: About Me

I am currently working as an ESL teacher (Korea at the moment) while I work towards my Masters in International Development.

I have written for years - commercial writing during 8 years as a marketing consultant, travel blogs, long humorous emails to friends and families as I traveled the world but I have never pushed myself to write "seriously" about the things that I want to write about. Well, now I am....

I know too much about ...

all the silly little trivial things you can imagine!

My childhood ambition ...

was to work in developing countries. (I became a marketing consultant instead!)

Why I write ...

because I am full of words and ideas and I love to share

What I am reading/watching/listening to ...

Eckart Tolle / Scrubs / Dido

My first job ...

signwriting and window displays

My best moment ...

the present one - every time!

My inspiration ...

being a living part of the mystery of the world

Travel > Asia Destinations For westerners traveling to Asia, is it better to vacation in China or Japan?

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Despite being a marvelous attraction, until China addresses its human rights issues Westerners should choose Japan as a vacation destination over China. You see, despite maintaining "preferred trade partner" status with the US, China has an atrocious Human Rights record. This is not a historical fact either - ongoing violations of Human Rights occur daily in China, right now. Some of the issues which have been raised against China include genocidal practices in Tibet, persecution of the spiritual group Falun Gong, lack of fair judicial process, controls on expression and association, and t...

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