What a day!

I know...how can I already be proclaiming 'what a day' when it has only just begun?

As I'm sure most of you know, today is the deadline for Americans to file their taxes (or at least request an extension).  It is also the tax deadline for paper filing of taxes in Singapore (they give you until the 18th if you are e-filing).  I have no idea why but I find it interesting that the deadlines are the same.  It raises the question to me as to when all of the other countries around the world are required to file their taxes?  Which reminds me, that this experience is making me think of things outside of the US which is a very good thing...even if it is as simple as when do the fine people of Peru or Ghana or Finland or Japan or Thailand have to file their taxes?

Today is also one year since my first blog...can you believe it???  Happy birthday to my blog!!!!  I've blogged about a bunch of different things...struggling with the cost of dish racks in Singapore...tracking the 22,000 miles I flew in one week...sharing pictures when I stepped on North Korean soil...moving...getting stuck in customs in Sydney...  I was a bit reluctant when I first starting blogging.  My brother convinced me it was a good idea but I really wasn't sure I would have anything to say or share.  I also really wasn't sure if anybody would be interested in reading about things that I experienced.  But...here we are, one year later and many blog posts later and I'm still writing.

Looking back on my blog posts, it has become sort of a diary for me...a good way for me to remember exactly what I was thinking and experiencing...for example on June 26, 2009...apparently I had a cold.  Sure, there are some big things that I would have remembered but probably not in the way that I can by reading exactly what I wrote and what I was thinking.

Am curious...what have been some of your favorite blog posts?  Anything stand out in particular?

So...lastly...today is my brother Alan's birthday.  He's not the hoopla kind of guy so I won't post a picture or go into too much detail other than to say thanks for encouraging the blog and Happy Birthday!

What a day!