tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-56527422009-02-21T07:35:56.564-08:00join me on my 100 day adventure with Semester at Sea.Namhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01167449516252149365noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5652742.post-1164051295756851342006-11-20T11:32:00.000-08:002006-11-20T11:34:55.766-08:00

In a few short hours, we will be docking in Myanmar. And as I struggle to decide what to call the country (“Myanmar” or “Burma”) I can’t help but to think about the strong colonial presence in each of the last three countries we’ve visited.Currently governed by the “junta” (military based government), “Burma” became known as “Myanmar” in the last 90s. Earlier this week, we had a discussion in one

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Images from Shipboard Life. Enjoy!THE SHIP ITSELF (or actually "herself")Port View SignStarboard View SignStairs to Gangway, Deck 5Our LibraryComputer Lab....I know, it's tiny.Ok, I admit it. I have no idea what this is but it looked cool. I thought Viet and Dad would appreciate it.U of Va requires these signs posted in EVERY classroom aboard the ship. Every student must copy this statement and

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Latitude Location: 24 Degrees, 47.8 NorthLongitude Location: 163 Degrees, 10.9 WestSpeed: 18.9 KnotsEn route to: Kobe, JapanI find myself discovering indescribable beauty each day I have been on this journey. Early yesterday morning, we congregated on the top deck to catch the first glimpse of O’ahu and as the sun peaked through the puffy white clouds we were rewarded with the sights of Diamond

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Latitude Location: 8 Degrees, 19.7 NorthLongitude Location: 107 Degrees, 16.0 EastSpeed: 18.8 KnotsEn route to: SingaporeQuote of the Day: “I can change the world, with my own two hands. Make it a brighter place, with my own two hands.”Every time I leave Viet Nam, I find myself aching for it before I even step foot away from the country. It was no different this time as I walked back on board

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Quote of the Day: “Your life is the only story in which you will play the main character, serve as the Director/Producer, and be the screenwriter. Who do you want to cast to be those whom to surround yourself with?”It’s occurred to be that I’ve been blogging for over a month now and I’ve yet to truly introduce my readers to the characters in my life. Instead of calling them the “RDs” or whatnot,

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Latitude Location: 12 Degrees, 32.8 NorthLongitude Location: 111 Degrees, 5.0 EastSpeed: 18.5 KnotsEn route to: SaiGon, Viet NamQuote of the Day: “It is under the greatest adversity that there exists the greatest potential for doing good, both for oneself and others.”- Venerable Dalai LamaMy sight and other senses are so full from four days in Hong Kong. Never have I seen such amazing towers and

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Latitude Location: 29 Degrees, 57.6 NorthLongitude Location: 166 Degrees, 27.3 EastSpeed: 18.6 KnotsEn route to: Hong KongQuote of the Day: “The tourist or the traveler? I choose to be the latter.”How was it even possible that I wasn’t that excited to be visiting Japan??? I LOVED it!! Not to say that I didn’t want to travel to Japan. It’s just that, like China, it was never on my top “to go”

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Seeing how my last post may have been a bit of a downer, I thought I would post some pics to cheer me up. :o) Pic of the RDs at the Parent Reception in San Diego View of our Port in Ensenada Sun peaking over Honolulu as we pulled into Oah'u Folks on the deck, eagerly waiting our docking in Oah'u Group Shot at brunch at Eggs N' Things. Mmmm, banana pancakes!! View from the rotating bar where

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Latitude Location: 29 Degrees, 57.6 NorthLongitude Location: 166 Degrees, 27.3 EastSpeed: 18.6 KnotsEn route to: Kobe, JapanQuote of the Day: “The institution of schools serves only as a mechanism to challenge, question, and discover. When we take lectures and pedagogy as undeniable gospel, we cease to become learning agents and instead, serve as the parrots of our teachers.”Greenday once sang,

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Latitude Location: 29 Degrees, 47.2 NorthLongitude Location: 125 Degrees, 3.2 WestSpeed: 16.9 KnotsEn route to: Honolulu, Hawai’IQuote of the Day: “A fish doesn’t understand water until it’s taken out of it.”ps. Something's wrong w/ the network right now and I can't upload pics. Check back for more later.I am so exhausted that my face feels like it’s going to fall off my head. For the past 72

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Apparently not. I rationalized for a long time that the reason why I was so clueless about what was going to transpire was because I was hired so late. Luckily (or maybe unfortunately) I wasn’t the only one in the dark!Case and point, it was communicated that the students were going to board on Thursday, only one day after the staff got there. Well, at today’s briefing, I found out that the

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Quite possibly, I have been wearing a goofy grin for over ten hours now. It’s true, my last post eluded to feelings of uncertainties and wariness but now, I can’t even remember why.O Gai, Trammy, and Trungie dropped me off at the dock after a yummy lunch coupled with margaritas (Thanks Again!!). I was hoping that they would be able to come aboard to check out the ship but unfortunately, security

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Five hours until I board the MV Explorer and I can honestly say, without reservation, that I am FREAKING OUT! It's funny how we naturally deal with challenging times by "not dealing with it". I've used this tactic many times before, but as I look at the final pile of things that I need to somehow jam in my luggage--I think the jig is finally up. :o)Perhaps some pictures will prolong the

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Whoever it was that said “It’s not what you know, it's WHO you know” really knew what they were talking about.Five weeks ago I attended Randy Lewis’ Retirement Party. Hands down, it was probably one of the most inspiring retirement parties I’ve ever attended. Former UCI alums from over the past 4 decades were in attendance, along with Randy’s friends and family (He even had friends from

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