, while #Islam goes for #geometric patterns and scriptures. : 📷: a light fixture inside the great white #mosque. #neverstopexploring
best things in life are free. getting to them: not so free. throwback to this bathroom with a view. this place was so quiet the only thing you could hear was the one thing you couldn't see (wind).
#midtown. here.. no one stops. no one looks up. no one marvels at mundane #nothingness. between our concrete walls that grow as mighty as our #ambition (as fast as our #greed) lies this #majestic life force quietly observing us. imagine the stories they could tell if they have a #voice.
did you know that every minute about 1 garbage truck full of plastic is dumped into our ocean? plastic trash now occupy 3x the size of France. how long will it be before this color goes extinct? #worldwaterday
First day of spring should look more like Santa Cruz. Unfortunately NY edition is going to be snow storm. 😒
You can put down a bad book; you can avoid listening to bad music; but you cannot miss the ugly tower block opposite your house. – Renzo Piano * This building used to be the beautiful Maritime hotel that celebrated vintage nautical theme. The silver spaceship façade from new mgmt seems to be backfiring with surfaces looking dated and dirty everywhere.
6% of Earth's land surface is covered by roughly 20,000 varieties of #lichen. It is known to be among the oldest organism still living. these little guys aren't plant even though they photosynthesize. They are composite organism made of #algae and #fungus. here they are happily hanging out on apple tree branch bathing rare Seattle winter sunshine. How many varieties can you spot? #themoreyouknow
I like to believe that I brought the winter sunshine with me to Seattle. It's always sunny everytime I visit the city of so many lakes and so many hills. Thank you @joshuaromancello for showing me your favorite places and people. #somagical #coffeemecca #atetoomuch
things that come out of my head. #glassmenagerie
Rainier on the horizon

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