It wasn’t just a job I wanted as I hoped for the end to this season of waiting, but all that came with it: To wake up and not find 10 job search emails to sift through reminding me of my work status each morning. To stop being micromanaged by a 22 year old at … Continue reading On Contentment
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Today is historic. Since 2005, I haven't lived in any one place for more than two years. I lived in Luang Prabang for two years before making my exit. I spent a year and eight months in Seattle before moving abroad. Cambridge, Massachusetts was home for a year and ten months before I left for … Continue reading Two Years and a Day
So, these posts are all beginning to start off the same—"It's been a long time"—but hopefully you won't be hearing that from me again for a while. I'll keep this update short and sweet. Life is so good right now it's scary. I'm enjoying DC. And I have the best friends scattered all over the … Continue reading Life is Good
After about a four month hiatus on the blog I'm back. A lot has happened in that time: I visited rural villages in the north of Laos, I went to Vietnam, I moved back to America, spent a week in Seattle, had a fun welcome back party with family, spent a crazy month in DC … Continue reading I’m back
I can't believe there's just one month left. At work these days, I find myself just staring at my staff, appreciating what I've learned from them, wanting to etch their faces and their warmth into my memory forever. Perhaps more than anything else, I will miss them most dearly. The other day during a job … Continue reading That Thing That Time Does
Tonight I got an email from a woman I met at a conference in 2012 in Korea. I emailed her earlier because I’d like to interview her for an article I’m writing. I opened with the standard post-conference greeting, “I’m not sure if you remember me but...” Turns out she not only remembers me, but … Continue reading A Model of Courage and Determination
Please be better than 2013. Not that your predecessor was bad, cause it wasn't. But, I just have high hopes for what transitions may bring, and I'd like it if you didn't let me down. A short review of 2013 No New Years blog post would be complete without a highlight reel from the year … Continue reading Dear 2014
The year was 1359. In the new kingdom of Lan Xang Hom Kao, a gift was given. A statue. But not just an ordinary statue: a golden standing Buddha image. The occasion was said to be a congratulatory gift from Phaya Sirichanta, the King of Angkor, in present-day Cambodia, to his Lao son-in-law on unifying … Continue reading Putting the Prabang back in Luang Prabang
I know that there was life before Korean dramas, but all that seems fuzzy to me now. Everyone who knows me, even a little, knows me as a Korean drama evangelist, trying to convert people to the joys of K-drama watching. There's no lack of haters though—obstinate ones who think they know what they're all … Continue reading Confessions of a KDrama Addict
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