it’s been a week since i’ve been back from vietnam/taiwan. and as people ask me how “it” was, it almost seems like they expect me to regurgitate all my emotions and revelations in one breath. is it life-changing? of course. but so is every other trip i’ve taken that’s allowed me to realize that life [...]
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taken from the team journal entry of Thur 11/13 & Fri 11/14 as contributed by me:
” The goodbyes were emotional as the neighbor whom we’ve used the house of to eat lunch started to cry as we took farewell pictures. Our family was sad to see us leave but I think they are overjoyed with [...]
Read the rest of vietnam day 12: 1st round of farewells
my original intention for this trip and this blog was to blog EVERY day while i was in vietnam. and as intentions normally go, it didn’t exactly come to fruition. eight hour workdays in EXTREME humidity tends to cause me to pass out practically IN the shower. so instead i’ll share an email i was able [...]
Read the rest of vietnam day 2-day 9: unlucky in vietnam
sixteen hour plane rides are no fun. especially when you’ve spend the first 13 with a guy next to you who’s completely unaware of his foot odor. about 25 hours ago, i hopped on a giant tin can (aka. a 777) in LAX and commuted 13 hours to Taipei (free WIFI at the airport! love my peeps!) i [...]
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the countdown begins!!! TEN DAYS UNTIL VIETNAM/ASIAN!
i don’t think i’ve been so excited about a trip in such a long time. i’ve saved and saved and saved and now i need to buy everything to get me through two weeks of habitat for humanity and one week of my parents (therapy sessons?) toolbelt, small portable digicam, [...]
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