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Europe

Chasing Waterfalls: An Icelandic Journey

July 30, 2020 // Posted in Gallery, Photo Journal, Travel

July 30, 2020 | Posted in [post_category]

So, cool fun fact: I originally wrote this post last year on 12/25/2019 thinking I would post it within the week, but I guess things got away from me & I forgot about it. Posting it now though. Just half a year later. Here are some quick updates since December 2019.

  • Got 3 brand new roommates.
  • Added ads to my blog (I’m sorry), but I figured why not? Might make all of $1.00 off of ads if I’m lucky, but free is free.
  • I am currently a Product Manager for a small software development company.
  • I started playing The Sims again since the apocalypse/pandemic/Coronavirus to cope with shelter-in-place mandates.
  • I started making Sims 4 Let’s Plays for my YouTube channel. My last LPs were made 9 years ago. Holy cow.
  • Despite COVID-19 ruining everyone’s life, I’m thriving & I know I’m really fortunate to even say that.
  • Got a new laptop & camera since I turned 30 this year. #TreatYoself

It’s difficult to gauge exactly how meaningful or significant this year will actually be for me when considering one’s lifespan. I don’t know about you, but I’m hoping to live beyond 100, so how character-defining 2019 is unknown. Who really knows if my time in Iceland will matter to me when I’m living my best raisin life, retired in the French Alps or Tuscany? If our reality became similar to the world of the Netflix’s French Original Series Ad Vitam, then nothing that happened to me this year should really matter in the long run. In Ad Vitam, scientists developed a medical breakthrough allowing humans to live indefinitely by a process called “regeneration”. When we can live beyond 150, would a couple of years of hardship really be so unbearable? How much weight would we continue to give our problems? Would we feel less anxious about time passing? Would we take one another for granted even more than we already do?

Even if we won’t see regeneration in our lifetime, we know the average age of life expectancy is increasing. Yet, our human nature permits negativity to frequent our thoughts, filling our minds with anxiety, stress, and toxicity no matter the triviality. No matter how long we live, our time on this little blue dot is limited. Unfortunately for many of us, we haven’t evolved to become emotionally unaffected by hardships that will soon be forgotten. How many times must we tell ourselves, “this too shall pass,” to console ourselves?

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Filed Under: Gallery, Photo Journal, Travel Tagged With: Adobe Photoshop, Europe, Gallery, Iceland, Lightroom, Nikon D5300, Photo Journal, Photography, Travel, Travel Photography

Bruges, Brighton, & Paris

September 22, 2012 // Posted in Food I Ate, Gallery, Photo Journal, Travel

September 22, 2012 | Posted in [post_category]


Kaitlen, Mercedes, & me

Now that I’ve signed a lease for a place in Westwood, I can stop stressing about couch surfing at my brother’s & enjoy the rest of my summer until school begins. Lots of projects I need to finish before school gets out of control though. Not going to bore you with my to-do list, so here are a bunch of pictures from Europe.

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Filed Under: Food I Ate, Gallery, Photo Journal, Travel Tagged With: Belgium, Brighton, Bruges, England, Europe, Eurostar, family, food, France, french, friends, Indian, London, Notre Dame, Parc de Sceaux, Paris, pescetarian, Picnics, Rivers, Seafood, Seine, St. Pancras International Station, Study Abroad, Summer, Tour Eiffel, Travel, United Kingdom

Amsterdam & Zaanse Schans

September 11, 2012 // Posted in Food I Ate, Gallery, Photo Journal, Travel

September 11, 2012 | Posted in [post_category]


Kaitlen, Jessica, Mercedes, & me at the I Am Amsterdam sign.

A few days ago when I went through these pictures from Amsterdam, I texted Mercedes to tell her how much I missed our trip to the Netherlands. I started laughing at so many of the pictures I took remembering the stories behind all of them & it made me wish we had more time together there. Who knew 9 weeks would fly by so fast?! As much as I love California, nothing here beats traveling around Europe with your friends. If only time machines existed…

More pictures & what not after the jump, so click “continue reading”! Hover over the pictures for a caption.

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Filed Under: Food I Ate, Gallery, Photo Journal, Travel Tagged With: Alcohol, Amsterdam, Beer, Europe, food, friends, Heineken, Heineken Experience, Holland, Netherlands, Study Abroad, Travel, Zaanse Schans

Brighton & London

August 31, 2012 // Posted in Drinks I Drank, Food I Ate, Gallery, Photo Journal, Travel

August 31, 2012 | Posted in [post_category]


Pad Thai from Nahm

This post features pictures from my latest albums all taken in England in Brighton & London. I had the pleasure of meeting two wonderful bloggers who live in England: Becca of ThisMonster.org & Faye of Bonkers.me. I’ve known both of them for quite some time & it was really exciting to finally meet them after years of friendship. Pictured above is Faye’s plate of Pad Thai. It was her first time trying Thai cuisine at a Michelin star restaurant to boot & said she really liked it!

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Filed Under: Drinks I Drank, Food I Ate, Gallery, Photo Journal, Travel Tagged With: Absinthe, Alcohol, Beach, Brighton, drinks, Europe, Fieldwork, Fish & Chips, flowers, food, friends, Kebabs, London, Mee Krob, Meet Ups, Michelin Star, Nahm, noodles, Olympics, Pad Thai, Poppies, Seafood, Speed Walking, Study Abroad, Thai, The Mesmerist, Travel, United Kingdom

Italy, London, & Brighton

August 29, 2012 // Posted in Drinks I Drank, Food I Ate, Gallery, Photo Journal, Travel

August 29, 2012 | Posted in [post_category]


Venice!

My study abroad program in Brighton is sadly over, which means my adventures in Europe are over…for now. I’m vowing to return to Brighton to see the things some of my peers got to see–such as the countryside & Sussex castle–that I didn’t get to see. Although London was my favorite city to visit on the weekends, living in Brighton for 8 weeks felt like a home away from home. I never wanted to leave! Still in denial that I’m back in the States & that it’s all over *cries*.

Layout update no one cares about other than me: Extended the banner, added new pictures, extended the content area. Decided that pictures henceforth these albums shall be 780 by 517 pixels. Should’ve done this before I went to Europe though…oh well. Still have the originals for all the photos.

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Filed Under: Drinks I Drank, Food I Ate, Gallery, Photo Journal, Travel Tagged With: Adventures, Anthropology, Beach, Brighton, Carbonara, Churches, England, Europe, Fieldwork, Fish & Chips, food, Fountains, friends, Gondolas, Italia, Italian, Italy, London, Macarons, Monuments, Olympics, Pappardelle, Pasta, Pastries, pescetarian, Piazza San Marco, Pier, Pizza, Roma, Rome, Scenery, Seafood, Tea, The Mock Turtle, Travel, Tuaca, United Kingdom, Venezia, Venice

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