Stories from my perspective with the sake of telling a story
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January 31, 2019
If thereās one thing I learned two years ago after getting robbed and starting over again by getting a job, is that life never goes to plan. Getting robbed didnāt teach me that, but showing up at work one day to learn our startupās getting chopped up and sold for spare parts, and suddenly ending up jobless did. Life doesnāt go according to plan, so you shouldnāt put all your eggs in one basket. You might be better off planning for it to go off plan. Despite āplanningā to work at this company longer, Iām suddenly jobless again, as of…
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December 23, 2018
It’s getting close to year since I wrote my last real article on Maruf Hops Maps and it’s made me realize I don’t know what I want out of this blog anymore. What started as place to write about exotic fruit, travel destinations, and stories buying weed has turned into a website with an unclear purpose. I’m putting this blog on indefinite hold until I find a purpose for it. To find out where I am right now, check out my /now page, which I will continue to update, and to learn who I am, check out my about page….
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September 20, 2018
I arrived on a sunny Tuesday I didnāt know what to expect other than it was a permaculture home. It was my first time volunteering on a familyās permaculture home. You donāt get to choose your brotherās and sisters unless the profile that led you here mentions youāll be āone of the familyā. It was time to found out how this family volunteer works and if we click. Families have their habits and rules and my stay with Hemon and Katie in New Zealand was no exception. Some habits are hard to get used to, like limiting m internet to…
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January 23, 2018
In the future, I predict silence will be stupidly expensive commodity, and unadulterated nature even rarer. Right now lying in my tent beside a tree-encircled pond, near a flowing river under pounding rain in New Zealand. It feels like nature, except for the droning bass in the distance, which shatters any notion that Iām alone. Once I embraced the fact that Iām a loner, being alone is what I desire most in this hectic system called life. With three quarters of New Zealandās population on the north island, I thought Iād find peace and nature on the untamed South Island….
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January 16, 2018
I am writing here because I am stuck in a rainstorm. Itās been four days since last sun, four amazing days. Now I want to leave, but the rain won’t relent… It rained non-stop last night and thank god my tent is mostly waterproof. Otherwise, Iād be wet right now, trying to write this. Then again, had yesterday shown sun, I wouldāve continued my travels towards New Zealandās famed west coast. Instead, Iām resting cozily against my backpack, in a soggy tent, between an almost flooding river and the highway somewhere near Motueka. Iām here because Ben & Annie, a…
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January 14, 2018
New Yearās Day, I wake up to the usual obnoxious bass blares from atop the large hill where the main stage sits. Itās 8:15, I’ve fully rested and whoops, Iām late for work. I walk past the vans and tent to the kitchen and I see ā Crap, nobody woke up. Iāve been here five days already and Iām the only one here now to make breakfast. How did I go from staying in a house in Whanganui to camping and cooking in a valley on New Zealandās South Island at a music festival? I didnāt know this event existed…
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January 5, 2018
Travel brings many insights, by hitchhiking, many more. I decided, Iām not going to plan anything in New Zealand. Why should I need to? Iāve come with the belief that, to experience New Zealand, you donāt need to plan anything. All you need is basic preparation: a tent, a bag, a thumb, and a smile. In my first two weeks, Iāve seen countless mountain ranges, sand dunes and stunning beaches, but the most interesting experiences were with the locals, both indigenous and colonist. My first driver was a friendly racist named Peter. He worked his ass off employing a team…
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December 20, 2017
There were no roosters to cock-a-doodle doo this morning, instead, at around six, a symphony of birds, mosquitoes and other unseen forest animals squealed out a resounding wake up call. I feel groggy; I got six hours of sleep separated by five hours of jet lag insomnia. Sleeping in a bushy forest is always mixed bag of goodies, you never know how hungry the mosquitoes are, or if youāll find a flat spot to pitch your tent where nobody will see. Iāve had worse than this. I start the morning with my pack up and slap dance: fold my tent…
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December 18, 2017
From the sleepless flight from Kuala Lumpur to the two hour interrogation at airport customs, New Zealandās throwing hurdles at me. I woke up today at 2:30 pm on the floor of my hosts disheveled loft somewhere in the boonies outside of Auckland. I donāt know where I am, and the lack of WiFi and GPS is keeping that secret from me, however, in my sleep deprived state, I managed to ask my host, Andrew, which way the nearest grocery store is, before he left for work in the morning. āThat way,ā he pointed away from the direction we came…
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December 4, 2017
āHey Amigo!ā Shouted a scruffy voice from behind me as I walked down a dusty street of Cartagena. A scruffy man cruises towards me on a shaggy bike, as I keep walking. His bike has seen better days. Both handles supported large Costco sized plastic bags full of junk and his hunched posture tells me that he didnāt buy that bike. Furthermore, heās not looking too good either, with a few teeth missing. He calls out, āCocaine, Hierba! Do you want?ā Iāve shouldāve kept walkingā¦ Itās my first month in Colombia and second day in Cartagena, where Iāve escaped from…
