@formerlywtc.bsky.social
Account created mostly to follow those I like whom have abandoned the other platform across the street Also some occasional observations, sports & travel content Also been to all 50 🇺🇸 states, almost 100 🌎 countries
And for Bowling Green and Abilene…
10.11.2025 20:00 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Stranded at IAD? It’s just an opportunity to spend more time in this unique space…
10.11.2025 19:51 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 2 📌 0
Also worth noting the Turkish Airlines Lounge at IAD serves some of the best food as far as airline lounges go. Drawbacks are it’s perpetually crowded, there’s always a bunch of annoying kids while a good plurality of the guests have some very questionable hygiene habits…
09.11.2025 00:05 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0What did I just learn while in the IAD #TSA PreCheck line?
That water is a liquid…
The woman immediately in front thought water was not a liquid and would be allowed through the checkpoint.
🤦🏻♂️
You know what’s worse than spending 90+mins sitting in the hotel lobby because your room’s toilet acted up, flooded and housekeeping had to come clean up and sanitize your room?
Spending 70mins of that on hold and on the phone with Bank of America because you got locked out of your account…
Notice how the sign for fatasses is only in English.
08.11.2025 03:00 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0It’s a culture that has very negative sentiments about anyone who isn’t wafer thin, particularly women.
08.11.2025 02:59 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0You’re in Korea right now?
08.11.2025 01:12 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0As an Asian person it’s better to be perceived as an Asian American than an Asian Canadian. I’ll leave it at that.
07.11.2025 19:32 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0It’s a common habit of East Asians whether they be Japanese, Chinese, Koreans, etc. Without exaggeration still know some people living in Asia who won’t set foot in certain neighborhoods because of one single incident they heard about on the news that happened there back in the late 80’s.
07.11.2025 04:53 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0$9.50 for a Schloske…
What is that, about $75 adjusted for inflation? And you thought fast food menu prices are expensive now.
Who recognizes this city where we’ll be in for the rest of this week?
05.11.2025 21:28 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0It’s even better when both scenarios are juxtaposed onto one another…
Occasionally you see footage of foreigners treating Japanese public transit like transit in the west. That’s when it gets interesting.
It’s another ✈️ flying pencil red eye type of #PaxEx night…
05.11.2025 06:33 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0The official count: 6 kids. So the over won.
01.11.2025 06:04 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Happy #Halloween, or as kids with immigrant #Asian parents call it…
Friday.
If we run out we’ll start giving out those United snack boxes stashed in the closet. Just hoping the kids like their Tapas or Takeoff boxes..
31.10.2025 04:49 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0Yes but I bought a 75-count bag for my parents’ place when the historic average in the last 30 years has been about 5 kids/night. The over/under my mom and I agreed to for this year is 3 kids, so we’ll be fine.
31.10.2025 00:12 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
There are a few games a year during the NHL regular season that they sing the Punjabi version. It’s the mornings after when it’s apparent the Canadians aren’t exactly as ‘progressive’ as we tend to perceive them to be.
30.10.2025 22:50 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0For some reason my timeline across the street is filled with tweet after tweet of complaints about the singing of “O Canada” 🇨🇦 at the last two #WorldSeries games…
Hey, if both the English & French versions are getting butchered they still have the Punjabi version if all else fails.
Might want to mention this “commuter” town is not inside California…
30.10.2025 03:55 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0Appearance, language and prep skills aside I’ve found the Taiwanese, Korean & Hong Konger owned places are generally ok. The mainland Chinese owned ones can vary a lot.
30.10.2025 00:19 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Statistically in the U.S. over half are owned by Chinese/Taiwanese. Another 1/3 or so are Korean owned.
30.10.2025 00:14 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0In a general sense Canadians are worse drivers than Americans are (for various reasons) so if they installed roundabouts there would be continuous carnage for the next decade.
30.10.2025 00:06 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Getting around Vancouver proper reminds me of San Francisco where freeways that bisect the city don’t exist. You have no choice but to drive aggressively and take advantage of every open pocket. Worst is Granville St. doesn’t have protected left turn lanes so the left lane is essentially useless.
29.10.2025 23:51 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0It’s Vancouver’s way of forcing you to take the Skytrain. The Skytrain Canada Line parallels Granville St.
Many people here are too young to remember when there was no direct freeway access to LAX.
NyQuil helps…
29.10.2025 19:58 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0With 2 days to go until #Halloween today is the day my mom and I make bets on how many kids we think will show up at the door this year. The weather is supposed to be clear, slightly warmer than normal.
The over/under for this year is set at 3 kids.
The old timer fans would be predisposed to be against that because it doesn’t follow the ‘unwritten rules’…
28.10.2025 21:19 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
