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It’s an accomplished feeling to note that I have physically made it to the other side of the world– and it truly is — 12 hour time zones ahead. Half the time I am in the future impaired to back home. The flights have Been uneventful so far which when traveling long distances, 23 hours in air, with two connections, is a good thing. I had a window seat with no one next to me on my way to Tokyo-Naratia except for the still guy one seat over. No joke, The Japanese American guy next to me barely budged the entire flight. He slept facing straight upright with his eyes lightly shut whether I opened the shade or not. He did not even rustle to go to the bathroom. I hopped over the top of him when I had to wee.

This being trapped, I slept majority of the way with wake ups for meals. We had a chicken dinner dish with a role and butter and brown rice. I am eating every morsel because I have not been positive when or where my next meal is coming from. The next flight snack was a surprisingly non-mushy turkey sandwich accompanied by a petite pint of vanilla gelato. Scrumptious

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Everyday is an adventure… Wherever you find yourself take note of your discoveries.

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Everyday is an adventure… Wherever you find yourself take note of your discoveries.

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It’s peaceful as it pitter patters through the humid forest, splashing across tropical leaves, slipping down bamboo trunks.

It’s thunderous as it pours in sheets onto tin roofs.

The dance with the toqués.

The song with the frogs.

The dewy dangerous orchestra clamors loudly with the thunder light show above.

Drip, drop, drip, drop.

Pouring down on Thailand mountain top.

Rain in Thai….

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Gross! One of the most smelly, prehistoric, humongous fruits in Thailand is called a durian. It’s middle fruit is supposedly sweet, but the rest of it is so foul smelling it is forbidden to take onto public transportation. Regardless, I thought if anything can make something yummy, it’s ice cream. No. ThIs featured Asian flavor of the month is nasty. Ick to durian anything for me. At least now I know a food I can list that I do not like in addition to canned peas.

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At Mirror Foundation I had a ball.

But now to move on I got my call.

I will miss all you heaps and the rice.

For making friends I now pay the price.

Sad to go to say goodbye.

And yes I’m not ashamed to cry.

Thailand is magical beautiful and green.

Pai, Chiang Mai, many places I’ve seen.

Hill-walks and smoothies and live in a dorm.

Share with 10 girls that is the norm. Teach hill tribe children.hospital and school.

The orphanage the best, children so cool.

My birthday homestay in the village Lahoo.

Waterfall, bamboo house and an outside loo.

The ice cream van music stuck in my head.

Movie nights and chatting, late night in bed.

It’s been fantastic and I’m so sad to go.

So hope one day some of you at my door you will show.

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Moments of EEEEE: Class was canceled a lot this week because everyone is needed for the rice harvest- including me. Fiona just wanted a picture of the villagers shucking the rice but before I realized it, she was 100 yards into the field.

The dragonflies in the field

The feeling of wind in my hair driving to Huey Mai sai, with the hills, and the

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This past year, some acquaintances perhaps thought I was running away from heartbreak when I announced I’m leaving Chicago and relocating to teach English in Thailand.

(True I needed some time to reclaim my individuality, but that can be done anywhere).

Some executives may think I’m just a classic millennial searching for ultimate self-actualization too early in life and taking the easy way out by not working or making money and just having fun volunteering.

(Newsflash it’s a blast but challenging in its own right, and I own my decisions just like you do).

When I chose to say sianara to normalcy and societal expectations, I was screaming EEEEE and have dedicated my life to ways in which EEEEE comes most naturally…

Which is to be a giver rather than a taker and to explore uncharted new territory with other adventurous souls.

Keep calm and EEE on,

Hallieeeeeeee

PS: What’s your EEE today?

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With thanksgiving around the corner, American families ceremoniously reflect on what they are thankful for. This is a phenomenal, important practice to celebrate daily, no matter where you are from. However, any excuse to count your blessings, albeit an annual holiday, is a good one.

Travels have granted me experience to understand that gratefulness is universal. Gratitude is practiced no matter what deity you pray to, or don’t pray to. Appreciation can be felt individually whether you live in a beach mansion overlooking the coast or a stilted hut over rice paddies. Life too often tends to be relative to perspective, and removing yourself from yours can be ego shattering – which is a good thing. A smile, a nod, kind eye contact, and a bow will take two people from two different parts of the planet to that centrifuge of human connectedness. I live for that moment of Energetic Eruption of Empathy. This is EEE. This thanksgiving I’m thankful to share with my most loved family and friends the movement of EEEtheworld and my most treasured moments of EEEEE!!!

Person, place, action, or thing, showcase the moment your world was exuberant, extraordinary, erotic, exciting, evolutionary, enormous, ebullient…. When did, just maybe, life seemed to make sense for a bit?

How do you sEEE the world? How do you fEEEL when this Eruption of Electrifying Emotion comes over you? What do you smell? What do you taste? What do you touch? Allow sensory overload of experience! How extravagant it all seems when your stars align for once- even just for a twinkle of time.

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Thus, surrounded by family and friends passing turkey and mashed potatoes around the table, or passing Yom Tum Kung around the night bazaar on the last Thursday of November, share your moment of quintessential EEEEE.

Happy Thanksgiving.

Yours EEEly,

HallieeEEE

#eeeee #eeetheworld

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Take ownership pride and control of decisions.

Offer advice or constructive criticism only if someone asks, otherwise keep to yourself.

Just as you cannot change people, only you can change you.

When receiving advice from someone evaluate who’s giving it based on the way they live the advice they’re giving. It’s surprising how many people do not live by the advice they give.

Read a lot lot lot.

Eliminate "my" and "mine" from vocabulary and writing. Expand ownership to all and speak in terms of us.

It’s ok to let someone know you need time to yourself when they’re annoying you. "Tact is letting someone see the lightening without letting them feel the bolt." -Orlando A Batista

What other people think of you is none of your business.

Not needing reassurance leads to greater trust in yourself and the universe as a whole.

Let go. Let go. Let go.

The easiest way to simplify your life is to turn off your cell phone.

You are completely in control of your thoughts feelings and actions.

Everything.. Absolutely everything is a choice. If it’s not a choice, you’re making an excuse.

Stay active. Eat healthy. Drink less. Sleep more. Me more. Be more.

When in doubt let it out…

Showering twice a week is enough for me. Water, dove soap, dove deodorant, Chanel perfume, antibacterial wipes, toothbrush, toothpaste and confidence are the only products necessary to manage clean.

You have enough.

"Be thankful for what you have; you’ll end up having more. If you concentrate on what you don’t have, you will never, ever have enough." Oprah Winfrey

You do you.

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