#Review

Sekiro Review

Sekiro is arguably the hardest game of all time, and I haven’t even played any of the FromSoftware games before. I did play Jedi: Fallen Order, which is soulslike, and I really love the combat, so after beating it, I finally bought Sekiro to experience the ultimate sword fight.

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Yahoo DevOps Internship Review

In the summer of 2022, which is also the last summer vacation in my college life, I worked at Yahoo as a DevOps intern for 8 weeks in Taipei, Taiwan.

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My Judo Journey

The Start

In my sophomore year, I took the Judo course because the names of the waza (techniques) sounded really badass, like 大外割 (Osoto Gari), 小內割 (Kouchi Gari) etc.

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Musical Artists - Hidden Gems

Artists with less than 500k monthly listeners on Spotify yet have I scrobbled for hundreds or even thousands of times.

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The Left Hand of Darkness Review

Author: Ursula K. Le Guin

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Review: The Hidden Girl and Other Stories

An anthology from Ken Liu, a Hugo award winner as both a writer and a translator. His first anthology, The Paper Menagerie and Other Stories, has some interesting stories, and for some reason the library in my University has the English version of this book, plus short stories are pretty easy to read even for non-native speakers. so I just picked it up.

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The Obelisk Gate (Broken Earth 2) Review

Author: N. K. Jemisin

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The Fifth Season (Broken Earth 1) Review

Author: N. K. Jemisin

I’ve heard this book for a very long time. It pretty much appears on every single book recommendation thread on Reddit, and the 3-Hugo-in-a-row phenomenon is also very intriguing. However, there is no Chinese translation, and after the misery of Oathbringer, I just lost all of my faith in reading long novels in English (I still read novellas and short stories from time to time tho).

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Horizon Zero Dawn Review

Bought it on Steam sale after 5 years of its initial launch and 2.5 years after its pc port came out. I had to say it’s a bit underwhelming.

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Naeba Ski Resort Review

Naeba ski resort is a huge resort with a huge hotel and many trails. It is also connected with Kagura Ski Resort through a 5km long ropeway.

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