New Year's Resolution - Circa 2004/5
{ December 05, 2005 }

The Problem With Girl Babies
{ March 04, 2005 }

The Difference Between a Shiite and Sunni Muslim
{ February 21, 2005 }

Kerry vs. Bush
{ October 31, 2004 }

Just Dating Thanks
{ October 04, 2004 }

Reverse Culture Shock
{ September 10, 2004 }

Homeward Bound
{ August 26, 2004 }

Are You Beautiful?
{ August 17, 2004 }

Lights, Camera, Shanghai Action!
{ August 10, 2004 }

Goodbye Teacher
{ August 07, 2004 }

A Simple Mongolian Herder's Wife
{ July 31, 2004 }

Cross with the Locals
{ July 02, 2004 }

Last Date
{ June 24, 2004 }

A Picture is Worth One Thousand Words
{ June 17, 2004 }

Overmedicated in China
{ June 14, 2004 }

Olympic Dreams Dashed
{ June 04, 2004 }

Cangzhou, Sweet Cangzhou
{ June 01, 2004 }

Crash Course China
{ May 16, 2004 }

Indian Masala (Part One)
{ May 11, 2004 }

Melanie and Mohammad's Birthday Bash
{ May 04, 2004 }

Ayurveda and The Three Doshas
{ April 27, 2004 }

Drunken Monkeys
{ April 20, 2004 }

Take Me to Your Guru
{ April 13, 2004 }

Cold-Hearted American Bitch
{ March 16, 2004 }

You Want Cold Drink?
{ March 02, 2004 }

The Road to Cambodia
{ February 24, 2004 }

And Then There Were Two
{ February 04, 2004 }

Leaving A Legacy
{ December 31, 2003 }

The Evolution Of Christmas
{ December 23, 2003 }

Calling All Spirits
{ December 16, 2003 }

A Necessary Blood Transfusion
{ December 09, 2003 }

Hold the Dogs
{ December 02, 2003 }

The Last Tourist In Thailand
{ November 25, 2003 }

The Year in Review
{ November 18, 2003 }

The Monks Are Coming
{ November 11, 2003 }

Literary Escapism In Paradise
{ November 04, 2003 }

The Dark Side Of Volunteerism
{ October 28, 2003 }

The Akha Way
{ October 21, 2003 }

American Citizenship And Other Dubious Distinctions**
{ October 14, 2003 }

Getting to Know the Locals
{ September 30, 2003 }

The Kingdom Of Thailand
{ September 23, 2003 }

The Ice Factory
{ September 16, 2003 }

Asia For Beginners
{ September 09, 2003 }

Escape From Australia
{ September 02, 2003 }

Televised Regrets
{ August 26, 2003 }

Saturn's Return
{ August 19, 2003 }

Talk To Strangers
{ August 12, 2003 }

Swimming With The Fishes
{ August 05, 2003 }

Gone Fishing
{ July 29, 2003 }

A Mosquito Has 47 Teeth
{ July 22, 2003 }

Our Word Is Our Bond
{ July 15, 2003 }

Strange Bedfellows
{ July 08, 2003 }

Odd Man Out
{ July 01, 2003 }

The Tour from Hell
{ June 24, 2003 }

Heading Bush
{ June 17, 2003 }

"Don't Count Your Quokkas..."
{ June 10, 2003 }

Slow And Steady Wins The Race
{ June 03, 2003 }

I'd Like To Tell You But ...
{ May 28, 2003 }

Five Minutes Being Turkish (Mike McGee)
{ May 20, 2003 }

Do You Speaka My Language?
{ May 13, 2003 }

The Urban Jungle
{ May 06, 2003 }

The Blue Blobs At Bondi
{ April 29, 2003 }

Will the Real Australia Please Stand Up?
{ April 22, 2003 }

What Goes Around Comes Around
{ April 15, 2003 }

The Soundtrack To My Life
{ April 08, 2003 }

Too Much of a Good Thing
{ April 01, 2003 }

Melanie's Magical Mystery Tour
{ March 25, 2003 }

Everyone Has A Story
{ March 18, 2003 }

From the Left, To the Left
{ March 11, 2003 }

The NYC of Australia
{ March 04, 2003 }

Fashion Foot Forward
{ February 25, 2003 }

A Curve Ball You Can Catch
{ February 18, 2003 }

Take It Out of My Tips
{ February 11, 2003 }

A Night of Few Words
{ February 04, 2003 }

Food Glorious Food
{ January 28, 2003 }

The Australian Open
{ January 20, 2003 }

Nature Calls
{ January 14, 2003 }

The "Ugly" American
{ January 06, 2003 }

Daily Life
{ December 23, 2002 }

Thanksgiving, Aussie-Style
{ December 06, 2002 }