CURRENT MISSION

"I'm just travelin' travelin' travelin', just travelin' thru..."

ABOUT ME

"Well I can't tell you where I'm going, I'm not sure of where I've been,
But I know I must keep travelin' till my road comes to an end.
I'm out here on my journey, trying to make the most of it
I'm a puzzle, I must figure out where all my pieces fit.
Like a poor wayfaring stranger that they speak about in song,
I'm just a weary pilgrim trying to find what feels like home.
Where that is no one can tell me, am I doomed to ever roam,
I'm just travelin', travelin', travelin', I'm just travelin' on "

-"Travelin' Thru" by Dolly Patron

PHILOSOPHY

almost anyone can learn to think or believe or know, but not a single human being can be taught to feel...the moment you feel, you're nobody-but-yourself. to be nobody-but-yourself in a world which is doing its best, night and day, to make you everybody else -means to fight the hardest battle which any human being can fight; and never stop fighting.

-e.e. cummings "a poet's advice"

Interests

blueberries. pancakes. massages. chai. chocolate. hiking. soft leather. sociology. cooking/baking. tennis. reading. flip flops. traveling. documentary films. letters. daisies. jeans. orientalism/occidentalism. photography. big comfy sofas. religion. cafes. pretty notebooks.

• photography
• documentaries
• cooking
• chocolate
• baking
• movies
• reading
• traveling
• hiking
• tennis
• calligraphy
• religion
• sociology

Music, Movies, and Books

Just to name a few...

Movies: Dear Pyongyang, L'Auberge Espagnole, Ai-no-Mukidashi/Love Exposure, PERSEPOLIS, Atarashii Kamisama/The New God, Enlightenment Guaranteed, Spanglish, Sounan-Furita/A Permanent Part-timer in Distress, Ladri di Biciclette/The Bicycle Thief...

Music: Belle and Sebastian, Coldplay, Daft Punk, The Dandy Warhols, Gogol Bordello, The Killers, m-flo, The Prototypes, TERIYAKI BOYZ, U2...

Books: Joy Luck Club, A Tale of Two Cities, The Motorcycle Diaries, Fahrenheit 451, I Know This Much is True, The Witch of Portobello, Traveling Mercies, Beijing Doll, Lord of the Flies, The Story of Tracey Beaker...all of Jacqueline Wilson's works really...and Roald Dahl...

Teach, Learn, Share

I specialize in...

banana bread, soft chewy chocolate chip cookies, thai green curry, kabocha pumpkin soup, moroccan the a la menthe, sushi...anything japanese really...falafel, vietnamese fresh rolls/goi cuon...

sociology, craft greeting cards, japanese calligraphy, religious studies...

Countries I’ve Visited

Australia, China, France, Malaysia, Myanmar, Thailand, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

China, Japan, Singapore, United States