Bills.... LAME!

Well this made me feel emotions yesterday:

I am really upset overthe Bills C-11 and C-30 (I think) that invovle  monitoring people's internet usage.  The authorities don't even have to have reason to go looking up your stuff, they can just do it!  But this will also mean that the service providers will have to hold on to all your information IN CASE that happens. LAME!  Please watch and share! 

This sort of thing reminds me of V for Vendetta, George Orwell's 1984 and Hunger Games.  All of those things where the goverment has to MONITOR to you at all times.

This one made me MAD:

Yeah!  Let's all pay more taxes so that we can get kids through criminal education school!  It is win-win for everyone!  Boo on Bill C-10!  LAME! 

Again please watch and share these!

Dear Dream Job.....

Dear Dream Job,

I know you exist out there.  I know that you someone is currently living my dream job and it was their dream job.  But maybe they don't want it anymore?  Maybe it is time for them to move on, to bigger and better things!  It's my turn, Dream Job!  Yes it is!  I want to be able to get paid for doing what I love to do for a company that I am proud of!  I know you are out there Dream Job!  You are just missing me!

I am a motivated team player, who loves to work in fun environments surrounded by fun-loving people.  I have gain a mass amount of experience from my previous work and volunteer places: organizational, multitasking, prioritizing, administration, management, coordination, production, planning and scheduling skills.  I work extremely well under stress and high pressure situations.

You are out there Dream Job, and I just need to find you.  Oh, by the way... you also pay me....LOTS!  Well enough that I can do all those things I want to do too... and buy all those things I want to buy.  I know you are out there... just waiting for me to holler.  And to let you know... I'M COMING FOR YA!

Getting Itchy!

Rants:

So I have been home for about six weeks now and I already have that feeling of the travel bug getting itchy again.  I really want to do SOMETHING that involves exploring a new place!  Just for a weekend even. I want use my passport again, apply for a visa and cross a border!

One of the few reasons why Singapore was awesome is that it was so easy to go somewhere for the weekend because I could be in another country in half an hour if I wanted to AND the flights were super cheap.

Here in VANCOUVER, which is not a North American airport hub, it is VERY expensive to fly ANYWHERE.  I mentioned the "hub" part because it means there are less flights in and out of here.  When I compare flights to the USA from here to leaving from Seattle, the prices are cut in half!  Also, Vancouver is kinda far from the East Coast of the country.  So getting over there is expensive and the flight is about 5 hours.

I should probably look closer to home into places I could go exploring, like the Gulf Islands, interior BC, Northern Washington and..... Northern BC?  Maybe I should even closer, like around the Lower Mainland.  There are so many places and things to do all over this place, why do I still feel like I need to leave?  Gah!  

What to do, where to go....... PS I lost these shorts because I forgot them at a Vietnam tailor shop... Damn!... I miss traveling!

2011: Reflection, 2012: Aspirations

Hello Readers!

So I don't want to brag about my 2011, but this past year was amazing! I have traveled so much this year and have gained so much experience from my travels and living aboard, I cannot believe I am sitting on the other side it all already! 

Places I visited:
- Krabi, Thailand
- Bangkok, Thailand
- Siem Reap, Cambodia
- Malacca, Malaysia
- Penang, Malaysia
- Hong Kong
- Yogkarta, Indonesia
- Yangon, Myanmar
- Inle Lake, Myanmar
- Mandalay, Myanmar
- Bagan, Myanmar
- Lurong Prabang, Laos
- Ha Noi, Vietnam
- Ha Long Bay, Vietnam
- New Delhi, India
- Pushkar, India
- Jaipur, India
- Agra, India
- Varanasi, India
- Darjeeling, India
- Kathmandu, Nepal
- Chengdu, China
- Lijang, China
- Dali, China
- Beijing, China
- Tokyo, Japan
- Kyoto, Japan
- Osaka, Japan
- Hiroshima, Japan

All the while I was living overseas. 

Also during my time spent overseas, I got one of the most fantastic jobs I have ever had with Infocus Asia.  It was an amazing experience and I will not soon forget it!  The people that I met there were some of the most amazing people and they have all left some deep footprints on me.  I wish them all the best of luck and hope they are all surviving the bootcamp ;) 

Now it is time to look forward to 2012, resolutions for this upcoming year:
1. Eating 5 meals a week that don't have meat, that are lunch or dinner.  Breakfast is too easy not to have meat. 
2. Work out more!  When I was in Singapore I worked out from Monday to Friday everyday for an hour.  I found that having work outs incorporated to heavily into my daily routine that it was easier to stick with it!  I want to repeat this again this year! 
3. Continue traveling.  If I can't go to new countries every month like last year, then I would at least like to visit new places I have haven't been to around here.  Like I have not explored much of interior BC, or north of Whistler.  So I hope to continue exploring because I was bit HARD by that traveling bug and I really feel like satisfying that itch! 

I hope that 2012 will be an exciting year and more exciting that 2011.  It will be a tough to beat, but I am going to work very hard to make it a memorable year! 

Thanks for reading!

New Beers! Page!

Hey! 

Check out my new Beers! page!  I have been sampling beers while I was traveling!  I hope you enjoy it! 

Thank you and best wishes!

Drinking some Angkor Beers while having our feet massaged by FISH!

On Being Home

Hello Readers!

Well I have been home for a few weeks now: after an amazing year a bit of living aboard and traveling!  This past year was amazing.  I couldn't have asked for a better year!  The people I have met and places I have will not soon be forgot.  Home hasn't changed much, which is kind of wierd.  I thought it was going to change more, after seeing on Facebook all the pregancies, engagements and weddings. 

I have compared my life to a book a lot recently.  There are different chapters in your life and that last year was an epic chapter.  The chapters before that though, were boring.  I find that my everyday becomes kinda boring and it all blends together.  Recently though I have had some epic jobs that made the years stand out a bit.  But before that, they all seem the same.  Then this year living aboard, I just hope to make the next chapter of my life just as epic.  I don't want to slip back into the blending of days. 

I am already feeling the itch to leave.  People have told me why that could be: I feel that I am taking a step backwards now that I have had this amazing year.  I think that may be cause, I want to continue moving forward and coming home with no job in sight I feel like coming is a step backwards.  Hopefully I score an awesome job and this feeling will subside!

Before you start to think that I hate being home, I am very excited being able to see all my friends and family again.  You don't know how much you love them until you miss them!  It is also nice to be able to do all the activities I missed doing: sports, snowboarding and concerts! 

Thanks for listening!

Jumping Photo: Kyoto, Japan

Recent Obsessions: Non-Fiction Books

WELCOME TO ANOTHER THRILLING SEGMENT OF RECENT OBSESSIONS!

While living aboard and on my travels I have discovered a new love: Non-fiction books.  The few that I have read:

Nothing to Envy - Barbara Demick
A reporter finds a few stories about the people living in North Korea.

Committed - Elizabeth Gilbert
Elizabeth Gilbert's account of dealing with how is going to have to get married.

First They Killed My Father - Loung Ung
The story of one brave little girl and her family through the horrible 1975 Khmer Rouge takeover.
 
Lucky Child - Loung Ung
Ung's reunited with her sister, who was left behind in Cambodia.

The Girl In The Picture - Denise Chong
The story of the girl who was photographed running naked from a napalm blast that hit her village and how that photograph changed her life.

The Accidental Billionaire - Ben Mezrich
The creation of Facebook.  From the points of view, of a selected few.

Currently Reading: Touching My Father's Soul - Jamling T. Norgay
A son is following in his father's footsteps up Everest during one of the most deadliest seasons: winter of 1996.

All of these I recommend!

When I was little, I hated reading.  As a grew a little older and wiser my appetite for reading grew.  Now I am an avid reader.  I love reading.  Before moving to Singapore, I loved to read Fiction books.  It amazed me to read stories about people's imaginations and the stories that can create from just thinking of a new idea.  Since moving and now traveling, I have new found love for non-fiction books.  Reading about events that really did happen and people who have survived the unthinkable; can be inspiring, dreadful and happy.  Sometimes, I cannot believe that some stories really did happen, they seem so far fetched!