Dinner at Homeplate:

Justin: "Have you ever seen the movie 'Groundhog Day'?"
Me: "Yes."
Justin: "Don't you feel like that's your life?"

Too true.

Globalization: The Move towards a Polarized, Post-Sovereign World ( Read more... )

Pounding the sidewalks of Beacon St., I notice how the places I run past correlate to the T stations the train stops at every day - Newton Centre, Chestnut Hill, Reservoir, Brookline Village. As I crest a large hill - which I assume to be Chestnut Hill - the Boston skyline appears, straight ahead. I’m glad I’m heading in the right direction. I ( Read more... )

I decided to purchase gummy bears tonight after dinner. It was a rather spontaneous decision; I haven't had any years. In a way it served as redemption for a week full of internalizing the thoughts and footsteps of pre-WWII Europe along with synaptic transmissions and neural plasticity. Emotionally, this past week has been tumultuous, too. Only ( Read more... )

I remember reading in a Dartmouth Admissions brochure a testimony of a student. "Your days are always full here," she said. Two years ago, I dismissed this as a marketing strategy. Only now do I realize the truth of those words. I've been going non-stop today since 7 am. I got back to my room at 11 pm. I'm burnt out. And I still feel like I haven't ( Read more... )

I set out for my jog at 7:30 am; Koh Tao was already awake. The cobblestone "street" that parallels Sairee Beach was my track. The Thai's were up sweeping sand out of their businesses that lined the street. Mopeds darted through the commotion of busy workers, stray dogs, and random roosters. Some mopeds carried water and supplies, delivering their ( Read more... )

- Mopeds: Like a swarm of angry ants, mopeds seemingly come from no where and their paths are entirely unpredictable. Always be on the look out, especially when farang (literally means "white face") are driving, like many do here on Koh Tao. Super dangerous.
-Stray ("soi") Dogs: Lots and lots of stray dogs. It's against Buddhist beliefs to harm ( Read more... )

Sa wat dee ka, from Koh Samui ( Read more... )

Very First (Characteristically Lindsey) Thouhgts Exiting the Plane:
- Lots of Asians with facemasks...eerily reminiscent of the whole bird flu and SARS epidemics
- Neat, red carpeting/certain smell that reminds me of a Chinese restaurant

Random: I didn't know they had exclamation marks in Japanese ( Read more... )

An excerpt from: Beautiful Gazelle, by Abha Iyengar ( Read more... )