Ja, Mata!

I probably won’t post too often in these next few days–Thank goodness, because God knows how much time I spend on this silly blog.
In the meantime, in case you’re wondering what you’ll do with the two minutes you spend here, may I suggest some outstanding travel literature?
My Travel Lit Picks
Beyond the Sky and the Earth: A [...]

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Boiling Kettle

“You don’t know how sexy you are . . . That mole below your eye? It looks like a teardrop.”
What bullshit.
I roll my eyes and take another sip of soju kettle, which tastes awfully sweet and lemony. It’s my fourth glass, and the only reason why I let these stringy foreigners practice their pick-up lines [...]

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School’s Out!

Well, for one week, anyway.
(I hate all you public school teachers with your three months paid vacation.)
I’m going to Itaewon with D, M and L and drink until alcohol’s pushing through my pores. Or until I start drooling in a corner. Whatever happens first.
Remember T, who tried to woo me with notes on New Year’s?
Pia,
Do you remember [...]

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Sweet Swag

I probably don’t write this enough, but I love my kids. And my kids love me. (Well, most of them, anyway. I can be a real hard-ass.)
Today Ebony’s mother gave me presents!

There’s a Dior Whitening Program, which is a bit odd considering I’m pretty light for a Filipina . . . but I’m grateful for [...]

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Birds In Busan

A few more pictures on Flickr.
Unsurprisingly, I’ve reached my limit and can’t upload more photos until August. (Mommy?)
Also, I’m sick again. Must have been all that walking through the rain in Busan. Or five hours of sleep a night. Who knows. It’s hell trying to give lectures with phlegm sliding down my throat.
Got a shot [...]

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I Hate Making Plans

I just made reservations at a really cheap youth hostel . . . the problem is that there isn’t any AC. And, according to lao-ocean-girl, the weather’s sure to work up a sweat.
So I’m waiting for another hostel to email me back. I’m also emailing two guesthouses–they’re out of my budget, but this is my [...]

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Jagalchi Fish Market

The first set of my pictures from Busan can be found on my Flickr page. This particular lot was taken at Jagalchi Fish Market, near our youth hostel.
Feel free to add notes to the pictures, because I don’t know the names of what I shot.
Do not click on the picture above if you don’t like [...]

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Love Letter

Dearest Derrick,
I want to thank you for nearly ruining my time in Busan.
When I invited you to go with me and my girlfriends for the three-day weekend, I was under the assumption that you’d grown up in the past six months. After our night out in Osaka, I thought of you often, worried whether or [...]

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Eight Days in Kyoto

I’d like to apologize in advance to family/friends/readers who are scared for me.
Originally I was set to go island-hopping with D, but our vacations fall on different days. There’s also the fact that I can’t swim, so it was a very poor plan to begin with.
If it makes you feel better, I’m not feeling very [...]

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Red, Hot and Bothered

Sometimes I hate being an anonymous blogger.
(Hey, at least you guys aren’t stuck with another black oval and “witty” remark over my face. Next time I’m just going to paste Bugs Bunny’s head over my neck, or the Pink Power Ranger’s, whatever catches my fancy.)
D and I had been walking in the monsoon rain for [...]

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