Stepping Out of Your Comfort Zone Involves Risk (but could also lead to fun) – Motorbiking in Indonesia

January 8, 2017.Reading time 4 minutes.

My friend asked me this morning if I was cool with calling two Uber motorbikes to take us to our tourist destination. “Sure, yeah!” I said. “I rode on the back of a motorbike in Thailand, and it was so fun!” This is true. But that ride was about five minutes long down a mostly deserted […]

Adventures in the ATL (exploring the life of luxury)

January 14, 2015.Reading time 6 minutes.

So I’ve kind of been keeping this a secret, but I’m actually in America right now, spending time with family. (Shh, don’t tell anyone.) Since this does happen to be my third visit to the US in the last year, I thought I would tag along with my mom on a random business trip this […]

Teacher Life: Was I Like This in Third Grade?

March 5, 2014.Reading time 5 minutes.

I was nervous going into this week. Actually, I was downright dreading it. I’ve been teaching after school English to a range of elementary to middle school students for a couple months now […]

Cliff Jumping

July 4, 2013.Reading time 3 minutes.

I’m pretty much a homebody whose idea of a fun afternoon is watching movies, reading books, and playing around on the piano. I’m not much of a thrill-seeker. But, there was this one time I went cliff jumping, and it was pretty fun. It was back in college, and I was in Mexico swimming in […]