i leave today for a 13 hour journey with no book to read on the plane. and i have a runny nose that alternates between being runny and blocked. i am still in mild surprise that i'll be gone for 5 weeks. my luggage is practically 9.5 out of 10 full. which means i have NO idea how i will lug back all the goodies i hope to bag. i'm really kiasu and ( Read more... )

"You must make adjustments if you want to survive. Much becomes expendable. You get your happiness where you can. You reach a point where you're at the bottom of hell, yet you have your arms crossed and a smile on your face, and you feel you're the luckiest person on earth. Why? Because at your feet you have a tiny dead fish ( Read more... )

"The worst pair of opposites is boredom and terror. Sometimes your life is a pendulum swing from one to the other. The sea is without a wrinkle. There is not a whisper of wind. The hours last forever. You are so bored you sink into a state of apathy close to a coma. Then the sea becomes rough and your emotions are whipped into a frenzy. Yet even ( Read more... )

Hanoi, Vietnam


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'How can you take notes in the midst of human sorrow? have you no feelings for the mourners?' - Powdermaker (1933 ( Read more... )

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why i love the who? because they tell stories so true.

i used to wake up in the morning ( Read more... )

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