Merry Christmas! I hope you are all having a wonderful holiday with your family and friends. Coming home this month was really good timing, I think. Most folks are in holiday mode, not a lot of work is getting done, and it seems more than appropriate to just chill out this month than to worry [...]
...more... →This is what San Diego is famous for! And it’s a color of sky I have missed terribly for the past two years! THAT is blue sky!
Quite often in Vietnam I complained about the grey skies and awful weather. There are really only two seasons in Hanoi. For six months, the sky is grey [...]
...more... →Of all the people I missed while I was away, this tiny little one made my heart ache the most. I could occasionally see my niece, LaNiah on skype when she was with my folks, but she couldn’t quite figure out why I was trapped in the computer and often did not want to talk [...]
...more... →It was a long plane ride back. There was a very strange man two rows ahead of me who was super fat, unable to breathe and possibly on some sleep medication. Thank goodness no one was seated around him. He flopped violently in his chair leaning to the right and to the left, forward and [...]
...more... →With this move back to the US, I really feel the weight of my decision to leave Asia. While I am happy to return and eager for a different kind of adventure, I know that I am really going to miss this extraordinary region of the world.
I fell in love with Asia when I [...]
...more... →When I was a student as UCSB, I remember very distinctly how my life fit within the trunk and back seat of my Hyundai Excel. Every box and suitcase has its specific place, and I packed the car up the same way at the beginning and end of each school year.
When I moved to [...]
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Welcome to On The Bright Side! My name is Shanna Bright and I’m glad you are here! I recently returned to the US and to my hometown of San Diego after living and traveling abroad for the past eight years. I’m not sure what’s in store, but I’m sure my life will continue to be a thrill no matter what new adventure I seek!OTBS Archives
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