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Read more: 151. Sending back what the optimist ordered151. Sending back what the optimist ordered
I have been to Fiji eight times. Eight. Not once did it rain more than what we all know as a sun shower. I want that on the record before I tell you what Samoa did to us. This trip was a gift. Literally. Five years ago, the Latino left Argentina, left his family, his job,…
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118. Bite me Colombia.
Read more: 118. Bite me Colombia.After a year when I have faced more challenges alone than the first series of Survivor, I’ve taken myself off to recharge. So I’m in one of my happy places, 39000 feet in the air on my way to Colombia, via Houston. Im re-watching a documentary at the moment about Studio 54 . I started…
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117. Karaoke Me.
Read more: 117. Karaoke Me.So we were out with our hosts, both attractive young thirty somethings who had the keys to the town. And our hosts were determined to create memories for us, even if that meant we couldn’t remember it in the morning. We started at Yardbird, an izakaya that specializes in chicken yakitori. Sake and hoots of…
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116. How to sweat champagne
Read more: 116. How to sweat champagneI am sitting on a sofa in an apartment in Hong Kong. Wednesday morning. I was up yesterday morning at 330 to catch a flight here and once here had to immediately inhale a lot of champagne and other associated stimulants. It would have been rude not to. Staying in New Zealand time, it was…
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115. Thinking about the handbag.
Read more: 115. Thinking about the handbag.It’s downstairs right now. The handbag. By downstairs, I mean in Yves St Laurent. I’m in the Kris Lounge a floor above it, killing five hours at Changi Airport. Should I get it? I work hard. God I work hard. But I have big mortgages to show for all that hard work. So big. And…
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114. Regret and other useless emotions.
Read more: 114. Regret and other useless emotions.It seems to me that regret is the sugar of emotions. You know it’s bad for you, but you just keep going back for more. I always feel jealous of people who emphatically say they have none. Whether that means they’ve learned, recalibrated and moved on or they’re just really good at discarding…
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113. Settle Petal.
Read more: 113. Settle Petal.The slogan Flower Power blossomed in the 60s and the passive resistance of the Vietnam War. But here in Bali, Flower Power exerts a different influence. Wherever you look, they call me to task – and the task is to stop, to notice, to appreciate, to be grateful.
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