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Fall and Winter Activity Recap

March 24, 2018March 25, 2018 TJ Leave a comment
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Here is the long overdue post of my travels and adventures over the last few months. I usually do one per season, but I’ve been slow on the blogging so this post will be for the last half a year, covering both fall and winter. The most notable activity was my trip to southern China, which I already wrote about, but I also went on other smaller trips and adventures over the last half-year. So keep reading if you want to see what I’ve been up to and what troubles I’ve gotten myself into .

Probably the best fall foliage we saw during the trip was along this stretch of the Blue Ridge Parkway

Trip to Southern China

March 18, 2018March 23, 2018 TJ Leave a comment
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During the last winter holiday season, my family and I visited China for the first time since 2010. We went back mainly for a family reunion, but we visited a few places as well. It was a good trip in terms of seeing relatives and visiting new places, but I had a cold through most of the trip so I didn’t feel 100%. I still a lot of fun though, and this post contains the highlights of the trip.

Guangzhou Tianhe — The view of the Tianhe area at night, towards the south to Guangzhou Tower.

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New Fitness Tracker: Garmin Vivosmart HR

January 21, 2018March 18, 2018 TJ Leave a comment
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Another new piece of tech gadget that I got over the winter was a Garmin Vivosmart HR fitness tracker. Originally, I bought this fitness tracker for my dad, but it turned out my mom also bought him a fitness tracker, so I ended up taking this one for myself. Here are my impressions so far after using the Vivosmart HR for about a week.

Garmin Vivosmart HR box — The Garmin Vivosmart HR in its box

New Action Camera: GoPro HERO6

January 12, 2018March 18, 2018 TJ Leave a comment
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Happy 2018, everybody. Hopefully everyone enjoyed their year-end holidays. I know I did as I took a trip back to China which I’ll post about later. This post is for the newest gadget in my collection: a GoPro HERO6 action camera.

Summer Sizzles

October 28, 2017October 28, 2017 TJ Leave a comment
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Another season has gone by. It is officially autumn now, which means it’s once again time to look back on my various adventures over the past summer, and show some photo highlights.

Grayson Highlands State Park pano — Trekking through the green landscape at Grayson Highands (click to enlarge)

TonyJiang.com: Year 11!!!!!!!!!!!

August 13, 2017August 13, 2017 TJ 2 Comments
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TonyJiang.com has been online for 11 years! Woohoo!! Break out the champagne . I actually remembered to post in August this year, which is when actually anniversary is. In previous years I would forget until September or even October to post this message.

Regarding my collection of websites, I don’t have much to report on in the past year. Didn’t do any major revamp or additions. Work has kept me busy, and on the weekends I try to do something outside of my home. I should probably at least go back to drawing and produce some artwork for this website. The crabbing guide is still the most popular out of them all, but traffic is slipping like the last few years, probably because I haven’t crabbed in Vancouver for a while, and there are new competition. Ad revenue is of course down, due to the lower traffic and the prevalence of ad blockers. Oh well, it’s not like I’m going to make a living out of these websites haha.

New Smartphone: LG G5

July 21, 2017July 21, 2017 TJ Leave a comment
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I recently bought a new smartphone in the form of a LG G5. It’s only been a year since I bought my LG G4, and I got a new phone because the G4 broke and became a paperweight. Actually, the G4 that broke was a refurb that I bought to replace the first one (which was a brand new unit) that I lost in a lake… No more refurb phones without warranties ever again. So far the new G5 has worked quite well, and hopefully the decision to go with another LG won’t come and bite me in the behind. Here are just my impressions and some pictures of this previous generation LG flagship.

Springtime Sorties

June 17, 2017August 12, 2017 TJ Leave a comment
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It has been almost a whole season since I’ve posted here. Spring has passed and the hot and humid summer of the Southeast is now here. It’s time look back at all the fun activities I managed to do during the spring (despite having little in the way of vacation days) and show some photo highlights.

Sharp Top Summit — Wonderful view from the top of Sharp Top. (click to enlarge)

Winter Whatnots

April 3, 2017April 20, 2017 TJ Leave a comment
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Spring is finally here, and with it comes the warm temperatures and pollen. It also means it’s time for me to post about my winter activities. Winter tends to be the slow season when it comes to activities, but I managed to get out and keep life from getting too boring. Here is just a quick list of my winter highlights with some photos to boot.

Skytrain Lafarge Lake-Douglas Station — Took a ride on the Skytrain to the end of the new Evergreen extension in Coquitlam

New Pull-Up Bar: Perfect Multi-Gym Pro

January 28, 2017January 28, 2017 TJ Leave a comment
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When I went back home for the holidays, I noticed that my dad bought himself a chin-up bar. He bought the Multi-Gym Pro by Perfect Fitness, and I thought it looked pretty neat so I bought one once I returned to the US. This post is my thoughts on this pull-up bar with some pictures.