It’s been difficult for me to gather together my thoughts and direction lately. While I’m still working and doing my PhD, I feel as if I’m beginning to straddle multiple worlds and am not yet certain how they are going to co-exist or if they can at all. World 1 For some time, I’ve felt…

Well, for a while I’ve been contemplating really making an effort to make a go at a writing career. In college I began a novel that I worked on diligently every day for a few months and then… life got in the way and I put it aside. Throughout the years I’ve gone back to…

Is it true or just a common way of complaining that it already feels like three months of vacation never happened after just three days of classes? I know I said that it’s not that I’m not happy to be back, but I think it’s a lie. I’ve got culture shock and homesickness all at…

It’s been three months since I had to go in to work. I know, I shouldn’t say that out loud or too much or else I might get injured from others’ stink-eyes and jealous jabs. 😉 Seriously, coming back has been traumatic on the body in recovering from jet lag; tiring to the mind in…

1. As I was telling my BF the story I wrote about the taxi driver, it occurred to me that while I took it as a positive story it didn’t sound as such as I was sharing it. In fact, it just sounded like another one of my crazy taxi ride stories in this country…<sigh>…

…coming home. I walked into my apartment after being gone for nearly three months and questioned if this was really home…. It’s nice to be back, though. I felt happy unpacking and knowing that I don’t have to lug a suitcase around for at least 8 weeks or more. 😀 As I became familiar with…

At last my BF is back (thought he was suppose to be back sooner, but I was mistaken…)!! Before we had left on our separate trips, R and I agreed to celebrate our birthdays using a voucher for my subscribing to The National newspaper, but we ended up waiting until he returned to AD. At…

I was awaken this morning by my awesome parents who called to wish me a Happy Birthday. THANK YOU! 😀 It’s hard to believe I’m 34 today. It’s hard to believe that I’ve been in my family for 26 years! It’s hard to believe I’ve still got friends for the same amount of time. Truly,…

So, it’s Day 5 (why do I count days…?) of 10 to be spent in AD before I head back to the States for the summer. I feared being a little bit bored since almost all of my friends have fled the country and my BF will be gone until this weekend. Though I had…