I survived orientation and have made it safely to my apartment in Khon Kaen. It's ridiculously humid here but I like it. I mean, I really like it.

My roommate is pretty awesome and I think we're going to go play basketball together every morning before class. Speaking of class, I have it seven days a week.

Yeah.

We don't get weekends, instead we get ( Read more... )

Tomorrow I'm going to Bangkok.  A couple days after I arrive I'm going to the mountains with no access to the outside world for 8 days.

I hope everyone is well.

The last few days have been intense. I've been to three refugee camps, I've met with a member of the Palestinian Authority and a former political prisoner who was imprisoned for 10 years.  During her interrogation she was raped several times. I'm happy to be here and there are fun times, but in general this camp has been both informing and ( Read more... )

At the beginning of the 2001-2002 school year, Roy Williams, who at the time was the head coach of the University of Kansas Jayhawks Men’s basketball team, (maybe you’ve heard of them?) taped a picture of the Georgia Dome in Atlanta inside the locker of every member of the team. The idea was that every day the guys could see what they were working ( Read more... )

 There is nothing like the feeling of finally figuring out you're delusional ( Read more... )

When I get sad, I stop being sad, and be awesome instead... True story !
-Barney from How I Met Your Mother

Whenever I get sad, I find a way to laugh and I keep laughing until I forget why I started laughing in the first place. Usually this is in the form of jokes but in desperate times, I watch comedy videos on youtube.

Thank God I can find humor in ( Read more... )

This past weekend I went to Nablus which is a modern variation of its ancient Greek name of Napolis. It blows my mind that I’m walking around places that are not only centuries old, but were a part of the lives of Ancient Greeks! Nablus sits on top of several springs so throughout the old city, there are taps where you can drink fresh spring water ( Read more... )

Today is my last day in Oman. I wanted to visit the school but Ty was busy invigilating IB exams so I stayed home. Giles has an eye infection and for the last couple of days we couldn't find his eye drops. It came back so he's home from school. Most of the morning we've been watching movies and playing games. I'm enjoying the fact that the hardest ( Read more... )

I've made it safely to Varanasi. I spent a good two hours leaving the airport and trying to find my hotel. It was literally like trying to find a needle in a haystack. But I have arrived and all is well. Tomorrow I'm going to visit some ghats and the day after some temples. After that, I'm going to go to Sarnath, the place where 15 days after ( Read more... )

In about 4 hours I'm leaving for Nepal. Yesterday I found out that a strike is currently going on in Kathmandu. There haven't been any vehicles on the roads for days. So while I should be safe, I'll be walking everywhere. If I'm lucky I'll be able to rent a bike. I'll be there for a week and then I'm spending 8 days in Varanasi. I'm sharing this, ( Read more... )