Yeah. This is how it’s done. I charged into ICBC bank on Hongmei Road like I owned the joint. Shit, I live across the way now. And I’ve been here nearly 6 days. I’m going to show the 2 Caucasian ladies waiting how an American in China does business. I went straight to the futuristic…
Tag: Asia
Fortuned Freak
That’s the supremely interesting thing about traveling: even when things look the same upon first glance, just look closer. China now is a vastly different place than it was even 15 years ago. It’s far more open, cosmopolitan, even influenced by Western ideas. However, it is still a completely unique place all its own. My…
Running Shanghai: The First 8 Lessons
It’s hot & humid as hell here. That’s lesson #1. Knew it’d be hot, but not like South Texas. Therefore, I am being forced to transition from an early evening runner to a wicked early morning runner. That meant starting out at 0620 today. But on a school day, it will mean starting my run…
I’m Getting There…
As I lift my pumpkin seeds with chopsticks, I reflect on my first 46 hours in Shanghai… I’m in Veggie Gather, The all Vegetarian joint that fooled a 17 year vegan. I was traumatized as I ate dinner here last night seeing late in the meal that small chunks of pork were mixed in with…
Today I Am Moving to…Canada?!
Well, I thought I was moving to China today. Not even a layover in Toronto was scheduled; just a quick transfer. However, the Air Canada plane scheduled to depart from Northern Kentucky would not start. That’s a bad sign. I would not feel confident getting into a plane experiencing “mechanical failure.” Surprisingly, only one Air…
What Am I Doing?!
I’ve got the seemingly perfect set up: running team, apartment in NYC, recent salary increase with plenty of opportunities for overtime pay, even an incredible woman nearby who I’ve had so many wonderful moments with. So why in the HECK am I moving to China in mid-August?! Wow. Is this really happening? Yes. Yes, it…
Next Steps…
Finding myself yet again at a “turning point”–hear that, history students of mine?–I must decide how to move forward. [see recent posts, including What the F–k is Wrong With Me?!”] Life is indeed short. Way too short to be stuck in a job you don’t have passion for. Way too short to spend all…
What the F–k is Wrong With Me?!
My boy Charlie was right— Not this Charlie… these are the best of times and worst of times. Yes, as many of you all know, I had an amazing expedition to and through Asia this summer. As many of you may not know, I even got to embrace and kiss beautiful women in Thailand &…
Curated Photo VI
The sixth in my series of ten favorite photos of summer. Enjoy! I walked among the 600 year old cedars, scented by incense drifting across the top of sacred Koyasan mountain. I walked among the tombs, spirit lifted by this powerful place. I arrived at the bridge, the gate, another bridge, another gate. I bowed….
Curated Photo V
Welcome to the fifth installment in my series of ten favorite photos of summer. Sacred Cedars In the year 816, Kobo Daishi (Kukai) established a center for Shingon Esoteric Buddhism atop Mount Koya–Koyasan. Today, at least 200,000 people have their remains buried as close as possible to Kobo Daishi, who sits in eternal meditation…
Curated Photo IV
Fourth in my series of ten favorite photos of summer, thus far… Inari In Kyoto, Japan, I was hiking back down sacred and spiritually powerful Mount Inari when I came across a vending machine (yes…only in Japan). A group of young feral cats, uninhibited, came out from behind the machine to greet me. I took…
A Curated Photo: Part III
This is the third in my series of ten favorite photos of summer. Enjoy. Third Eye Wat Pho, Bangkok. Photo opps at this temple complex were endless but this is my favorite. Most would have chosen a pic of the giant Reclining Buddha, which I also have, but I most appreciate this quiet corner of…
Don't Let My Parents Read This 