I don’t have a bucket list.
I know myself too well.
As soon as I say to myself, “You have to do this before you die,” I will instantly start screaming, “And who do you think you are? You’re not the boss of me!” And I will no longer want to do it. Just [...]
When I first moved to Japan fifteen years ago, I was living in this tiny little fishing village off the coast of the Japan Sea.
The town is, supposedly, quite famous for its fresh seafood. Or, at least, that’s what everyone told me as soon as I arrived. Conversations would go something like this: [...]
I never used to think of myself as the big crybaby type.
But, over the past couple years, I’ve changed.
Maybe being so far away from home for so long has made me more sentimental.
Or maybe I’ve just gotten soft-hearted with my old age. (This is the point in the blog post when [...]
Before we get this thing started, I should probably mention that I’ve never actually experienced the Chinese New Year in China.
But I have a pretty good feeling about it.
From what I’ve seen so far, Chinese New Year involves lots of shiny stuff.
And dragons. (2012 being the Year of the Dragon, [...]
Happy New Year, y’all!
Last year right around this time, I wrote a post entitled “10 Things I Learned After 10 Months of Traveling (with pictures!).” That post was my way of wrapping up my big ten-month tour of Southeast Asia, which had included a whopping grand total of, ahem, five countries. Because, apparently, [...]
