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How to Lick a Dragon
I’ve spent a good portion of my grown-up life chasing mythical creatures: mermaids, unicorns, leprechauns, “the one”, and now a new sort of quest has evoked me – the dragon hunt. Because my flying academy Read more…
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The Life of a Dead Kitten
On our second day as illegal Indonesian immigrants (Sunday), we found a kitten.A kitten so small it’s eyes hadn’t opened yet- meuwing helplessly under a tree – squirming at the pain caused by the puncture Read more…
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Travel the World, Lick Things, Be Super-human
Licking a friend Licking a camper van Licking the ruflasia, Malaysia What have you licked lately? I ask this because statistically (probably… I think, maybe) us humans don’t lick enough. We see things and hear Read more…
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Life’s a Journey
They say life’s a journey. And so far it’s been quite a trip – learning to crawl becomes learning to walk, learning to walk becomes learning to do so without being hit by traffic or Read more…
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Shipwrecked… Marooned… Destined for Greatnesses
From left to right: South Africa (Adeena), America (Jon), Netherlands (Luke) Czech Republic (Helena), Estonia (Tom) __________________________________ Marooned on a deserted island at sunrise, our final liters of water beguiling us. Netherlands had suffered hallucinations Read more…
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5 Years as a Gypsy Girl
No child ever dreams of growing up to be a gypsy… In fact, personally I wanted to be a pirate… or a mermaid… or a, hmmmm, I forget … PLANS CHANGE! In fact, by the Read more…
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To be [kidnapped] or not to be [kidnapped]
“If you travel by bus in the Zamboanga peninsula, you may not get kidnapped, but if you keep doing it, eventually you will.” “The only reason I am alive today is because my family fled Read more…
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Losing my Asianity
It’s normally easy to slide in and live amongst the ‘natives’ – Having dark skin and darker hair makes me practically Asian. By default. And some times I can even use chopsticks… But in the Philippines, Read more…
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Injured Insanities and Failures
It’s been one of the most bizarrest weeks of my life. I had it all planned out. I was feeling more prepared than I had in years: say goodbye to mom and hello to Hong Read more…
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Mum : Mother Theresa on a Pony
Finally… 2years later, a reunion So, after two years apart it’s been nice ro have a mum again… for all of two weeks… And mum and I have hit China so hard that Mao has Read more…