Thoughts on Life and Living
Christmas Eve in Asia. . . making cookies. My first ever. #notpretty
It is always strange waking up on December 25th in a world where it is JUST another day. As I said in this other mini-post, this causes me (and the other Americans here) to go to great extremes to “Christmas up” the place.
This past week has been no different. [Read more…]
New technique in fighting #asia road rage.
This pic is born from two realities; traffic in Asia is HORRIBLE and you can buy cool stuff for really cheap here.
The traffic is inexplicably stressful here. It really does make the traffic in America look like a Girl Scouts meeting. [Read more…]
As I said in my larger post this weekend, this was my 12th Thanksgiving in Asia. Pretty amazing to think about.
Though I knew that I would be in Asia “long-term”, I don’t think I could have conceived of still being here in Asia in 2013 when I arrived in August 1999.
Anyway, it was an amazing Thanksgiving here. I definitely missed home, BUT I do love the people I get to do life with here.
In summary, the dinner was great. The location was perfect. The fellowship was even better.
The location was at the “home” of a group of five local American students. They were able to get a great deal on a HUGE apartment. It was the perfect place for a large Thanksgiving dinner.
This picture was taken of the two rooms we had tables spread out in. My particular favorite was of the “kids table” you see there in the lower picture!
(This post part of my Instagram(able) Asia! pics.)
We FINALLY have pizza in this little corner of East Asia!
As I type this post, I am sitting in a coffee house about 1/2 mile from my apartment. I tell you this seemingly mundane detail, as this is not in fact a mundane detail. You see, it has not always been this way for my life here in Asia.
When I arrived in August 1999 to live here “long-term”, there was almost no “western food” in this area of Asia. There were tea houses, hotpot restaurants, and dinning establishments which featured the meats of the day in cages on the sidewalks out front.
“Flat Stanley and my attempt to look like a NYC cop.”
Here’s the deal with this pic.
First, “Flat Stanley” is a program most kids do today in school. Virtually all of my eight nieces and nephews have done it. Right now, [Read more…]