
Numerous visits to Joy Yee for bubble tea, going to the Apple store just to check Facebook, finally going up the Sears/Willis Tower SkyDeck and just hanging around downtown Chicago.

I’ve spent almost every summer, with the exception of the one before we moved to Bern, Switzerland, bumming around, playing video games, eating junk food, sleeping, and eating more junk. This summer, I’m looking to alter things a bit. I’ve cut off rice from my diet (a crazy thing to do in a Filipino home),...