Apr
19

Sunset in Paradise

I visited Dumaguete, Siquijor, and Bohol a few weeks ago.  From Dumaguette we took a boat tour to Apo island where we snorkeled in several spots. I even got to see some gigantic sea turtles! Our group stayed the night there and the next morning we took the boat to Siquijor where we stayed a… Continue reading »

Dec
11

8th Wonder of the World

…or How I Hiked the Toughest Climb of My Life.   A few weeks ago, somewhere close to 28 of us PCVs met in Sagada for a glorious thanksgiving feast. Delicious, wonderful, tasty. This post is not about that. But it is about the trip I took the day after, into Ifugao, the next mountain… Continue reading »

May
08

Weary Traveler

  Piles of language books, medical supplies, music sheets, and a random assortment of other items litter any available flat table space. Clothes, worn who knows how many times hang over chairs, desperately needing to be laundered. There’s an explosion of mold in a corner of my room underneath the desk. Its radius has slowly… Continue reading »

Mar
15

“Sorriso!”

I was recently browsing through some old pictures of my trip to Italy. I have a ton of cool ones but here are a few pictures that make me smile.

Feb
22

Sweet Fortunes

I went to P.F. Changs yesterday to have dinner with my lovely little sister. When we got our fortune cookies at the end of the meal I was very excited at what came out of mine…

Jan
07

Dream Deep

For the past couple years I have written blog entries about my goals in life and where I hope to head in the future. You can read them here if you want: “The List” (Sept 2008) “25” (Jan 2010) It is interesting to go back through them and see how I’ve changed along the way,… Continue reading »

Jan
03

25

So I’m sitting here in Starbucks trying to figure out my life (haha good luck with that) and I decided to write down my life goals. Then I remembered an earlier blog entry I wrote called “The List.” I made it about a year and a half ago about the goals, silly and serious, that… Continue reading »