Castellón, España- May 11, 2004
I sat down and made a list of all the places I´ve been in the last 10 years on a month-to-month basis. My inspiration was someone else mentioned that they had to do this before singing an apartment lease.
Here is my list:
1994: 1 month Portland Oregon. 6 months Minneapolis, MN. 5 months a different Minneapolis flat.
1995: 6 months Minneapolis. 3 months Portland Oregon. 3 months different flat in Portland Oregon.
1996 6 months Portland Oregon. 5 months Busan Korea. 1 month Thailand, Singapore, Nepal.
1997 1 month Nepal and Thailand. 1 month Portland Oregon. 1 month Michigan. 5 months Busan Korea. 1 month Budapest. 1 month Turkey. 1 month Chile and Argentina. 1 month Brazil (Sao Paulo).
1998 2 months Sao Paulo, Brazil. 2 months Rio de Jainero, Brazil. 1 months Sao Paulo, Brazil. 1 month Bolivia. 1 month Peru. 1 month Quito Ecuador. 4 months Washington Heights, New York City.
1999 2 months Washington Heights, New York City. 3 months Brooklyn, New York City. 7 months Tribeca, New York City.
2000 8 months Tribeca, New York City. 3 months Seoul, Korea. 1 month Vietnam and Cambodia.
2001 6 months Seoul Korea. 1 month Indonesia. 1 month Michigan USA. 1 month China. 1 month Philippines. 2 months San Rafael, California.
2002 1 month San Rafael, California. 3 months San Francisco, California. 1 month Seoul, Korea. 1 month JinJu, Korea. 1 month Hanoi Vietnam & Kunming China. 1 month San Francisco, California. 1 month in another San Francisco apartment. 1 month Michigan.
2003 1 month Lousisana & Nevada & California. 2 months San Diego, California. 9 months Seoul, Korea.
2004 (includes projected as of May 2004) 3 months Seoul Korea. 3 month Castellon, Spain. 1 month Spain & Ireland. 2 months Innsbruck, Austria. 3 months Castellon, Spain.
Anyhow, I was just sitting around and thinking about that. I suppose I could also look back at all my files to solidify that. But thats pretty much the extent of it.
Castellon is still fine. Its raining today. My classes are doing great. Very enjoyable. I´m a bit financially stressed thinking about the overall future, but its alright. I think I can bounce around student loans and credit card to make it through the rest of 2004 as a student.
Spain is very very good.. but I´ve come to the conclusion I´m much more interested in Asia. I´ve also been able to find some Latin American clubs and such.. but I´m realizing my Spanish isn´t all that great (like I thought) and I defintely can´t Latin dance very well - although I do like it. In short, I´m rediscovering or realizing how much more I like Asian culture, Asian food, and everything else. Anyhow, just an observation. I´m not leaving Spain or Europe anytime soon. Most definetely be here all of this year. Still debating about 2005 though. Maybe next year I will try to find work in either southeast Asia or Washington DC. Totally undecided at this point however.
Next Journal Entry in Spain:
May 30, 2004
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