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Life at 35
It has been several years since I posted anything on this blog. Perhaps I went a little overboard with detachment. Perhaps I got lazy. Either way, I am back. I still struggle with attachment and I still have a long way to go until I can really feel like I am living a minimalist lifestyle. […]
Posted in: Modern Life, My Path
The Little Victories
March 4, 2012
Goodness, has it really been three months since my last blog? Seems that I’ve been busier than I thought. Truth is, these last few months have been very eventful. I’ve taken big steps to streamline my life and rid myself of many obstacles that materialized in the last few years. I took a good look […]
Time. Travel.
December 22, 2011
Several years ago, I lived in a small desert town named Rosamond. Take a look at the picture on the right, now back here, now the picture, now back here (sorry, I had to). Yup, not much going on in Rosamond, CA. Surrounding this magical town was a whole lot of desert; the Mojave desert, […]
A Country on Fire (Part 1)
December 7, 2011
Last month, I took a late vacation and went on an eight-day trip to the East Coast. I visited Boston for five days and New York City for three. The main purpose of this trip was to visit my Marine Brother, Numa, who recently began medical school at Harvard. My best friend and proven road-dog, […]
Posted in: Modern Life
Blackout Cookout 2011
September 9, 2011
As many of you already know, San Diego experience a massive black-out yesterday (September 8, 2011). I was at work when the power went out around 3:40 in the afternoon and went home soon after we discovered that the outage was county-wide. It took me two hours to get home because traffic was out of […]
Posted in: Modern Life
Sneaky September
September 2, 2011
September sneaked up in me this year. I have realized that I have not been very productive with my blogging in the past few months. I feel a bit guilty about it, but at the same time I feel that my detachment from this blog is a result of my continued practice of, well, detachment. […]
Posted in: My Path
Born-again on the 4th of July
July 5, 2011
4th of July weekend in San Diego came with a quiet bang this year. Inspired by several documentaries, my expanding knowledge of nutrition, and personal health goals, I decided to take on the challenge of a five-day juice fast. After watching “Fat, Sick & Nearly Dead” on NetFlix, I bought a juice machine (Breville Juice Fountain […]
Sacrilege
May 17, 2011
Surfing Madonna of Encinitas sac·ri·lege (noun) 1: a technical and not necessarily intrinsically outrageous violation (as improper reception of a sacrament) of what is sacred because consecrated to God. 2: gross irreverence toward a hallowed person, place, or thing A few weeks ago, a 10 by 10 foot mosaic of La Virgen de Guadalupe riding a surfboard […]
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The Daily Miracle
March 4, 2011
“People usually consider walking on water or in thin air a miracle. But I think the real miracle is not to walk either on water or in thin air, but to walk on earth. Every day we are engaged in a miracle which we don’t even recognize: a blue sky, white clouds, green leaves, the […]
Posted in: Modern Life, Words of Wisdom
Life at 30
March 1, 2011
When I was a kid, I thought that I’d be married by 27 and have a kid by 30. I thought my thirties would look like the picture above. Apparently, I didn’t know much about life. And, of course, why would I? My world was built by my parents’ ideas, expectations, and fears. My job […]
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