It's been a whirlwind two months since I last posted, filled with ups and downs. Some of the highlights include seeing my friends from Texas I haven't seen in over a year, having an amazing trip together in Hong Kong and Vietnam and meeting some truly awesome folks during my travels. Some lowlights include getting my iPhone pickpocketed and losing my brand new digital camera I had for all of 7 days (although I will contend that was stolen too).
I've never really had anything of significant value stolen from me (my childhood doesn't count) so when I discovered that my iPhone was nicked by some ladies of the night on our short walk from our friend's hotel to our hotel, I was pretty pissed. Most of my friends have never seen me upset, let alone angry. I'm usually a pretty even keeled guy. That night, I was angry. If I had found the people who had stolen it, I might still be stuck in Vietnam being held for assault. Trying to track down my phone the next day just made me more annoyed, especially since I wasted a day trying to get it back, but I eventually resolved that it was gone, and moved on, but sulked for a while before coming to the conclusion it could have been much, much worse. At least they didn't take my wallet and camera too. I didn't get stabbed or physically assaulted. I still have all my organs. Who knows what some of those people are capable of. In the bigger scope of things, it's just an item that's easily, albeit expensive, to replace.
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