I Don't Like Dealing With Money Transactions

By The Time The Plane Was Airborne I'd Forgotten England Even Existed.

I Don't Like Dealing With Money Transactions In Poor Countries. I Get Confused Between The Feeling That I Shouldn't Haggle With Poverty And Getting Ripped Off

I Knew My Affection For The Philippines Was Equally As Telling: A Democracy On Paper, Apparently Well Ordered, Regularly Subverted By Irrational Chaos. A Place Where I'd Felt Instantly At Home.

Trust Me, It's Paradise. This Is Where The Hungry Come To Feed. For Mine Is A Generation That Circles The Globe And Searches For Something We Haven't Tried Before. So Never Refuse An Invitation, Never Resist The Unfamiliar, Never Fail To Be Polite And Never Outstay The Welcome. Just Keep Your Mind Open And Suck In The Experience. And If It Hurts, You Know What? It's Probably Worth It.

The Truth Is, I Hadn't Grown Up Really Wanting To Be A Writer. The Whole Thing Was A Weird Aberration In Some Ways, And I Didn't Feel Personally Connected To The Level Of Success I Had With It - The Success Of Sorts, I Guess.