Patrick Lam

Thoughts and travels of Patrick Lam

Trip report: Ontario, California, and Manitoba, October 16-29 2024

Wellington to Ontario to California to Manitoba to Wellington. On this trip, two tournaments and a conference; in all, 3 tournaments and 2 conferences.

Review: Sunshine Nails by Mai Nguyen

More Vietnamese refugee content, this time a novel.

Review: Ru by Kim Thúy

Thoughts on differences between the book version and film version of Ru.

Case study: making air travel things complicated

‘Optimizing’ some flights to New Zealand.

Museum review: Canadian Human Rights Museum / Musée pour les droits de la personne, Winnipeg

I found myself in Winnipeg for 3 days in 2023 (to referee at the Manitoba Open, which was great) and the museum is now open, so I went for a visit after lunch at the Forks. Human rights is an abstract concept, so I was interested to see how the museum would represent that in the form of exhibits.