
New Years or Paper and Heads on Fire
And what a New Year’s it was. We walked down to the beach, which I thought was called Ao Nang. Turns out it goes by much longer name, which I can only remember as starting with an N. Luckily,...
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Compassion for Cambodia
Before I went on my mission trip with Teen Mania http://www.globalexpeditions.com, a friend told me that I needed more compassion in my life. She encouraged...
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Ni Hao
In the summer of 2009 my fellow orchestra dorks and I went on an adventure to the exotic world of China. We resided there for two weeks without air conditioning or a westernized toilet in sight. ...
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Jaunt to South Korea
In February of 2008, I hopped across the pond, from my temporary home in Japan, to South Korea, to visit my friend Emma who...
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Medicine, Philanthropy, Perseverance, and Beauty
Traveling is exciting, regardless of where you're destined. And doing it solo is even better. Lost in the clouds, disconnected from the mayhem on the ground,...
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Southbound Train Leaving Beijing
48 hours in a sleeper car is a very. long. time.I’m on a two-day long train ride headed south from Beijing to Yunnan Province. It’s a huge trip, two weeks in Southern China...
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Chinese (updated)
A shy junior boy silently slips into room 206, staring at the floor, avoiding others’ gazes as he does. He is immediately taken aback by the state of the room. As if occupied by feuding siblings,...
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