Tuesday, April 20, 2010

Anywhere But Home

Last month, I quit my comfy office job of seven years back in Orange County, California so that I could travel the world full time. I will be supporting myself by playing poker and gambling on sports. And though I haven't written anything much longer than an email since I left college, I will be attempting to chronicle my experience on this blog.

I'm bringing with me little more than a duffelbag of clothes and my laptop. The only plans I have booked are my one way ticket to Hong Kong and a few days worth of hotel reservations.

Beyond that, I have a variety of personal goals I would like to accomplish over the next few years. These include but are not limited to:
  • Enrolling in a Mandarin language school in China
  • Gaining an appreciation for soccer in time for this summer's World Cup (ie trying to understand how people overseas watch it without succumbing to intense boredom)
  • Experimenting with different multi-phasic sleep schedules
  • Making a televised international poker tournament final table (beyond getting knocked out by a pseudo-celebrity at the WSOP)
  • Starting my own small business overseas
  • Becoming a millionaire
  • Maintaining a blog
  • And, of course, seeing as much of the world as possible
Let's hope I'm not broke and living out of my car by the end of the year.

2 comments:

  1. I have a feeling you are on the right track in your quest Gerald! Just dont let things slow you down. Stay focused and you will get want you want in life! If there is one thing in life that I regret it is missing many opportunites to follow my dreams...i hope the Canton Fair was great...im sure there are many business opportunities that will peak your interest...i will talk to you soon...

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  2. hi jj! i can remember the first time i met you. you were perhaps 3 or 4 years old and living in hawaii. auntie joanne has photos of you taken at that time. fast forward...july 2010. you are a very skilled writer. concise, yet quite expressive. i like your style. better yet, i like your blog and what you are doing to get your thing done. your current lifstyle of traveling gambler on the lookout for something viable and profitable is admirable. you arer...inspirational.

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