As an east Asian growing raised by a non-Christian family, I never got to systematically learn about the doctrine of Christianity. I only had a very superficial and scattered understanding about it, but not how the whole theological system comes together.

When touring the churches and theological sites in Paris and Milan, I got to really dig into it, analyze it from logical, philosophical, and game theoretical viewpoints, and come up with what I’d say a pretty good understanding about how the whole system works.

Kicking horse is less of a “resort” than an avalanche controlled slackcountry area. But if you’re willing to hike, it’s absolutely legendary.

Went to Park City in late Jan / early Feb, 2026, my first time skiing in Utah. Overall a very solid mountain.

Snow coverage was really bad, according to the locals it’s like the worst in 20 years. So many parts of the mountain weren’t open.

Here’s my review for this ski resort in different aspects.

In early November I went to Iquique, Chile with our paragliding community to fly, under the lead of our instructor. It’s my first time flying outside of the US.

It’s possible to use the brokerage money to invest with some interest i.e. margin trading. Some brokerage offers really low rate, like Robinhood’s 5.75%. With the annualized return of VOO being 14.56%, it may seem like a no brainer to use margin to buy VOO, but if factoring the risk, is it really worth it?

2024 is a year of evolution for me. This year, I

• moved to the US
• got my own place
• started my first (and second) full-time job
• became a car owner
• received a decent Bay Area big tech SWE offer
• became a cat owner (of 2)
• started to ski black diamonds

I moved from Taiwan, a densely populated eastern Asian country, to Phoenix, Arizona, at the start of the year, and then to San Jose, California close to the end of the year. Here are some of my observations.