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After traveling for four months, it’s hard not to approach your home town with more curiosity. After hitting all my favorite restaurants that I’d been missing (Chipotle and Ya Hala), I’ve checked out a few restaurants that remind me of my travels, Malay Satay Hut (Malaysian food) and this little vegetarian Vietnamese restaurant on Powell.
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After taking a half day rock climbing class in Krabi, Thailand, I was hooked! So I signed up for a class at the Portland Rock Gym here in town when I got back. Since it was a fairly informal “class” in Krabi, it was nice to learn all the basics, like belaying.
Rock climbing is really [...]

I kicked the coffee habit while I was in SE Asia. Or maybe I just replaced it with tea? Or Tiger beer? Anyway, my morning headaches finally disappeared and then I found myself ordering coffee drinks at dinner as a treat instead of a necessity. Good on ya’ mate! ;)

I forgot about this one!  I left Portland February 25, so March 25 I was… sailing the Whitsundays in Australia! At this point in my travels, it felt like I’d been out of the US for ages. So long in fact, that I’d started calling it “America” instead of “the US”

What do you do during the day if you’re unemployed and homeless? Make coffee creme brulee, is what you do! I tried the Martha Stewart Coffee Creme Brulee recipe and other than the run-on sentence that I skipped, it was a simple recipe. If you understand the following sentence, please let me know (oh and [...]

Atonement - in theaters
Juno - in theaters
Michael Clayton - on DVD February 19
No Country for Old Men - in theaters
There Will Be Blood - in theaters

Well, it looks like I’m starting from scratch this year. 4 out of 5 are in theaters and the 5th comes out on DVD 5 days before the Oscars, so [...]

It’s about time…. I can consider myself a “geocacher” again! I’ve done 9 caches since I started this list, including 3 on Christmas Eve in Depoe Bay (only 2 of which were found), right on the edge of the coast.
What is Geocaching? A nerd sport… basically, it’s a treasure hunt with GPS. Quite fun [...]

Here’s one I didn’t complete this year.
2007 401k Contribution Limit: $15,500
My Contribution: $10,573
I’ll be working on this one a little bit harder next year. :) In the meantime, here’s a few savings tips.
How To Not Be Poor When You’re Old:

Start saving NOW, yes, seriously, NOW. Check out this 401k Calculator to see how big [...]

When did I do this? If I told you, I’d have to kill you. :) It was sometime this year… I didn’t do anything reeeally fun. I worked on a project for school, cleaned my apartment and went to dinner. So it was more of a mental health day. Maybe I should only consider this [...]

I’m finally done! After 2 years of part-time classes, I’m officially done with my MBA! After undergrad, I had no intentions of getting my MBA, and I’m glad that I took some time away from school before going back. It gives you some perspective on what you’re learning.
What did I learn? Not what I thought [...]