Category: Going Mental
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Thoughts on Koreans
A while back I read this post on 8Asians and thought about how Koreans love emotional drama – more so than many of the other countries I have visited. Koreans and Japanese are often compared, but I always find Japanese people too stoic and though their tv dramas attempted to be dramatically emotional, it was…
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New Abode
Before the summer holidays began we moved apartments from our downtown Al Serkal Towers building to uptown Guardian Towers. Sometime in March, R and I decided that we would move in together since we were always together anyway and spending the nights at one or the other apartment all the time. Since I have had…
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Back in the Dhabs
It seems weird to write about normal life, but after getting in the habit of writing daily about my days, I guess it is easy enough to just carry on as usual. 🙂 My flights from Bangkok to Manila to Abu Dhabi were relatively easy – as easy as traveling for an entire day can…
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Korean Adoptees – 1
I have been spending some time reading articles on Korean adoptees the past couple of days. I always have a long list of links and posts to read from adoptees or about adoption backed up and when I manage to start reading, I get on a long chain of open tabs and items to read.…
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Tattoos
For a while I have considered getting a tattoo, much to my father’s chagrin. The main thing for me is that I didn’t want a cheesy-looking one that would stay on my body forever and I didn’t want it in a cliche location on my body (ie no “I like it from behind” tatts…). So,…
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Third Culture Asian
I am trying to continue to catch up on posts in my ‘draft’ box that I set aside to write on later while mixing in posts about my current life adventures. So, forgive me if I seem a little more random than usual. A while ago, I was catching up on the blogs/websites that I…
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Major BFF time!
It has been too long since I last saw my BFF and so when I found out that my flight allowed for a layover in Japan and then we could head to Oregon together, there was no question about what I would do. The past few weeks have been filled with fun! Time in Japan:…
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Snoop Dogg
As Abu Dhabi continues to try to build its rapport as a cultural and art center in the UAE and the world, they are bringing in more and more big name artists of varied genres. On May 6, 2011, I dragged my AD buddy to see Snoop Dogg at the Yas Arena. It was an…
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Missed a Day!@#$%
Just kidding – I mean it’s not that awful that I missed a day of writing. It just looks like a big black hole on my calendar, is all. 😉 Yesterday was a busy day with running some last-minute errands before the week ends and I am off on holidays. Plus, then I have to…
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4 days to go!
Although I still have quite a bit left to catch up on here, I thought today would be a bit shorter as I have errands to run and things to go about doing. It has been since November, 2009 that I last saw my best friend, her husband and son (my godson). So, finally after…
