LAURA

a collection of lists about things that i find interesting

Current hobbies

  • Photography
  • Tennis
  • Reading
  • Going to the beach

Things I'm currently learning

  • Cantonese
  • How to play tennis
  • How to surf

Things I find interesting

  • Urban planning
  • Map-making
  • Data visualization
  • Cities, landscapes, and the ways people move through them

Things I've done

  • Swam for most of my life
  • Played water polo in college
  • Went skydiving for a friend’s 18th birthday

Maps I've made

Map 1 Map 2 Map 3

Favorite books

  • All the Light We Cannot See — Anthony Doerr
  • Strange Pictures — Uketsu
  • How to Say Babylon — Safiya Sinclair
  • Stoner — John Williams
  • Klara and the Sun — Kazuo Ishiguro
  • A Little Life — Hanya Yanagihara

Cool places

  • The Christian Science Plaza in Boston at sunset
  • The Starbucks at Shibuya Crossing
  • Hong Kong's MTR
  • The bookstore at the French Embassy in NYC