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Guess where I’m going, and what I’m doing tomorrow???  Here are hints.       I don’t plan on telling my parents until after I get back, but I’m going skydiving!  Hopefully I’ll be back tomorrow telling you how it was.  Oops… I probably jinxed myself, didn’t I?

Today was my second day on campus (I only have classes on Tuesdays and Thursdays), and came upon the university’s street fair.  Student groups sit under tents and give out information to people passing by, hoping that they’ll join their (fraternity/sorority/outdoor club/political group/multicultural center, etc).  FYI, I didn’t join any clubs.  I’m not on campus enough to [...]

Today, I successfully finished my first day of school.  For those that don’t know, I’m back in Oregon to pursue my Master’s in TESOL (Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages).  I have no academic experience in Linguistics (which is what most of the TESOL classes are), therefore I need to jump through some hoops before [...]

Being confined on a Boeing 747 and breathing the recycled air of others for 10 hours was more than my body could handle.  I arrived in Los Angeles not feeling the greatest, but was happy to be somewhere familiar.  Two days later, when I finally made it back home, I was full blown sick.  Once [...]

I’m now in the transit lounge at Incheon airport, taking full advantage of the free internet terminals here.  There’s an Asian chick sitting to my right, hovering over me.  And no, tapping your fingernails is NOT going to get me off this computer faster. Last night at the Bangkok airport, Korean boy band “SG Wannabe” [...]

Sorry for not being around lately.  After Koh Phi Phi, I went to Krabi for 3 days, then Koh Samui for another 3 days.  I’ve been in Bangkok for the last 2 days and am flying out tonight for 2 days in Los Angeles to visit my grandmother.  Then I finally go back to Oregon [...]

These are pictures from the first day on Koh Phi Phi, or better known as where “The Beach” was filmed. When the ferry from Phuket manuevered into a small bay with a small beach, I wondered what we were doing there. After arriving on Phi Phi, someone told me that was “Maya Bay”, the beach [...]

I’m still here in It has been perfect beach weather for the last 3 days – not too hot, and a nice breeze. Two beach chairs and a little table were going for 100 baht. The following two pictures are of the first sunset we saw in Phuket. I think the two biggest attractions of [...]

Ras and I made it to Phuket safe and sound. It actually wasn’t too bad of a ride down south, especially with some Lorazepam the pharmicist gave me. Upon arriving at Kata beach (a smaller and quieter beach of Phuket), it rained all day. With the rain pouring down, we soon realized there wasn’t much [...]