One of my closest friends told me that one of his favorite books was A Moveable Feast by Ernest Hemingway. Considering we started a book club recently, we decided to read it together and discuss it as a group one fine morning at a Starbucks. I’ve read a couple of Hemingway’s, and I have only…
Note: To one of my best girls, Mich, who’d been my mental support since 2007 (damn girl, we go a long way), thank you for this book. I’ll be honest here. I don’t know much about Lena Dunham other than her very obvious accomplishments. I never follow her social media, read about her personal life,…
by Devina I am the old book drowned in the piles of papers in your library. My pages are folded, your handwriting scarred me, and your sticky notes ruined me. I am the passage you quote to your child, the beautifully written words you once memorized in full page, the lyrics you had fallen in…
By Daniella Djiogan During our third day in Mumbai, we were stuffed. We had gained much weight to the point where moving was a challenge. I remember Devina passed out once due to fatique from shopping and food overload…haha. I wasn’t any better either. A few weeks before we arrived in India, I’d personally exercised everyday at 7pm – to…
By Daniella Djiogan The day started with a big breakfast which included but wasn’t limited to poha and sandwiches. After our morning meal, we hurried to the tour bus and there our little adventure around Mumbai began. First destination; a boat ride facing the gateway of India, as well as the Taj Mahal Palace Hotel. This…
Here are links to previous days: Day 1 in Delhi Day 2 in Delhi Day 3 in Delhi Day 4 off to Agra And the last one before this: Day 5 in Agra So we learned from our experience that the trains in India could not be trusted to be on time. Day 6 we were…
By Daniella Djiogan It’s been a few months since I came back from my one year teaching experience in China, and I still have mix feelings about the whole thing. Sometimes I miss Sichuanese food like crazy…especially the street food, sometimes I miss my roommate [we’ve been through thick and thin in a foreign land], sometimes,…
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