Travels
Weigh-in'
In Hanoi, I was mildly amused that there are old grandmothers squatting on the street next to a simple metal scale, where, for a cheap twenty-five cents, you can weigh yourself to 'analyze your health'.
Travels
Travels
(Miss) Taken Identity
I've been hesitant to write anything thus far about Vietnam, because I don't quite have anything coherent to say about it – yet. It's infuriatingly disappointing but so tantalizing with potential and sparkling with moments of brilliance all at once.
Travels
Carlos
Between bouts of giardia and other 'eas on the 36 hour bus ride from Hanoi down to Saigon, I met Carlos, a Spaniard making his way around the world in 7 months who I think is missing his wife and kids very much.
Travels
Close quarters
One thing with Asian transportation is that it doesn't matter how many seats there are on the bus/subway/train/boat – if there are passengers, then there are fees.
Travels
Slow Days
There are only so many times I can eat during the course of the day, write, and watch old men play chess and old couples dance in the park. Slow days had approached and were now staring at me resolutely.
Travels
The Body Wants
Old man, prostrate underneath bridge, why is your daughter leashed and forced to hold out your hat for money? What happened, what is your story? She can't be more than five and already, you have taught her how to stand on her head and do backflips. Will she
Twentysomething
Love that Food (sometimes)
One afternoon in Nanning, I walked through a winding mud-spattered street, south of the stream on Chaoyang Lu (Street), ogling the generous display of ingredients and dishes.
Twentysomething
China Abbreviated
Beijing is grand in the largest of ways and humble in the smallest of ways. Like an aging actress who refuses to bow out, the city hovers between desperate modernity and the crass awkward displays of a bumbling sycophant.
Twentysomething
TW
I am beginning to love this life. I am stuffing my face with Doritos and will proceed to gobble down a Dominos pizza -- all with the advice from Ink that I'll be losing weight on the road anyways.
Twentysomething
Purgatory
Feels like I'm in limbo – not really living in NY any longer but not in any way am on the road yet.
Travels
Prepping
10 days to go before I step on that plane. Still have to pack, make lists, sell off furniture and hyperventilate. But it'll be ok.
Twentysomething
Bookends
Conversing with my parents is a sure ticket to the twilight zone.