Welcome to my new blog!

Ah...My first post on the new blog. Love that new blog smell! OKAY... A lot of people asked, "Hey Tom, What happened to the old blog? Why'd you stop? You deserve a Pulitzer. yada yada..."  Well, as it turned out, the internet in Asia, especially behind China's firewall, was pretty crappy (and often expensive, pitting precious blog money against precious drinking funds). I could barely access the sluggish Word Press site; and I definitely couldn't upload photos, or even respond to comments. Finally, I decided to live the moment and stopped messing with the blog, and computers. I continued to write to myself, for free, and sadly you missed out on a ridiculous amount of adventures -- the boring stuff like crashing my first motorcycle, eating a live snake, and free climbing up a cliff (to come back down with a heart-stopping leap into the water). I wasn't able to share my mind full of introspective, detailed accounts of amazing people, descriptions of beautiful landscapes, notes on efficient public transportation, reflections on lifestyles far removed from our own, or those tender romantic moments (I am a gentleman!).

On my return, I was very glad to hear people enjoyed my blog,
while it lasted. So, I decided to regroup, switch over to Google Blogger, and keep you posted again(maybe I'll even throw a picture your way). Stay tuned as I end this summer's New England experience and begin a month long bus trip out of the country, into Mexico, and onwards, downwards, to warmer climates.

Strangely I feel like quoting a Green Day song (a great one): 

If you could see inside my head,
Then you'd start to understand,
The things I value in my heart.

And I think it's all right,
That I do what I like,
'Cause that's the way I want to live.
it's how I give, and I'm still givin'...

You know that...
I know that...
You're watchin' me!

[...]I don't want to make a plan,
For a day far away,
While I'm young and while I'm able,
All I want to do is...

- T.E.