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i found serene: December 2009
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Thursday, December 17, 2009. More trends for 2010 - yellow is the new white. Or yellow is the new black and brown is the new white. Either way, black and white interracial relationships are so 1954. It's time to stir things up. If you really want to catch some attention in the new year find yourself (assuming your self is a little brownish girl) a giant asian boyfriend. they're the perfect new accessory. even better, they'll gladly hold your purse. The truth about christmas. It's in the mail.
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i found serene: things to do: in the philippines
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Thursday, October 01, 2009. Things to do: in the philippines. Manila and surrounding area:. Take refuge from the rain. Eat meat flavoured fat. Take a: tricycle, jeepney, taxi and habal habal. Risk your life on a: tricycle, jeepney, taxi and habal habal. Try to go to Mall of Asia- fail. Leave fake poop around not-Mall of Asia. fool cleaning staff. Be helped by the locals. Be scammed by the locals. See Tal volcano through the mist and despite the rain. Destroy shoes, feet and therefore nose.
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i found serene: one million things
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Friday, October 02, 2009. Things to do in the philippines. Finally eat good food. Steal a motorbike ride. Feel rich. feel sad. Learn to ride a motorbike. Fend off advances of a 17 year old boy. Acquire adoring band of street kids/tricycle drivers. Try to steal adorable kids. opt instead for a game of Frisbee on the beach. Get stung by a jellyfish. Get an infection. name it ricky. Dance with a midget and lady boys in the moonlight. Try to take refuge from a typhoon. fail. Be helped by the locals.
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i found serene: September 2009
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Wednesday, September 30, 2009. In trying to recount my adventures and observations from south east asia i have sadly come to the realization that i am a horrible fact teller. I am terrible at telling the truth. Or should i say retelling the truth? Frankly, what actually happened is often times less interesting than what i or others have perceived to have happened. However, despite this admission of what i think is a comical flaw i will not be called a liar. Consider it poetic retellings of history. Reaso...
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i found serene: semi-retirement
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Monday, October 12, 2009. I don't like writing anymore. I think i'll stop. Time to find a new hobby. Taxidermy. time travel. It's time to go outside. It's not a haiku. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Completely and utterly inappropriate. View my complete profile. It is to reminisce. Things to do: in the philippines. Reasons not to date me. I have an unhealthy obsession with kitchen gadgetry. - Even after seven solid attempts over the last six years, I have yet to finish Anna .
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i found serene: June 2009
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Thursday, June 25, 2009. June 09 - today outside of some cathedral i foolishly decided to eat a mango. I was surrounded by kids in an instant. Peso ma'am. peso.". But one child noticed the food i had and the chant quickly changed. Mango ma'am. mango". I had five mangoes. i had already started eating one, the rest went to the littlest beggars but even after i ran out of mangoes one girl followed me for a block and a half. Sorry sweetheart i have no more mangoes. my bag is empty. I showed her the empty bag.
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i found serene: March 2009
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Monday, March 30, 2009. Letters to the editor. I haven't been sick in a while so just in case you were looking for me i'm still in korea. in case you confused me with someone else i'm not in the bad korea with the. I'm the short brown girl in the good korea with the alright leader. No colds, no emotional breakdowns, no plagues of the apocalypse.most people would be happy but i fear you've forgotten about me. I live across from that ocean hotel. If that doesn't work ask Santa, he knows where i am. If but ...
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i found serene: sparrows
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Thursday, June 25, 2009. June 09 - today outside of some cathedral i foolishly decided to eat a mango. I was surrounded by kids in an instant. Peso ma'am. peso.". But one child noticed the food i had and the chant quickly changed. Mango ma'am. mango". I had five mangoes. i had already started eating one, the rest went to the littlest beggars but even after i ran out of mangoes one girl followed me for a block and a half. Sorry sweetheart i have no more mangoes. my bag is empty. I showed her the empty bag.
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i found serene: Day 1: Landing.
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Wednesday, June 03, 2009. Hey Toac, do you realize where you are? First impressions: dang it's hot. First thought: what am i doing here? 2nd and 3rd thoughts: seriously, what the hell am i doing here? What have i gotten myself into? Within the first few minutes of landing i'm about ready to go back to korea. We have no real plan, no real itinerary. i have a pocketful of pesos and a bag full of money. I feel like a drug runner not a well seasoned traveller. It's 'cause i'm not. View my complete profile.
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i found serene: 2nd impression: poverty.
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Thursday, June 25, 2009. Extreme, abject poverty. Continuous, thriving, all consuming poverty. In manila you see it everywhere. So many people are homeless, sleeping in the parks, on the sidewalks, in the gutters. Nationwide this poverty is a result of corruption, local dishonesty and foreign greed. It is a product- a continuous cycle- of poverty, illness, desperation and hunger. To look at it will break your heart. Don't look out the window. Don't make eye contact. Don't look at the streets. Yeah I beca...
