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Posted on Sunday, June 26 th, 2011 at 7:15 pm by Christin WalkerUpdate: Back to life, back to reality.
It seems as though life has been a whirlwind since I’ve set foot back in the ol’ US of A. I had a pretty bad case of reverse culture shock upon my return, and caught myself crying for about 2 weeks straight for no reason at all. I also found myself slipping in to the grandma routine of watching Wheel of Fortune and Jeopardy, and then finishing out each night with a good dose of NBA playoff games until 1 a.m. The disillusionment of my homecoming was hard to come to terms with…I ...
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Posted on Monday, March 07 th, 2011 at 5:19 am by Christin WalkerChiang Rai Escape
Lately I’ve just been really searching for peace. I don’t know where it went, when I “lost” it, or why it’s “gone,” but I do know that it has everything to do with my lack of focus. Oh, and the fact that once again…I’ve found comfort and normality, and it’s time to say my goodbyes and move on to the next uncomfortable place. But hey, that’s life for you…it’s just a never-ending process of change and adaptation to chang...
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Dark & Twisty
I find myself falling, tumbling, crashing and breaking into a million pieces…each of which is pulled in sundry directions. Bittersweet is the only word that forms on the tip of my tongue, hardly adequate to describe the sick feeling in the pit of my stomach. Inevitable. The moment you become comfortable, it’s time to change again. Life is never static, always dynamically fluid. Tears threaten daily as I sit at my desk feeling alone, but surrounded by people I’ve grown fond of o...
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Bye Bye Buddha…
Background information: I have been sick since last summer. It’s been a constant battle between my stomach and the food I eat. I’ve had dengue fever (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dengue_fever) thanks to a mosquito. I’ve stepped on rusty nails and had to get tetanus shots. I’ve had headaches. It’s always something… A few weeks ago, my friend Alyse mentioned something to me that I hadn’t thought about at all. She said, “You know, maybe you’re a...
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Storytime with Cwalk (Part 2)
I will start out this blog by listing the reasons that my mother utilizes Facebook. To post incredibly long status updates that she copies out of the daily prayer quote book thing that sits by the toilet in her bathroom. To post pictures of the dog and publicly declare her birthday while posting a profile picture of the poor dog in full birthday garb with the most miserable look on her face. I mean, I know you miss me…but really? To record and post videos of her dancing with the dog to C...
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Posted on Saturday, August 14 th, 2010 at 4:36 am by Christin WalkerBKK Holiday.
Thank God it’s a 4-day holiday. Happy Birthday to the Queen of Thailand…thank you for being born so I can get a couple days off of work. You know, I can admit that my students are slowly convincing me to fall in love with them, but I needed a break. Mid-term progress reports just about killed me! I for sure had to write about all 120 of my students and figure out grades and blah blah blah. Honestly, I’d much prefer to be the student TAKING the mid-terms than the teacher GRADING...
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Welcome to the Real World.
Well…this month, the real world is officially smacking me in the face. Hello real world, I hate you. I went from livin’ that good life to being straight up BROKE in about 2 hours flat. I got my July paycheck on July 28, which happens to be the exact same day that I had to buy my plane ticket home for October. Sure, that was a pretty big blessing that those days aligned, or I wouldn’t have been able to come home, buuuuut I pretty much dropped my entire paycheck on that ticket be...
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Counting Down.
I’ve always been the Queen of Advice. (I’m also the Queen of Modesty if you haven’t noticed, too. Haha.) I’m just saying…I pride myself in what I have so eloquently dubbed “Blackhole time” with my best friends. That’s when whatever is said under the title of “Blackhole time” remains between whoever is there…it’s like a buffet of drama, issues, and verbal vomit with a side of no judgment or gossiping and amazing advice for de...
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Storytime with Cwalk.
9-13 But in the end, does it really make a difference what anyone does? I’ve had a good look at what God has given us to do—busywork, mostly. True, God made everything beautiful in itself and in its time—but he’s left us in the dark, so we can never know what God is up to, whether he’s coming or going. I’ve decided that there’s nothing better to do than go ahead and have a good time and get the most we can out of life. That’s it—eat, drink, and mak...
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Glass half shattered.
I’m proud to say that I’ve recently become more of a glass-half-full kinda person. For some strange reason, I’ve woken up smiling over the past few days, and it’s kinda weird…but I like it! This whole optimism thing is a good way to live, and I quite prefer it to the depressingly emo, pessimistic person I’ve been over the past few months. It’s time to start living in the moment, so forget the glass altogether. Depending on what it’s filled with, po...
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