Cheng’s Musings


Silk Road #1 Dunhuang : Travel Ideas

For the longest time, Silk Road east to west is considered the mysterious veiled journey filled with trade secrets & exotic finds. Having traversed part of this journey, I can imagine this to be the case in hundreds of years of the past. The route itself is an ever-changing route to avoid trecherous terrain, murderous…

City of the City 城中之城 (2024) : C-Drama Series Review

I chanced upon this series while browsing an article about the “expected” give and take in relationships especially in the business world. At 40 episodes, the series started off slow and steady, differing from the norm by focusing on extensive multi-generational perspectives of employees in the financial institution & industry. (Specifically a bank and an…

Urumqi city & nearby attractions, window to Xinjiang region : Travel Ideas

Having watched Road Home, I have subsequently found out that a number of the scenes in the series are filmed in Xinjiang, specifically in northern Xinjiang. When we decides to go to Xinjiang, the scenic northern part was unanimously chosen. Xinjiang is actually split into northern and southern part by the Tianshan mountain range. At…