What Happened in the End??

Wow! I'm VERRY late in writing about the rest of my trip abroad, but better late than never! It seems like I returned ages ago!...back in December. I left off writing about my time in Malaysia. The truth is that I was just having too much fun to write about what was crackalakin! so sorry...it happens :) . So lets see...After Malaysia we journeyed to Vietnam, Hong Kong, China, Japan, Hawaii, through the Panama Canal to Costa Rica and then up on to Miami. Each port offered incredible eye-opening experiences, never to be forgotten. I had the amazing opportunity to crawl through the cu chi tunnels (a system of tunnels the Vietkong used during the war to sneak up on their enemy) and go floating on the Mekong Delta in Vietnam, explore the summer palace and walk the top of the Great Wall of China, explore the tokyo fish market and sing Karaoke in Japan, Help serve a Salvation Army Thanksgiving feast in Hawaii, and go hiking to waterfalls in Costa Rica.
It was bittersweet coming home. I had missed the familiarity of home so badly. I never knew how much a comfort familiarity was. But I wanted to tell EVERYONE about my trip! It has been difficult finding that line of how much people wanted to know about my trip before they would become uninterested or sometimes resentful. There were times I even felt alienated from people. The trip helped me to realize who was a true friend and who was just going through the motions. Meeting people from many walks of life granted me new perspectives on our American population... abundant with diverse ethnic origins. I have come to realize that the "travel bug" can never be fixed. its the same idea as "if you give a mouse a cookie". Traveling opens the door of curiosity and questioning. It is not easily closed.
The following Spring, this past semester, I have picked up school again at Las Positas Community College. I enrolled in many classes, including Rock Climing and Ultimate Frisbee with the idea being to keep myself busy and from missing my trip too much. But lo and behold!...I have had such a blast practicing, competing and goofing around with the Ultimate team (Yeah Peaotches!). They have become such a family to me. In fact, it is quite possible that I will be rooming with a few of the ultimate girls in fall! Good is everywhere to be found, God just keeps on giving. :)