Month: March 2015
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Writing -> Dissertating
While I’m on the topic of writing and understanding my calling, let me now address a greater dilemma that’s been going on in my head for a few weeks now. This freakin’ dissertation! 😐 When I started my quest for a PhD, I wanted to ensure my employability in Japan for a tenure position and…
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Callings…
The way that I manage to get a lot of reading done aside from a few pages before bed is by exercising on the treadmill. Lately, the weather has been rather grey and windy as the heat slowly moves into the city, so I’ve been back on the ‘mill to burn off the days’ tensions.…
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My head is whirling….
As usual, my silence on here generally means that life is whizzing by and my head in whirling around. So, I’m still here and slowly pulling myself out of the whirlpool in hopes of taming it to smaller waves…. We will see…. Spring break is coming and I’m SOOOOOOOOOOOOO excited to see my parents, sleep…
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Photography 102…
So…since getting my new ‘baby’, I have been taking photos for friends. My first one is a kind of regular job where I take photos for my friend’s comedy show – Yalla Laughs – which just started a few weeks back in Abu Dhabi. A lot of the pictures on their Facebook page are ones…
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Photography 101
Back in college J & I made a big first purchase together – a Canon SLR. We were both dreaming of taking amazing photos of life. When we went our separate ways, I kept the SLR and continued to spend rolls of film documenting my travels and life. However, the way of high-end point-n-shoot digital…
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Lackluster of Traveling…
Is it possible to travel too much? Am I just too spoiled in my ‘old age’ that when I go to a new city, it’s not as exciting as it used to be? I’m in Madrid for a conference (INTED 2015). I was here before about six years ago with my mom and Aunt Sue.…
