Category Archives: Travel
- March 12, 2011
- Mists are only pretty in prose and poetry– also posted in Life Experience, Myself, Rant, Teaching Life
Once upon a time, one of the best medicines for me was writing. When I was sad, the pages of my diary would be filled from left to right, top to bottom. When I started blogging in 2000, I began to keep electronic diaries. Some were stored in the form of HTML pages, which I [...]
- September 27, 2009
- Birthday and Sailing Experience– also posted in Life Experience
Yesterday was my birthday, and I have to say that it was probably the dullest birthday I’ve ever had. First, I forgot about it until late Friday night. I was like, “Wait, today’s 25th? So tomorrow’s my birthday? Huh??”. That just goes to say that time just moves too fast for my brain to catch [...]
- April 14, 2009
- Road Trip Day III: Foiled Piha & Frosty Hamilton– also posted in Life Experience
There’s nothing much I can say except that THE THIRD DAY FAILED HARD.I’ll get to it soon, but let me just start from the beginning – from before we checked out. I woke up early as usual, at 6am. Atie woke up around the same time too. I decided to let Mira sleep in for [...]
- April 13, 2009
- Road Trip Day II: Cape Reinga to Omapere– also posted in Life Experience
Before checking out, Atie made breakfast (fried egg sandwich) and I cooked lunch/dinner (spaghetti and spicy sauce with basil), with Mira taking care of the dishes. We save money this way, and we don’t have to think about stopping somewhere for food. After that, we stopped by the i-Site for a moment, taking pictures of [...]
- April 13, 2009
- Mid-sem Road Trip Day I: Paihia, Bay of Islands– also posted in Life Experience
The Beginning: We were supposed to start our journey at 9.30am, but due to me cooking and us trying to fit everything into the small Toyota Starlet we rented. From luggage for three people to picnic mat and picnic basket and cool bag and whatnot, just imagine it. It’s safe to say that Mira’s next [...]
