Inwangsan ~ A Trip Inside Seoul
So I had a couple of days left in Seoul and I decided to take a personal day at Inwangsan. When I first visited Seoul in July 2009, I followed a day hike recommended by my Lonely Planet up a mountain...
View ArticleThings to Know Before Moving
Hey! You’re moving to Seoul! Great! I’ll bet you’re going to Seoul to teach English, right? Yeah, it is either that or you are in the military. Well, I have gotten a series of emails with questions...
View ArticleWashed my clothes in Sheraton’s tub ~ It was luxuriously free
I have always been frugal with money. Maybe I never had much to spend in the first place but I grew up with an obsession of paying only the amount a product/service was worth and nothing more (but less...
View ArticleA Pretentious Tourist?
In Annie Leonard’s book, “The Story of Stuff,” she explains that the definition of a “developed” country like the Unites States or England is structure, economy, production (and typically more stress)....
View ArticleA Week in Kathmandu
The orange sunlight leaked into the room from lazily closed curtains. It was so quiet you could hear the sun rise. A dog barked and disturbed the serene street below while serving as our alarm clock....
View ArticleKuala Lumpur: a great CS experience
It has been two months since I started my funemployment and I gotta say… the morning laps in the pool, a long shower, a 25 minute session in a full-body massaging chair, and cooking breakfast in the...
View ArticleComfort Zone
Life on the road has completely knocked me on my ass. I reminisced the cool days when I sat snuggly at a table beside a fully stocked kitchen with clean water, a clean bathroom with toilet paper, and a...
View ArticleArticle 2
You don’t have to be my best friend to know that I love Thailand. This is my third visit and it continues to smooth out my jagged edges. However, I must write about the shit-show I have witnessed since...
View ArticleStay or Go
I spent my first night under a mosquito net and let me tell you that those things are underrated and I’m buying one for my backyard, when I have one. Slowly, I am letting go to the uncertainty of...
View ArticleFull Moon Part: Check
I finally experienced the world-famous Full Moon Party… and as everything glows, I am still glowing. We bought a ferry-bus-ferry ticket from Mailay (Krabi) located in the Andaman sea on the west coast...
View Article11-Day Detox Foreword
One day about four years ago, I stumbled upon a book about a raw food detox. Then I bought a juicer. I drank raw fruit and vegetable juice for breakfast and lunch with a raw food dinner for two months....
View ArticleDetox Day 1 – Colemas
Day One It has only been one day and already I’m in love. They say the second and third day of a detox are the worst. Right now, day one has really put me in a good mood. The shakes and pills are the...
View ArticleDetox Day 2 ~ The Effects
After ten shakes, sixty capsules, two coconuts, two glasses of carrot juice, two broths, two massages and four colonics, I am on an emotional roller coaster. My energy is practically gone so I don’t...
View ArticleDay Three of Detox – The Shakes
I still felt pretty terrible on day three. My mind is foggy, my energy is low, but my positive thoughts were still sailing high! I shouldn’t have skipped yoga since it could have filled up an hour and...
View ArticleDetox Day Four ~ Abdominal Massage
I woke up without my headache and with some extra energy. My mind seemed to be cleared and my spirits were still high. The detox massage is a bit different from a regular massage as it focuses on the...
View ArticleWire-Men Connection
For those of you who have met me, you might have heard me tell this tale a few times. These are my little wire-men. I buy many colors of wire and make men shapes out of it whilst doing mundane things...
View Article1095 to Pai
Northern Thailand has a very different vibe that the islands in the south. Even though you can still find a party, Chiang Mai, Chiang Rai, and Pai are more a relaxed locations with a variety of ways to...
View ArticleSerendipity
Yesterday was one of the most remarkable days of my life. So I have been in Chiang Mai for almost two weeks. I have seen most of the city by motorbike and was starting to get a little bored. Alright, I...
View ArticleHostel Fun-D, Chiang Rai
One day in Chiang Rai, probably not enough time to really experience the love, but I have a feeling I’ll be back. I jumped onto a public bus from Chiang Mai to Chiang Rai (running every hour for ~B120)...
View ArticleThailand to Northern Laos
My first adventure in Laos consisted of $2 whiskey, 2 day/1 night on a small boat, and a stand-in protest against the Laos boat company who refused to drop us off at the correct pier in Luang Prabang...
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