I dodged a bullet on Tuesday night, figuratively speaking. Scores of flights were cancelled due to the ash cloud hovering over Australia. If I had flown to Bali from Sydney, I actually wouldn’t have made it. As it was, on my whirlwind visit home recently, I decided to pop down to Melbourne for a couple… Read More The year in review
It wasn’t exactly a soft landing in Vietnam; from the airport, I headed straight to my grandmother’s 80th birthday at a fancy hotel. I was actually picked up by my uncle (who I know from back home) and it was great to see a familiar face and catch up. We don’t regularly see each other… Read More Being present
If there was ever a time in my life where a five star resort holiday was needed, this would have to be it…and what a resort in which to live it up for a little while. We got a fabulous deal for the Indigo Pearl resort on Nai Yang beach and it is truly an… Read More Seaside stories
As usual, there have been many happenings of late. Such as a fond send-off for one of the girls–the one with the watermelon!–going home after her year here. We had the classic combo of dinner at Khun Churn followed by dessert at iberry. And not to mention, Josh’s birthday! I bought Josh a ukulele (upon… Read More Being in relationships
There have been a slew of reasons to celebrate lately; my boss got married two weeks ago, Josh got a job, and I officially started the last year of my 20s. But let me start with the best news of all: Josh’s new job! He’ll soon start working for an NGO doing truly commendable work… Read More Reasons to celebrate
The Travels of Elephant Woman 