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A Gish Out of Water: December 2012
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A Gish Out of Water. Wednesday, December 5, 2012. Best part about being a quasi-athlete: the post-race pampering. This is especially true in Indonesia where pampering comes pretty cheap. There are more types of massages than you can shake a stick at, and they all run around $10 USD for 90 minutes. I know, I know, at these rates, who needs to be an athlete? How am I not walking around in a constant jello-like state? My first year in Indonesia, I experienced fish therapy. Jess convinced me to join her for ...
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A Gish Out of Water: March 2012
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A Gish Out of Water. Sunday, March 25, 2012. On the Slow Train. Recently, among my 5k racing, triathlon training, swing dancing, book making, and lesson teaching, I was challenged to slow down. My boyfriend, Loreto, sent me this link. That contained a video from TED all about slowing down. Specifically, the speaker, Carl Honore, talks for 18 minutes (a TED thing) about his book In Praise of Slow. And about the Slow Movement. This past weekend was a long weekend because of the Balinese new year holiday...
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A Gish Out of Water: May 2012
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A Gish Out of Water. Saturday, May 12, 2012. Uphill All the Way. New friends, some of whom are seemingly trying to kill me. My experiment in becoming a triathlete this year has led to a lot of new friends and many new adventures. Some of these adventures end in bodily harm (jellyfish, heat exhaustion, etc), but it's fun to see what one is made of. A few weekends ago, I learned that when it comes to uphill cycling, I'm made up of a squishy lack of resolve that smells like shame. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom).
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A Gish Out of Water: January 2013
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A Gish Out of Water. Tuesday, January 29, 2013. Blessed Life: Buddhist Edition. If you've ever asked yourself - Just what is the nectar of the gods? You've come to the right blog. The answer is.wait, what am I doing? If I just tell you, you might not read the rest of the blog. Well, smartypants, I'm not going to tell you until the end. How do you like that? Get your mouse off that scroll bar. For this edition of Blessed Life. We travel to the Buddhist nation of Thailand.*. Step 10: Grab the Yahtzee dice ...
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A Gish Out of Water: Call me Gishboger: Tales from the High Sea
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A Gish Out of Water. Wednesday, April 24, 2013. Call me Gishboger: Tales from the High Sea. Call me Gisboger. A hardened sailor, I am not. I’m pretty much afraid of everything that lies just below the water’s surface. Coral, jellyfish, sting rays, plastic bags, half-decayed bodies like in the book Hatchet. When I started joining open-water swim practices for triathlon training, I added the sea urchin to my long list of things-to-stay-away-from-in-the-water. Urchins, known here as bulu babi. I had given u...
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A Gish Out of Water: April 2013
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A Gish Out of Water. Wednesday, April 24, 2013. Call me Gishboger: Tales from the High Sea. Call me Gisboger. A hardened sailor, I am not. I’m pretty much afraid of everything that lies just below the water’s surface. Coral, jellyfish, sting rays, plastic bags, half-decayed bodies like in the book Hatchet. When I started joining open-water swim practices for triathlon training, I added the sea urchin to my long list of things-to-stay-away-from-in-the-water. Urchins, known here as bulu babi. I had given u...
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A Gish Out of Water: September 2012
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A Gish Out of Water. Sunday, September 30, 2012. Seoul Searching: A Comedy of Errors. Washington DC to Seoul: 6945 miles and 14 hours. Jakarta to Seoul: 3287 miles and 8 hours. Meeting your brother half way around the world: priceless.well, mostly. I was armed with a bus number, hotel destination, newly exchanged money (won), and the look of an experienced traveler (ha! With that kerfuffle over, we headed out to Gyeonbokgung Palace. We decided Mike should be shorter. Might be the same company we rode in.
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A Gish Out of Water: April 2012
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A Gish Out of Water. Saturday, April 28, 2012. Ego check 1,2.1,2. Tim requested that our trip take on more of an adventure-feel than a beach lounger-feel, so I booked us a 3 day/2 night trek to Mt. Rinjani, Indonesia's second largest volcano. The package seemed innocent enough, peppered with hot springs and a sunrise view from the summit. We were filled with explorer spirit as we began our first morning with a spectacular sunrise. It's only four kilometers.straight up. I have experienced it before in Ohi...
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A Gish Out of Water: August 2013
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A Gish Out of Water. Wednesday, August 7, 2013. A Little Gish Back in a Big Pond. If fact, the only reason I finally forced myself to turn off Netflicks is because of a quote from my friend Deirdre's blog that finally inspired me. Behold:. 8220;You get a strange feeling when you’re about to leave a place, like you’ll not only miss the people you love but you’ll miss the person you are now at this time and this place, because you’ll never be this way ever again.”. Watch this clip for full Lucy-effect).
