Today I completed 52 weeks of Mark Lauren’s fitness program, “You Are Your Own Gym.” In real time I actually started the program over a year ago - about 58 weeks. As described in detail on my fitness page, one highlight of Your Gym is all of the workouts are performed using bodyweight exercises - …
Guest Post on Meet, Plan, Go!
Hello Friends, I'm happy to introduce my first guest blog post on another website. Please click here to read on Meet, Plan, Go! Meet, Plan, Go! is leading the career break movement in North America, encouraging and teaching others how to travel the world and have it be beneficial to their career. You can also click the link …
Travel Notes: Kuala Lumpur
Travel Notes: Kuala Lumpur (note: if you don’t know who I’m talking about in this post, read this one first) China behind me, I landed in Kuala Lumpur on Friday afternoon, April 13, 2012. Fraternity brother and lifelong friend Kishore Suppiah ZK 727 picked me up from the airport in his sporty new white Kia …
Making Rounds
I’ve come to Malaysia from Hong Kong and China where I didn’t know anyone and felt pretty isolated in a big, foreign, unfamiliar place. While I met some good friends, figured things out and got along just fine, I certainly didn’t have any ground support personnel - I was on my own. Not the case …
Filling Gaps
Take a minute with me to think about a few things. Start with your house or wherever you live. Think about your room, your space and all of your things. Now think about your town and your neighborhood - family and friends’ houses, your favorite restaurants, bars, movie theaters and places where you recreate and …
From the Other Side
I arrived in Auckland, NZ at 0950 on Sunday Jan 29 after a 13-hour flight, 10 of which were spent unconscious. Good trip even in coach w/ a couple of meals and pretty comfy seats. After clearing customs I walked out of the terminal to meet Khalid Shafar. Rewind: less than two whirlwind weeks ago …