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My Journey

Southern France Living

On my quest to keep my life as fulfilled as possible, I’ve been away from [my second] “home” for 3 weeks now as I traverse Europe. Along with along with my two craziest friends, we partied for two weeks straight in London, Lagos, Lisbon and Barcelona— think jumping from city to city,

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My Journey

New Lands, New Beginnings

I came to LA with winter legs, a fresh import from Vancouver, a city that has been drenched from a winter of El Nino tainted weather. Even though I have been riding year round, I have been doing nothing but easy commutes to and from work during the winter, wanting

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Travel

There’s No Rest for the Wicked

I have a full time job, too many social engagements for my liking (introvert probz), mandatory “me time” at the gym and most importantly on my bike, and adult responsibilities like cleaning the toilet (or hiring a maid to do it) but I’ve been traveling like a mad-woman this year.

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The Pilgrimage Up Mont Ventoux
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The Pilgrimage Up Mont Ventoux

My schedule is becoming less hectic and the cold and wet weather settling in means I have more free time when I’m in town during the weekends (normally, I’d be out ALL day on the bike). And honestly, at the end of year, I always slide into a “slump” where I have less

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Fitness

Oh, This Beautiful Life

It takes ages to craft certain blog entries because I admit, I am self-conscious about what I publish since I don’t like writing about my personal life. My blogs use to be very personal but over the years, there were aspects of my life and thoughts I was hesitant to

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Travel

Lessons in Travels

I am leaving for Asia in two days for a month of of foraying in Hong Kong, Langkawi, Changmai, Koh Phangan, Bangkok and Seoul so I thought it was time to reminisce about my last trip that I’ve had no time to write about since cycling has apologetically ruined my life. The excitement

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Amboise, France
Travel

Back to Wonderful Reality

Bonjour! I’m back! I stopped publishing posts when I was in Europe simply because blogging takes up way too much time and I wanted to spend it living in the moment a.k.a. being a tourist in Europe— eating, shopping, sightseeing and not cooped up in front of a computer. If

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TOURS, FRANCE
Travel

Traveling Solo

When I first announced that I was traveling alone for seven weeks, reactions were mainly negative and the first was usually a very exaggerated “aren’t you scared?!” Like I said, I never really gave it much thought since I made the decision and hardly thought it was a big deal so the answer

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Travel

I Left My Heart in the Alps

I made a stop in Munich to visit Tracy— she tempted me by promising to take me on my first mountain biking experience and it turned out to be the best day of my trip, even as I write this sitting in my favorite cafe in Athens, a week and two destinations later.

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Travel

Vibrant Berlin

I know, I am a terrible blogger. I’m sitting on the balcony of my room, situated right on the edge of the caldera in Santorini writing this as the sun is beginning to set in front of me. It’s been hard to find downtime to do anything other than sleep but

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London Adventures

I’m sitting in a cute little bed and breakfast in London right now struggling to write when I should be working. It’s so hard to focus on work when you are supposed to be on vacation so I guess I have no choice but to procrastinate tonight. I’ve been in London

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My Journey

45 Days Until The Great Escape

If there is one thing on my mind a lot this year, it’s the fact that I am getting old. 2014 marks my seventh year at my company and the thought of that never ceases to astound me. I’ve seen colleagues get married, have kids, move away, get new jobs

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