IV Adventures

G'day Mates, After being on the train for 41 hours, I finally arrived in Seattle, Washington. The reality of this feeling still feels unreal. The feeling is more like going on an unlimited holiday that does not have an ending. As I got off the train with my three luggages and a backback, I took a deep breath of the fresh morning brisk air. Then I said to myself, "is this really real." Afterwards I requested an Uber to the Green Tortoise Hostel. This is the hostel where I will be working and staying at for the next two months. Thus far my coworkers seem like pretty cool people from all over. Some of the locations are Madison, St. Louis, Ontario, Toronto and Montana. As I dropped of my luggaged in my room and showered to refresh. I noticed there were a free walking tour to a small neighborhood of Seattle called Fremont. Of course me being curious I quickly jumped on board to join this tour. As I was waiting for the tour to kick off, I met this person named William from ...

        G'day Mates! My journey has officially kicked off to the Pacific Northwest of Seattle, Washington. Leaving Milwaukee has been bittersweet, because I won't see some of my friends for awhile and the Midwest culture will be missed as well. It is amazing as I embrace a new journey, how much I impacted people in numerous of ways. Some of these relationships connections has been unique, and I only hope they continue to grow as time goes on. At the moment I am enjoying my first one way ticket train ride to my new home city. The train ride from Milwaukee to Seattle is 41 hours, but there is a special bond you get to experience throughout the journey with strangers. For example, as I were searching for an open seat I found this seat next to this older lady. As we started to talk, I found out she is from the UK. She is traveling in the States visting friends she met from random places from overseas.  I think it so unique this lady was traveling by herself, and d...

In life we constantly meet new people, but my question is why certain people come in and out our lives. These people one way or another impact our decisions, rather they are good or bad. During my experience, I analyzed the people who I encounter over the years and realize how much these people inspired me to follow my dreams and passion. It all started with my mother. Since my mother had me at an early age, there were a lot of things she never had done or experienced before. Being the first child has taught me to be responsible, well mannered, stubborn in a good way and eventually led to becoming an outgoing person. As my traveling passion kicked in, I noticed my mother started to live her dreams through my trip adventures. Eventually, she became inspired to start traveling herself and even purchased a passport. I was in awe and amazement at how something so small can make a huge impact. As I got older, I started to work in different work places, doing various activites and embrac...

Do you remember as a child when you wanted to do something, you had to get permission from your parents? Most of the times if they said no to something, you'll find find a way to convince them to say yes. Growing up as a child seem hard, until we become adults and realize we had it easy. Living under parents house rules to me was frustrating at times, because I wanted that freedom of doing what I want to do. That is why when I had the opportunity to go away for school, I did not hesitate at all. The ability to become independent and make choices of my own felt great! The one thing I have noticed once we become free from our parent house rules, we eventually enter another form of rules. I call this next chapter of rules "relationship guide lines". I support all people happiness, but I noticed people do loose that freedom of doing the things they wanted to do in life, again. Some restrictions do occur due to their partners jealousy, different interest of fun, or a control...

As the month of May comes to an end, I realize my move out west is approaching faster and faster. Months ago the days seemed long, but now things are getting surreal. Of course, I am going to embrace and enjoy my last summer in Milwaukee. This bitter sweet feeling is filled with curiosity, joy and great passion. Many people has asked why I am moving out west? My response is why not? I created many friendships and met a lot of great people. At the end of the day I hope I can continue these relationships with them. These people has inspired me in many ways. Although people do not want me to leave, but I hope I can give them the extra opportunity to come visit me out west and seek new things. In my mind I contemplate rather or not moving out west is for me? One of the hesitation is I may miss out on a relationship here. Another reason is financial risk and lastly I'll be the first one in my family to move far away. All of these questions are valid, but the only way to answer these...

Have you ever seen somebody in public by themselves, and felt sad for them, or thought they were lonely? My question is why do we quickly assume these people are unhappy, sad or lonely? As a society, I have noticed it is Taboo to do things in public as an individuals and not with others. Some of these activities includes eating alone, drinking, going to the movies, and numerous other activities. In my opinion, I feel the ability to do these activities alone represents a strong independent trait. I do understand not everyone is outgoing or outspoken compared to others. At the time rather you are shy or spontaneous, I recommend you should go and try the things you like to do.  The reason why I wanted to discuss this topic because I want more people  to go out and do the things they love to do. I've talked with many people who were either married, engaged, dating and single. The common answer people told me why they don't do certain activities because they didn't want...

Have you ever wonder where your dreams are from? Or even a better question is why we even have dreams?  Dreams are interesting because it gives us the ability or the illusion to see the future. This feature can help us analyze the things we are going through at the present moment.  I have notice there are certain clues and objects in which I came across in reality, and they some how appeared in my dreams. During these times, I wonder if I am over thinking or shall I follow what my dreams are telling me? The crazy part about dreams, is that it can take years until we get an answer. Like that phrase goes "being patient is a virtue".  The bottom line, a dream can be our ultimate fantasy film. Sometimes it ends in tragedy, often there are happy and sad moments. Most times we can wake up angry or continue to wonder why a particular dream you just had happened? I would like to hear some feedback from your experiences of dreams and to dig deeper in this topic. The mind w...

G'day Mates, Today marks off the Wisconsin Primary Elections. It is an important day to go out and voice your opinions. Unfortunately, many people do not care enough to go out and exercise their freedom to vote. Some of the excuses I hear is that their vote will not count, or they do not know enough information about a particular candidate. On the contrary I do understand these concerns. The other issue is that the people who do care are confused about the new ID laws to vote. For example, a person was able to register to vote, but could not vote with the proper ID. This can be confusing and frustrating as well, but I think the way to eliminate this issue is to consider early voting. This process will eliminate any issues that may prevent them from voting. Hopefully, this solution will encourage people to vote for the elections in November. The reason why I vote because many people died and fought hard to have the freedom to vote. Throughout history, there has been numerous of b...

G'day Mates, I am finally ready to get back in the groove of writing again. Everyday,I constantly have numerous of ideas in my head. Ranging from life lesson, cooking recipe's, traveling tips and many other ideas.I haven't created a particular focus point yet, but as time goes on I am sure something will start flowing. Until then, I hope you will enjoy my blog stories and adventures. As always, I will love to hear back some good feedback! Cheers, IV