To my friends and family back home,

I don’t often get to share my pictures with you.  Since adding the Wordpress application on Facebook, I’ve discovered I have a slew of old friends and acquaintances back home who have just started reading about my adventures in Asia.  Earlier this week, I talked to my father and he told me that he and my Mom have both been reading my blog since I left at the beginning of the summer.  Wow.  I’m stunned.  I had no idea so many of you were following me on this journey.  Thank you.

Every time I go home, I have thousands of pictures to show.  I never really get around to showing them because there are just too many.  Since starting this blog, I’ve posted our travel pictures, but I haven’t really posted many photos of myself over the past five years.

So, this first collection is for you, a small montage of the important events and people which make my life complete in Asia.

Adding the finishing touches before filming BTV’s Arts in Our Land Competition in Beijing, China.  November 2003.

Rocking on stage with Mixed Beat at Amigo Bar in Changchun, China. April 2004.

At the Imperial Palace in Shenyang, Jilin Province, China.

John and I at a friend’s wedding in Changchun, China, shortly after we began dating. November 2004.

A final performance in Changchun, China. December 2005.

Beach lover in Ko Phanghan, Thailand. February 2006.

Nature girl.  Green Island, Taiwan.  August 2006.

A sightseeing day with friends in Taipei, Taiwan.  From left to right:  Jo, Range, John, me and Queenie.  September 2006.

Firing an AK-47 at Cuchi Tunnels, Vietnam.  April 2007.

Bangkok, Thailand.  April 2007.