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matthew tries blogging_

August 2011

5 posts

June 2011

7 posts

April 2011

1 post

February 2011

5 posts

January 2011

1 post

November 2010

5 posts

October 2010

3 posts

September 2010

3 posts

June 2010

10 posts

Cabin Fever June 21, 2010 The claustrophobia is setting in. Two Filipino sisters are sitting across the aisle from me, tapping away at their Nintendo DS. Every now and then they open up their window, letting in the blinding white sunlight into the dark cabin. A couple people grimace as one of the sisters slams the window shut. A man behind them mumbles something in Mandarin. I turn back to...

Tomorrow I will fly 5,000 miles to a place I’ve never been to. Yet, somehow, this place has had a tremendous influence on who I am today as a person. From the food I eat, to my physical appearance, to my last name… This place, this Motherland, has had a direct hand in creating my identity without me ever having to set foot on its soil. I will be traveling to China for the first...

“play” wake up with the music on get dressed with the music on eat breakfast with the music on drive to work with the music on answer emails with the music on eat lunch with the music on drive home with the music on get ready to go out with the music on out on a Thursday night with the music on dance with the music on get tipsy with the music on make out with the music on ...

May 2010

10 posts