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2012- A Photo Blog
What I love most about the new year is all the possibilities it brings. It seems like a new beginning, a time of rebirth, a needed re-invigoration, a renaissance of the self. With each step forward we make into the future, pivotal moments … Continue reading
Posted in Cambodia, Japan, Life, Tokyo, Toyama, Travel, Trinidad and Tobago
Tagged best friend, Cambodia, cherry blossom, favorite, hanami, Kyoto, love, Namerikawa, photographs, pictures, Sensoji Temple, Sihanoukville, Tateyama, Tokyo, Toyama, Yurikamome
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Four Years Later
My first night in Japan, I stepped out of the grandiose Keio Plaza, walked the streets of Shinjuku, devouring everything around me with child-like innocence. And then I saw it!…a devastatingly beautiful Japanese woman, with an unpretentious air of sophistication … Continue reading
Posted in Japan, Life, Toyama, Travel, Trinidad and Tobago
Tagged anniversary, Japan, JET Programme, Keio Plaza, life, Shinjuku, trini
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The Most Amazing Thing Ever
The best thing about children is their innocence. They see the world very differently. Everything is extraordinary. Every experience is magic. Every day is an exciting adventure. The world is pure. A couple years ago, I met an American girl … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Japan, Life, Tokyo, Travel
Tagged 360 Theater, children, glass bridge, happiness, life, National Museum of Nature and Science, smile, Tokyo, Ueno
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Under the Cherry Blossom Trees
Nothing beats the pink perfection of a Japanese spring. Blue skies rain pink petals that gently float to the fragile floor. Happiness consumes you, romance perfumes the sweet air, echoes of laughter quietly hum along. Under the cherry blossom trees, … Continue reading
Posted in Japan, Life, Love, Travel
Tagged broken heart, cherry blossoms, heart break, hope, Japan, love, sakura, Toyama, Trinidad and Tobago, 桜
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Losing My Kabuki
The day finally came. I lost it. I had it coming though. I had heard legendary stories about it, saw gaudy photos explicitly detailing every aspect of it and read ad nauseum about the exhilarating effects of actually experiencing it. … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Japan, Travel
Tagged first experience, Japan, kabuki, Kyoto, Kyoto Shijo Minamiza Theater, music
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Lee Bul: From Me, Belongs to You Only
I had ashamedly never heard of celebrated South Korean artist, Lee Bul before. I had seen a captivating pamphlet with her beautifully crafted “Apparition”, an installation of twisted metal, crystal beads, polyurethane on PVC and mirrors and instantly knew I … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Japan, Life, Tokyo, Travel
Tagged art, Belongs to You Only, cover, dream, Gotye, Japan, Lee Bul, Lee Bul: From Me, Mori Museum, Someone I used to know, South Korea, Walk of the Earth
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Life Lessons Learned: Cambodia
The Kingdom of Cambodia is one of those rare places that makes an eternal imprint in your heart. Like many travellers before me and the many who will come after, I fell in love with this remarkable South East Asian country. … Continue reading
Posted in Cambodia, Life, Travel, Trinidad and Tobago
Tagged Angkor Wat, Battambang Circus, Cambodia, dreams, help, hope, Kampot, Khmer Rouge, Killing Fields, life, life lessons learned, love, orphans, Phare Ponleu Selepak, Siem Reap, Trinidad and Tobago
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