Sad Tree By Melonhead83 I had a friend in Japan who was one of those curious ‘between cultures’ people who didn’t identify with any one country’s beliefs or value system. She’d grown up in Tokyo, Chicago, Bangkok, Oregon, New York and Sydney and was a free-thinker, a non-conformist and completely unbothered by other’s opinions of… Read More Roots
“I’m like a bird I’ll only fly away I don’t know where my soul is I don’t know where my home is” – Nelly Furtado It’s about time I aired a little dirty laundry. I’ve got a confession to make that I’ve been keeping a secret for far too long. So here goes: I’ve recently… Read More Yes, I’m obsessed with traveling. And no, I’m not running away from my problems…
My life Stateside feels like a chapter out of Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing. I’m (temporarily!!!) staying at my parents house in Northern California and not only does it feel like my life in Japan never existed, but it also feels like the last 16 years of my life never existed as well. I’m… Read More 10 Again
I’m usually not the type of person to pay 10 dollars for advice from someone who claims to see the future in a few fine wrinkles on my palm. But maybe it was because I was once again jobless, homeless and directionless and wanted some answers so badly that I was willing to suspend my… Read More The Palm Reader
My week in Hong Kong was spent shopping and eating in street markets in Kowloon. That probably explains why I came home with a suitcase full of knockoff designer handbags and sneakers, multiple pairs of plastic ‘made in Hong Kong’ three dollar heels and…food poisoning. I won’t bore you with photos of skyscrapers, butterflies and… Read More Hong Kong, You’re Hilarious
A lot has happened in the two weeks since I left Japan. For starters, I flew to Singapore and Hong Kong. I also was an extra in a Bollywood film, got robbed, ate a bird’s nest, got food poisoning, lost my camera and learned a valuable lesson about karma. But I’m getting ahead of myself.… Read More Garage Sale at the Airport (or How I Spent My Last Day in Japan)
There’s been a change of plans. My departure time has now been rescheduled for tomorrow, which means that in T-Minus 27 hours I’ll be blasting off of Planet Tokyo, headed in the general direction of the the US of A with a couple week stopover in Singapore and Hong Kong. My last day of work… Read More Don’t Make Me Go Back in the Bubble!