Reality!

This whole adventure is actually becoming real! The Bonderman was on the UW homepage today with a link to the official announcement. So now the whole world knows that I'm a Bonderman Fellow and I am very excited about sharing my passions with those who ask me about my travels...but I kinda enjoyed it when nobody knew :)

I have my first meeting with Brook Kelly on Monday and I'm super excited. By the way, Brook is freakin amazing...the coolest faculty I've met at UW (not to offend anybody else at all, Brook is just that awesome)

More updates will come as necessary.

And I got my camera! Canon Powershot G11...very nice

Gettin Immune..

I just scheduled an appointment with the UW Hall Health Travel clinic to get my immunizations! They asked me for a list of countries I may visit and this is what I said (I definitely said as many countries as I could, just in case)

EUROPE (lots of them) Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda, Tanzania, Zambia, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, South Africa, India, Pakistan??? :), Nepal, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Laos, Singapore, Indonesia, Japan

I'm leaving my options open...

Eeny, meeny, miny, moe

I'm currently on the search for a reliable camera that I can take with me on my "yearish-long" exploration. I'm incredibly inexperienced when it comes to photography, so I'm looking for a camera that takes HIGH quality photos, but isn't anything like an SLR (where I actually need to know what I'm doing).

I've narrowed down the selection pool to basically 3 different cameras (I've ranked them according to how much I like them)

1. Canon Powershot G11

2. Canon Powershot S90

3. Panasonic Lumix DMX ZS7

This is a serious decision... who will be my companion for 8+ months?

A New Adventure

I am officially a 2010 Bonderman Fellow!!!!!!! I'm so excited its ridiculous!

For those of you who want to read more about the Bonderman Travel Fellowship, click here!

For those of you who are interested in reading a brief little description about my proposal and the other Bonderman Fellows, click here!

For those of you who want more updates, stay posted :)

I attended a church led by a pastor who is currently involved with a homosexual partner.

It was definitely different than anything I've experienced before, but who am I to judge? Honestly, I can't claim whether its right or wrong. Luckily, it isn't my responsibility. My goal is to live up to the plans God has for me...and thats hard enough as it is.