Boracay, ahoy!

We leave tonight at 1:20 am (I wonder who’s the brains behind that brilliant departure time on Cebu Pacific Air?). We’re packing light, because apparently you’re only allowed 10kg on the little prop plane from Manila to Caticlan (plus, I’ve heard you have to wade in the water to get from the ferry to the [...]

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Where in the world?

I just had a short chat with a good friend that lives in the UK (previously he’s lived in the US and Korea), and he happened to mention that he likes the UK, but “there are better places.” Now I’m curious:
Where would you live, if you could live anywhere?

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Brushes with the law

To prepare for our move to Thailand, I need to apply for a Criminal Clearance Record. We were advised to do this as soon as possible, either in our current home or our country of origin. Given my lack of understanding of all things beaurocratic here in Malaysia (basically everything requires a chop (stamp), the [...]

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Thirsty

Lately I have found myself drinking glass after glass of cold water. Unfortunately I prefer the bubbly kind so it isn’t as satisfying as it could be. I can’t tell if it’s the hot weather or the food I’m eating, but I’ve only been this consistently thirsty once before – when I was visiting Alex’s [...]

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1999

The year I graduated from college. Also the year I stopped really listening to new music. Why is that? Why do we stop being interested in varied things when we start to “grow up”? As a teenager, you watch your parents and think about how lame they are, how they can’t keep up with the [...]

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Photo Hunt: Empty

I’ve seen the “empty your purse and list the contents” meme many times, but never participated. But, this week’s PhotoHunt theme was too perfect to pass it up again. So, here’s my empty purse:

Inside my $9 TJMaxx sparkly purse was:

my wallet (which I often take out and put in my back pocket)
a cute change purse [...]

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On the road again

Well, I’ve been waiting to post about this until it was officially official. And now it is:
We’re moving (again)!
I accepted a position at the International School Bangkok as the Elementary School 21st Century Literacy Specialist – a combination tech specialist/librarian. I’m thrilled about the new position and the new move (though, of course, I will [...]

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A day at the auction

This weekend was the fourth Persian carpet auction we’ve attended since we moved to KL in July of 2005.
Unfortunately for Alex (who tends to be quite grumpy about the spending of money when it does not involve books, DVDs or games – both Nintendo and computer), I bought two more carpets. That brings the running [...]

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Photo Hunt: Drink

Despite the above image giving the appearance of the contrary, I’ve never been a big drinker. You would think that living in Munich for five years would make me a beer drinker, but not so much (though I am now somewhat of a beer connoisseur – don’t even try to get me to drink the [...]

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Customer Service: KL Style

Being from the US, I have high expectations for customer service. After all, we have a motto in the States: the customer is always right. And, while that doesn’t always happen, you can usually expect to be treated well in most shops and sales-people will often go out of their way to help you and [...]

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