http://blogs.bootsnall.com/malia Mon, 23 Jun 2008 03:52:32 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en so jess and i made it safely home. we've spent the past few days seeing all our friends and family and really soaking up all of the things we love about hawaii. next up for me... paris! i'm going to be attending a writing workshop in paris for the month ... http://blogs.bootsnall.com/malia/the-next-episode.html this was jess and i on new year's day - first sunrise of the new year, when we had the entire trip before us and we were full of anticipation of the year ahead! and six months later... this was jess and i yesterday after watching the sun set on our ... http://blogs.bootsnall.com/malia/then-and-now.html it's so strange to think that a week from now we'll be back at home in hawaii... i can't believe how fast the time has flown by since we started this adventure back in january. on our drive back to auckland, jess and i had time to reflect over the ... http://blogs.bootsnall.com/malia/homestretch.html so jess and i have spent almost two weeks in new zealand so far. we've not had enough time to get down to the south island (which EVERYONE says we need to see!) but we've traveled all over north island in our trusty rental car. we make up our own ... http://blogs.bootsnall.com/malia/road-tripping.html kimi just put up a myspace blog about the two weeks that she, kira, and christy joined us in thailand. she did a great job using photos to tell the story of how meaningful it was to all of us. check it out if you have time! =) http://blogs.bootsnall.com/malia/thailand-in-retrospect.html i know all of you back home are complaining about the heat, and just a few weeks ago so were we! bali, singapore, thailand, all of them kept us busy figuring out different ways to beat the heat. it all seems like so long ago, now that we're in the ... http://blogs.bootsnall.com/malia/winter-wonderland.html last night while i was getting ready to fall asleep, i kept thinking about all the things i need to do before we leave bali tomorrow night. it's always like that when we're getting ready to pack up and move on, and it was distracting me so this morning i ... http://blogs.bootsnall.com/malia/what-it-rains-in-kuta.html if you've read elizabeth gilbert's eat, pray, love, then you will understand my excitement at what we did this morning! =) in the book (which is fabulous, and you should run out and buy it right now if you haven't read it yet), gilbert travels to ubud, bali - the "love" ... http://blogs.bootsnall.com/malia/eat-pray-love.html i can't believe how quickly time flies! we're at the point where we've only got one month to go before we head back to reality! im bracing for some major culture shock heading back to the world as i knew it before... but i've also been spending more time reflecting ... http://blogs.bootsnall.com/malia/the-end-is-unfortunately-near.html i have to admit that i'd never heard of typhoid mary, and only heard passing mention of typhoid itself until just the other day. i probably could have gone my whole life without really needing to know what it is and what it does to you, but now i know.... ... http://blogs.bootsnall.com/malia/typhoid-jessica.html