For context, read Foreign Exchange – Part I, Foreign Exchange – Part II, Foreign Exchange – Part III, and Foreign Exchange – Part IV. LoveBite, the hickey machine. “It’s unthinkable not to love— you’d have a severe nervous breakdown.” – Lawrence Durrell (1912-1990) Beneath the table, I could feel the note wrinkling in my sweaty [...] Read more »
For context, read Foreign Exchange – Part I, Foreign Exchange – Part II, and Foreign Exchange – Part III. Image by John Osgood. “I had become, with the approach of night, once more aware of loneliness and time – those two companions without whom no journey can yield us anything.” – Lawrence Durrell (1912-1990) It’s [...] Read more »
For context, read Foreign Exchange – Part I, and Foreign Exchange – Part II. “The appalling thing is the degree of charity women are capable of. You see it all the time… love lavished on absolute fools. Love’s a charity ward, you know.” – Lawrence Durrell (1912-1990) There was no doubt he was a pretty [...] Read more »
For context, read Foreign Exchange – Part I. “History is an endless repetition of the wrong way of living.” – Lawrence Durrell (1912-1990) There are plenty of people who have written about the “Friend Zone” and the problems therein. There are essays by men (many, many essays), essays by women (a few), an instruction manual [...] Read more »
Image by CloudDust. “Music was invented to confirm human loneliness.” -Lawrence Durrell (1912-1990) The above is a quote from Lawrence Durrell. I’m not sure I’ve ever read anything else by him. I’m not even sure who he is or was. That wouldn’t be quite so embarrassing if it weren’t the quote situated next to my [...] Read more »
A skyscraper towers above us on the other side of a clear glass roof near Raffles Place. For more imposing images of Singapore, click here. “Why don’t we try looping around that way,” I suggest helpfully. Matt and I have been wandering around this maze of a mall for nearly 15 minutes, trying to find [...] Read more »
While I’d love to dive right into my entry tonight, Matt has told me that some of you have complained to him that there aren’t enough pictures. I’m taking well over 30 a day, so if that’s not enough, either you’re too demanding or you haven’t realized there’s a link beneath the first picture on [...] Read more »
Denise sneers about the bag stalls at a mall in Manila. For all the bagalicious photos from the Philippines, click here. Perhaps the people she’s been hanging out with were rubbing off on her. Or maybe she’s always been like that and I just hadn’t noticed. Whatever the reason, I was surprised at just how [...] Read more »
I don’t know what gave me the idea that I’d be able to get flip flops on the road. Lord knows I have enough trouble finding shoes and clothes my size in the states, let alone in a land where I literally dwarf the masses in all directions. I wear a size 13 shoe (that’s [...] Read more »
The crowded inside of a Jeepney. See more images by clicking here. There are times when I’ve felt as if this isn’t a trip, but just a series of travel days strung together. When I arrived in Manila after nearly 20 hours of travel, I had just enough time to crawl into bed, grab some [...] Read more »