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Day 35: Preparing for Malaysia by Eating Loads of Malaysian Food

I’ve been eating heaps of Malaysian food now that I have Patrick in my life, and it isn’t always a bad thing — just when all the food is prepared with seafood. Tonight we went to dinner with his family over to Alice’s, a restaurant way up in the North Shore of Sydney with some decent grub, and of course … Read more

February 4, 2011 · Read full story · Comments { 18 }
brooke alone on beach

10 Before 30 Plan: A Compromise of Smaller Trips

Seeing how my boyfriend and I have such differing life goals… Read more at the moment, we are basically forced to make compromises, or at least try and think of compromises, in order for us both to be happy. I want to travel, long-term, to a gazillion places and some that most people wouldn’t consider. He wants to travel, but he really

December 14, 2010 · Read full story · Comments { 18 }
world money

10 Before 30 Plan: Issue Number 2

I had a crazy dream the other night that my teeth were falling out. It was so distressing to have such a vivid memory of the feelings happening as my teeth started to get looser until finally they ended up in the palm of my hand. Stress. Anxiety… Read more. You name it, I felt it. It was only a dream,

November 28, 2010 · Read full story · Comments { 17 }
Brooke in Kiev

10 Before 30 Plan: Issue Number 1

Dealing with reality is a bummer sometimes.
I made that post about the top 10 countries I want to visit before I hit 30… Read more with a dream in mind. In order to think about a future goal as big as this, I have to put it down and let my mind I mull over it for quite some time. That

November 23, 2010 · Read full story · Comments { 23 }
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10 Places to Hit Before I Hit 30

Tick, tick, tick… that’s the sound of my internal travel clock ticking. Tick, tick, tick.
Read moreWhen I’ve been settled for a while, it seems as though my internal travel clock starts screaming at me to make some plans involving far-flung places. I sometimes envy people who are satisfied with the status quo as they don’t have to deal with the

November 8, 2010 · Read full story · Comments { 32 }

What the hell are you doing?!

I don’t know! I just really don’t know what I’m doing back here in Kaz-Stan, or Central Asia for that matter. When I booked a month for home it was just so cost-effective to get a round-trip ticket that I couldn’t pass it up. Plus that meant I could store some things with friends in Almaty (my super cute red… Read more

September 12, 2008 · Read full story · Comments { 3 }
What have you been up to?

What have you been up to?

Funny you should ask. I have been very, very busy as of the last 2 weeks. Brian and I drove all the way to New York, strategically calculating how best to avoid the approaching winter storms. Luckily, we stayed ahead of the fronts the entire journey. After laughing at state advertising, my boredom on the two-day drive set in. It… Read more

March 16, 2008 · Read full story · Comments { 0 }
The End of an Era

The End of an Era

When the girl rock band I co-founded/fronted broke up in college, my friends said it was the end of an era. The feelings that surrounded the occurrence at the time were a mixture of sadness and relief all in one hard-to-distinguish package. Would it seem funny that I sort of feel the same way now after having my last day… Read more

September 22, 2007 · Read full story · Comments { 0 }
I can stop living a lie!

I can stop living a lie!

I am not a fan of stress, most of the time. There are situations where I feel stress pushes me to reach goals otherwise left behind. For the most part, however, stress = bad. Stress is a strange little ailment, sometimes making itself known in every thought, and other times laying low while it stealthily drains your lifeforce. I was… Read more

September 5, 2007 · Read full story · Comments { 0 }