Castro Valley, United States

Today I rode over to spend the night at my grad school friend Tori and her husband Rod's house.  Tori and Rod (especially Rod) are active sailors, and Tori had told me the several of their friends from their boat were coming over that evening ...

One week from this moment I will be on a plane. And I will be on that plane for a very long time. I depart at 9:45 p.m. on October 24, 2004. I arrive in Auckland, NZ at 6 a.m. on October 26. I'm scared. Do I really need to bring seven pairs of ...

Alright. I know I've let you all down, not posting at all during the end of my trip. But I've been off having fun! Wouldn't you WANT me to have enjoyed the end of my trip, and not wasted any time sitting in front of a computer? Well, now I'm home, ...

Walnut Creek, BART station, huge packback, alone. Olivia gave me 45 cents worth ticket, made sure i managed to buy rest of the ticket and off i went. Disappeared slowly with the help of an escalator. I was alone. We said goodbye with Liina in the morning ...