Creative Meanderings

My ramblings and wanderings through life

  • I joke that I don’t do anything that makes me sweat…; it’s mostly true, but getting older means that I should try to be conscientious about my health. So, I try to eat a little less (still love food, tho!) and exercise. When I moved to Abu Dhabi I got into swimming regularly despite my previous general dislike towards the ocean. Swimming in the Arabian Gulf is easy. 🙂 Plus, even though I…

  • Thanks again to 8Asians, this trailer for a documentary on young adopted girls – Somewhere Between – looks interesting. It is nice to see/hear the voices of young adoptees and those from other countries. What is striking is that the issues and thoughts are the same as those I am familiar with – a sign that despite changes in the world, some things still have a lot of room for growth! 🙂

  • If you actually read my blog and actually visit the actual URL site, then you can see I have changed the header of my page. The old one felt dark and with the black background made everything feel somber. It was probably how I felt at the time of starting the site, but it seemed time for a change. So, I have given it a brighter header using a sunset picture from our…

  • I have decided to start a new series of posts related directly to my adoption experience. This is mostly because I have started to delve more and more into the world of adoptees who are starting to express themselves about this whole being adopted thing – especially Korean-American adoptees. I know that some are reading, some are searching for support, etc. – like me. So, I feel like it is time to share…

  • This is a bit random, but this article on 8Asians (again) reminded me about struggling with issues of make-up. I have long since given up on the idea of eye make-up and wear a minimal amount in general despite being told by a few older Asian ladies that I am beyond the age of needing to be wearing more make-up. 😛 I wear enough, I think! Anyway, something that has long bothered me…

  • 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 rare that it succeeded for me as it often felt more forced than real. In any case, this…

  • 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 roommates from the beginning, I moved to his place and continued to open my apartment up to guests.…

  • [salbumthumbs=32,3,n,n,center,] These are all the photos from my summer travels. Enjoy! 😀

  • _Hello Kitty Must Die_ by Angela S Choi So, the cliche saying of “Don’t judge a book by its cover” could also apply to book titles. However, when I was searching for something new to read on my iPad Kindle, I came across this title a few times. I could relate because the sickening expansion of Hello Kitty around the world makes me a bit nauseous. Thus in my quest to force myself…

  • 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 be. I arrived late at the airport and got out pretty quickly, but was quickly given a proper…

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