Tag: Area

Here’s a fun geometry problem I looked at the other day. The diagram shows four touching circles, each of which touches the sides of an equilateral triangle with sides of length 3. What is the area of the shaded region? Here’s a hint: mathematics tends to reward us when we exploit its...

I love a good 4-mile weekend hike with the dog. But occasionally, I crave something more: to hike hard all day, to conquer something big, and to be so tired I can barely move afterward. That’s the kind of day that proves what my body is still capable of and reminds me that I’m still a...

In my first article, I tempted you with the prospect that nature and landscape photography opportunities exist and are possibly even a reason to visit the Chicagoland area. Well, did you know that millions of birds fly through this area every spring and fall? And that hundreds of species o...

While some areas of Tokyo might be famous for tall buildings, flashing screens, and busy crowds, the Yanesen neighborhood (composed of Yanaka, Nezu, and Sendagi) has found popularity among Tokyoites young and old for all the opposite reasons. This little chunk of the city hasn’t been torn up a...

The big city of Tokyo is an amazing place to visit or to live in long-term, but it’s busy, crowded, and bustling, and sooner or later, it’s tempting to get out of town for a day and feel the atmosphere of somewhere a little different. Fortunately, the huge metropolitan area of Tokyo is s...

Apart from the process to secure a role and a visa (all about the H1B1 visa over here), I’ve decided to share my personal perspective as a Singaporean in the Bay Area. It’s by no means representative of everyone’s experience, since I (a) was only there for 3 years, (b) on...

This is my illegal Bay Area version of a well-meaning yet financially-privileged article called “How To Live Near Your Friends”. The sticky part of this article is that it assumes a considerable number of people in your social circle have (a) spare rooms  (b) the finances to mo...

When you think of Rome, images of ancient ruins, iconic landmarks, and delicious pasta likely come to mind. But there’s a hidden gem within the city that captures the heart and soul of this eternal city like no other: Trastevere. Nestled on the west bank of the Tiber River, Trastevere is a vib...

Prior to the pandemic, something in the region of 10 million tourists were visiting the Czech capital every year. Given that the population of the Czech Republic is about 10 million people, that’s a lot of tourists in a city of about 4 square miles*! And then, almost overnight, in March 2020 t...