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Back to Life, Back to Reality [Jetlag Edition]

Jul 06. 2014

The current time here, back home on the east coast of the U.S., is 2:47am and I am WIDE AWAKE. :-? It figures — just as my body was finally becoming accustomed to the day-night reversal in Korea, my vacation came to an abrupt end. When I was still planning this trip, J (who has taken 3 trips to Hong Kong in the past couple of years) warned me that I would need at least a week in Korea and another week to fully recover because "We're old now! Our bodies can't handle the time difference like we could in our twenties!" And it seems that he is correct. If I could say one thing about this visit to Korea, it would be that nothing was...

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Airplane Sleep Positions

Jul 01. 2014

I'm having a blast in Korea! I'll write more about my trip in a future post, but for the moment I wanted to share with you this comic strip from Tastefully Offensive. I thought it especially appropriate considering that direct flights between JFK and Incheon International Airport are approximately 14 hours long. :-)                   I fortunately had a very good experience on my flight to Korea. There were no babies on the plane save for one extremely well-behaved toddler, the food was probably the best airplane food I've ever had (did you see this Instagram photo I uploaded?), and there were electrical outlets between each seat, so I was able to use my laptop almost the entire flight. :-P What's more, flying is one of those...

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Korea-Bound!

Jun 24. 2014

Yesterday was our last full day at home before I leave for Korea. 8-)   The reason for my week-long (9 days with travel time) trip back to the motherland is a cousin's wedding. I was actually supposed to visit Korea earlier this year for another cousin's wedding, but decided to cancel the trip in light of the $6k we owed in medical bills. But now, with the bills paid off, my mother volunteering to watch the kids while I'm gone, and J encouraging me to take a vacation as well, I decided to go for it. (J thought about coming along and making it a 2-week trip, 1 week in Korea and another in Hong Kong, but his office needed him. We've both traveled...

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3 Flowcharts [Sleep, GoT, and World Cup Edition]

Jun 23. 2014

My head is a royal mess right now. Packing. Cleaning. Making sure the girls don't kill each other. Laundry. My 15th rendition of "Do-Re-Mi" (C&A's favorite song at the moment) today. More cleaning (because I can't leave for a trip without cleaning first). In case you have more free time than me today, here are three flowcharts you may enjoy...

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“Why Did They Have to Die?”, Game of Thrones Edition [Infographic]

Jun 19. 2014

Although the most popular complaint against A Song of Ice and Fire series is the callous and unexpected ways in which George R.R. Martin kills off beloved characters (have you seen this?), my biggest complaint is that there are just too. Many. Damn. Characters. And as someone who is horrible with names — especially names that are difficult to pronounce (you should hear how I butcher some Westerosi names in my head) — you can bet that I have trouble keeping track of everyone. At least now, I have this handy infographic to help me keep track of the deceased. Sat TV Depot has combed through the many deaths in the first four seasons of HBO's Game of Thrones to succinctly present the major deaths, and the reason(s) for their demise.  It should go...

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