What would an international holiday be, if there were no linguistic discoveries made? On my most recent travels I made 3. Excuse me while I geek out about them below. 9 People are always asking me if I get different languages mixed up in my head. While the answer is usually not, I have run … Continue reading Language Connections
I was doubtful I’d see the day when my enjoyment of life in LP outstripped my enjoyment of my job but it has happened. It's a great testament to the marked improvement in my quality of life—my friends, my home situation, my intellectual stimulation—and also sad evidence of a rapidly declining love for work. I’m … Continue reading The Countdown Begins
Greetings friends! Its been a long time since my last update. Both a lot has happened and nothing has happened. Depends on perspective I guess. I had been worried (among countless other things) April/May about how my 1 year performance review would go--if I would get the raise and the bonus I was counting on. … Continue reading Bo Hen Don Leao (Long Time No See)
It happened. What I thought I would never be a victim to as a smart female traveler. Victim may be a strong word, and “it” didn’t actually happened but my feathers were sufficiently ruffled. About a month ago on one of my days off, one of my tuk-tuk driver friends (a man in his 50s … Continue reading Easy by Association
This stuff is lethal. Even in small doses. But I find that I can't get away from it. Its everywhere. Blocking my path to everywhere I want to be. Conversation with two colleagues who appear to know more than me about a particular subject. Enter fear, I shut down and am completely unresponsive. Offered perfect … Continue reading Fear
...are like gold. My day started off with Swiss Miss hot chocolate (the kind with the marshmallows) with candy canes in a Christmas themed mug. I received a care package from my friend yesterday with the hot chocolate and the mini candy canes. It reminded me of a year ago hanging out at her apartment … Continue reading Days like this…
The past three weeks I've been really busy with stuff at work. The museum was preparing for our five year anniversary and I had a lot of responsibilities. Actually, today will be my 12 day working in a row! Our anniversary week went really well and there was so much in it that I felt … Continue reading Recent Busyness
Recently, this distantly familiar feeling has been revisiting me with stark poignancy. I remember exactly where I was the first time I felt it. I was in a taxi in China in 2006. My eyes started to sting, I leaned my head out the open window and looked up to keep anything from falling from … Continue reading Some Big Decisions
30 has been a long time coming—29 years to be exact. But, although 30 has been on my horizon for a while, it’s now just around the corner, 360 days from now. 30 is a milestone year and for years I’ve associated it with the beginning of legitimacy; at 30, people—both older and younger than … Continue reading Becoming 30
Now that I'm connected reliably to the internet at home again on my own computer its time for the post I promised about Lao language. Lao is a tonal language --like Chinese-- with a script based on sanskrit. There are many interesting features of the language such as single vowels that can appear before, after, … Continue reading Learning Lao
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