Archive for the ‘Lifestyles’ Category

Travel : The D.C. Metro Experience

Living on Guam for more than half of my life, my experiences with any form of public transportation has been extremely limited. The bus service has never been reliable on island and we have no metro or train system, so I have always been either a passenger or driver of a automobile. When the friends...
June 9th, 2008 | Lifestyles, Travel | Read More

Vacation Plans this Summer

The summer months are quickly approaching and my wife and I are off on our first vacation together as a married couple. Unfortunately the costs of our large wedding set us back a bit so we were unable to take our honeymoon immediately after the big day. Personally, its been over ten years since I’ve...
May 13th, 2008 | Lifestyles, Personal | Read More

Ignorance no longer!

When I started driving back in ‘93 I recall paying about a buck nineteen for a gallon of gas. A few bucks could take me a long way and I never really worried about having enough money to fill my tank. Living on a small island, two to three dollars of fuel could actually last me a couple of days...
May 12th, 2008 | Food for Thought, Lifestyles, WTF | Read More

We need standardized carry on sizes!

With a little over five weeks left before our month long vacation to the US mainland, my wife and I have been debating on whether to check in luggage or to simply travel light with a single carry on and a small backback. After reading all the problems the airlines in the continental United States have...
April 26th, 2008 | Food for Thought, Lifestyles | Read More

My Secret to a Healthy Marriage

I recently read a post on The Secret to a Good Marriage on Saphrym’s site and just had to add my 0.02. Although I’ve been married for just a little over two years now (since ‘05), my wife and I had actually dated and lived together for a total of eight years before we took our formal...
January 28th, 2008 | Food for Thought, Lifestyles, Personal | Read More