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Women adventurers

In my previous post on adventure travel I listed a number of adventure writers that have inspired me over the years. You may have noticed that they were almost exclusively men. The reason is because I wanted to do a separate post specifically highlighting women voices in the genre. (The reason I mentioned Gertrude BellContinue reading “Women adventurers”

Posted byChad KohalykMay 14, 2021May 14, 2021Posted inbooks, movies, travel

On Adventuring

It was 1993, the beginning of the Clinton years. The Wall had come down and Yeltsin had gone up onto the tank. No longer impeded by a curtain of iron, there were now fifteen new “FSU” states strung along the old Silk Road joining China and Europe. It seemed more open than any time inContinue reading “On Adventuring”

Posted byChad KohalykMay 11, 2021May 13, 2021Posted inmovies, philosophy, review, travel1 Comment on On Adventuring

Best of 2020

I reflected on the year using Pat Kua’s End of Year Retrospective Template. I won’t share all my results here, just a bit of a roundup below, but the questions from that document I really appreciated were: What brought you joy this year? What made you sad this year? What are you grateful for thisContinue reading “Best of 2020”

Posted byChad KohalykDecember 31, 2020December 31, 2020Posted inbooks, movies, personal, reviewTags:best-of

The best of 2019

It has been a couple years since I did a year-end roundup of books and film. This year was one of ups (finally travelled to India) and downs (lost my last living grandparent), of self-reflection (learning about leadership, going on retreat again), and of coming to decisions for closing out the decade and kicking offContinue reading “The best of 2019”

Posted byChad KohalykDecember 29, 2019December 29, 2020Posted inbooks, movies, reviewTags:best-of

Remembering through facsimile

This weekend I finally sat down to watch Shinkai Makoto’s breakout anime hit of 2016 「君の名は。」Your name.. It was an entertaining story with some nice twists, great voice acting, and some cute scenes. In preparation for this film I watched two other Shinkai films in order to get more familiar with his work. First wasContinue reading “Remembering through facsimile”

Posted byChad KohalykOctober 2, 2017Posted inJapan, movies, review

Best of 2016

2016 has been a tumultuous year, for both the entire world and for me personally. I have categorized some of the best hits and big changes below into three categories: Life, Posts and Media. Life Death and rebirth This year we had a cancer scare in my family which made me put community activity onContinue reading “Best of 2016”

Posted byChad KohalykDecember 31, 2016December 29, 2020Posted inbooks, buddhism, Japan, movies, personal, review, travelTags:best-of

Quarterly review: FY16Q4

Each quarter I do a quick roundup of the book and film reviews that I do on Goodreads and Letterboxd. These reviews are too short and too off-the-cuff to be included with the more in depth reviews I do on this site. Below are the highlights of the quarter. Books ★★★☆☆ Fight Club ★★★☆☆ TheContinue reading “Quarterly review: FY16Q4”

Posted byChad KohalykDecember 28, 2016December 29, 2016Posted inbooks, movies, review

Quarterly review: FY16Q3

Each quarter I do a quick roundup of the book and film reviews that I do on Goodreads and Letterboxd. These reviews are too short and too off-the-cuff to be included with the more in depth reviews I do on this site. Below are the highlights of the quarter. Books ★★★★☆ Bad Samaritans: The MythContinue reading “Quarterly review: FY16Q3”

Posted byChad KohalykSeptember 30, 2016September 27, 2016Posted inbooks, movies, review

Quarterly review: FY16Q2

Each quarter I do a quick roundup of the book and film reviews that I do on Goodreads and Letterboxd. These reviews are too short and too off-the-cuff to be included with the more in depth reviews I do on this site. Below are the highlights of the quarter. Books This month I technically completedContinue reading “Quarterly review: FY16Q2”

Posted byChad KohalykJune 30, 2016Posted inbooks, movies, review

Quarterly review: FY16Q1

Each quarter I do a quick roundup of the book and film reviews that I do on Goodreads and Letterboxd. These reviews are too short and too off-the-cuff to be included with the more in depth reviews I do on this site. Below are the highlights of the quarter. Books Two themes are pretty apparent:Continue reading “Quarterly review: FY16Q1”

Posted byChad KohalykMarch 31, 2016March 30, 2016Posted inbooks, movies, review

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Chad Kohalyk is a Canadian who often writes about travelling in Japan. He is working on a book after many years in the startup world. He has written, given talks, and lectured about the intersection of technology and politics. More →

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