So, my first fall from posting daily. However, I am not deterred, and that was never part of the deal any way. So despite going back to haphazard, here are some things I've accomplished since last posting:
• Began learning to drive a motorbike, going from parking lot to highway in one day.
• Volunteered, briefly, at an Orphange on the Thai/Burma border.
• Celebrated my first Songkran.
• Decided I am brave enough to travel alone, sometime in the next five years, for a really big trip. Likely smaller trips in the much more imminent future.
• Ate jellyfish, I think again, but just to be sure.
• Downloaded a self-help ebook instead of responding to a negative email.
• Read several chapters of that book already.
• Attended first rehearsal for another charity monologue event.
• Resisted the urge to post several articles, songs, and or vindictive statements to the internet; in some ways to tone down my general internet presence if nothing else.
• laundry
And as always, the wheels (of my mind) are turning. Full speed ahead!
Tuesday, April 19, 2011
Tuesday, April 5, 2011
15 - Sunday, Monday
Sunday
1. Attended a Martial Arts club practice in the park for about three hours.
2. Saw a 6-foot long monitor lizard in the park.
3. Discovered, or was shown, two more coffee shops I can haunt to read, journal and so forth near my apartment.
4. Finally finished another chapter in the book I’ve been having so much trouble finishing.
5. Laundry.
6. Over 7km treadmill, 65 minutes.
7. Jazz café and taxi trip of randomness.
Monday
1. Tried to register for distance learning classes. Emailed registrar to rectify problem in doing so.
2. Actually did work at work.
3. Read about:
• Artist and activist Ai Weiwei, who has just been detained by the Chinese Government again.
• Operation Aurora, the name of the 2009-2010 Chinese computer hacking fiasco.
• Feng Zhenghu – The ‘Tom Hanks,’ from the movie The Terminal, of Tokyo Narita airport - drawing attention to authorities refusing his re-admittance to China.
4. Walked home from work instead of riding the bus.
5. Went to the gym with a friend! Over 5km on Treadmill.
6. Tried new restaurant with friend.
7. Successfully registered for 6 graduate credit hours, summer and fall.
8. Emailed one of the professors of said courses.
1. Attended a Martial Arts club practice in the park for about three hours.
2. Saw a 6-foot long monitor lizard in the park.
3. Discovered, or was shown, two more coffee shops I can haunt to read, journal and so forth near my apartment.
4. Finally finished another chapter in the book I’ve been having so much trouble finishing.
5. Laundry.
6. Over 7km treadmill, 65 minutes.
7. Jazz café and taxi trip of randomness.
Monday
1. Tried to register for distance learning classes. Emailed registrar to rectify problem in doing so.
2. Actually did work at work.
3. Read about:
• Artist and activist Ai Weiwei, who has just been detained by the Chinese Government again.
• Operation Aurora, the name of the 2009-2010 Chinese computer hacking fiasco.
• Feng Zhenghu – The ‘Tom Hanks,’ from the movie The Terminal, of Tokyo Narita airport - drawing attention to authorities refusing his re-admittance to China.
4. Walked home from work instead of riding the bus.
5. Went to the gym with a friend! Over 5km on Treadmill.
6. Tried new restaurant with friend.
7. Successfully registered for 6 graduate credit hours, summer and fall.
8. Emailed one of the professors of said courses.
Sunday, April 3, 2011
13 - Thursday, Friday, Saturday
Thursday
1. Two more things to the tailor; dropped off and picked up in the same day.
2. Went to a coffee shop, read over 20 pages of a novel and journaled.
3. Dinner with a friend that is off to the next adventure, who showed me a new restaurant to add to my favorites list.
4. Positive conversation about life, moving forward and everything over dinner.
Friday
1. Maintained appearances at work, even did some work!
2. Took care of some emails.
3. Tried another restaurant between work and home.
4. Relaxed.
Saturday
1. Good correspondence with friends.
2. Cooked breakfast with newly acquired hot plate.
3. Met a friendly fellow foreigner, shared conversation and music.
4. Wandered the bar district in a non-panicked, I'm not so new here any more, exploratory state of mind.
5. Resolved not to answer my cell phone during meals.
1. Two more things to the tailor; dropped off and picked up in the same day.
2. Went to a coffee shop, read over 20 pages of a novel and journaled.
3. Dinner with a friend that is off to the next adventure, who showed me a new restaurant to add to my favorites list.
4. Positive conversation about life, moving forward and everything over dinner.
Friday
1. Maintained appearances at work, even did some work!
2. Took care of some emails.
3. Tried another restaurant between work and home.
4. Relaxed.
Saturday
1. Good correspondence with friends.
2. Cooked breakfast with newly acquired hot plate.
3. Met a friendly fellow foreigner, shared conversation and music.
4. Wandered the bar district in a non-panicked, I'm not so new here any more, exploratory state of mind.
5. Resolved not to answer my cell phone during meals.
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