June 2013 – The World is My Book

Random Act of Kindness: Books on Board

San Francisco’s public transportation isn’t perfect. The buses and trains are inconsistent and late. You get all sorts of crazies on board. But once in a while, you run into something extraordinary. I was reading on the bus one night, and a dude with dreadlocks asked me how my novel was. I replied to…

The Last Days of MoMA

Before closing its doors for renovation until 2016, San Francisco’s Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) is doing one last hurrah this weekend by opening its doors for free, all day and night. It was amazing discovering new artists to appreciate, like sci-fi architect Lebbeus Woods and classical & contemporary fusion painter John Currin, but…

Trish Lalisan

Among the many things I am, I would say that I’m a traveler. I’ve lived in 8 different countries so far, and I've visited plenty more.

Six months after I was born, I left my home country of the Philippines and my family and I flew off to Nigeria. From then on, my childhood was one full of transition: aside from my passport country and Nigeria, I was able to live in Guam (USA), India, and South Africa before I was even 10 years old.

I returned to the Philippines to complete my education, but even then I still longed for flight – I participated in an exchange program in France for a semester while I was completing my bachelor’s degree in the management of communications technology. After graduation, I took a marketing internship in the Czech Republic for half a year. I spent two years in Singapore working for a great company, and then they moved me to San Francisco, where I live now!

Though many aspects of my life have not been constant, several things have remained true: my devotion to my family, my passion for travel, and my love for the written and spoken word.

I also enjoy martial arts (I am a ranked practitioner in a Filipino Martial Arts style called Eskabo Daan), philosophy, musicals, hiking, and geeky things.

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