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Never thought I'd end my Asia trip with such a difficult return back to the States. Life finds a way to balance positive moments with a few negatives, I guess. The important thing is how you, yourself balance those negatives with positives. That's what I learned/ experienced in this past couple days: 27 hours in Beijing Airport felt like a week in prison. No sleep, no proper food, no shower, and no internet (WhatsApp, skype, gmail, facebook all banned. Welcome to China! 🇨🇳 ❌❌) Nobody speaks a word of english. nobody cares about you. Mind you Airlines staff (@AirChina) may even call you a terrorist for the passport you carry. 😱You wonder how they hosted #Beijing2008 games. However, it's important to find ways to come back from darkness and what feels like an eternal prison since you may or not be selected to be on that next flight back to New York or that flight may very well be canceled in any minute. In those long hours of uncertainty about how I'd get back home or at the very least, speak to my family, I was lucky to have met some incredible people who showed me love and sympathy and proved again that traveling is about building tolerance and appreciation of one another despite some mean people or unlucky situations. Shout out to the muslim traveling couple from South Africa, Farah Naz and Samir with their 1 yo child, who embraced me like their second child, and Emily from San Fran, who's been backpacking in Asia for 3 months, who has inspired me to continue traveling despite rough moments only to find opportunities like these to meet the most interesting people in the most unexpected situations.🌏 It's 8 am on Monday, I'm on boltbus going back to Philly with my bags about 34 hours later than anticipated, causing me to miss a full workday today. :( Soon, I'll be on a new plane going to a new place to meet new people because it's worth it.Till then i'll be passed out 💤 💤. Can't wait to get back on the san diego state project (@aztecadaptivesports) that i've been thinking a lot about cuz -> #aztecadaptivesportsshowcase is coming up in 3 weeks and we'll be in San Diego!✨✨Jan 26-27, 2018. ✨✨ #alwayssomethingtolookforwardto #neverstopexploring #backtogramming (at New York, New York)

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Colors and shades #giantbuddha #travelyear #hongkong #latergram (at Hong Kong)

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Where is my raki-meze? what an amazing Sunday afternoon, quite unpredicted, listening to world music and celebrating diversity in Philly with Brazilian, Eastern European, Turkish, and Israeli music. Had the pleasure of meeting @aslihanerkisi from Istanbul and @deme from Brasil along with their kids who successfully photobombed all pics. 🇹🇷 🇧🇷thank you @altneuarts for organizing this event. #becauseart (at World Cafe Live)

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Post-conference therapy. Autumn in New England . 🍂🍁🍂 #NewEngland #tbt #foliage #boston #newhampshire #travels #skeletonfeet #sublimebrewery #thelastchairnh (at Franconia Notch, White Mountains)

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Caught her by the ear this time. sunset watching in bodrum. 🌅 #sunset #bodrum #rakimeze #şerefe (at Bodrum, Muğla)

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The Celestial Suicide 🕍 #churchdemolition The New Light Beulah Baptist Church 17th St-Bainbridge Philly, PA 1870-2017 (at South Philadelphia)

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#tbt to the Rio Paralympic Games when Team USA athletes were looking spectacular. Well today. I'm honored to meet one of them who's planting the seeds of hope at San Diego State. Kudos to you Ahkeel! Looking forward to what the future brings at SDSU! @a_dubyou @aztecadaptivesports @myabcmedical (at Old Town San Diego)

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New adventures, new wings... 🦋 🦋 hanging with Red Bull and Wings for Life for a day and finding inspirations for life. #lifeiswhatyoumakeit @wingsforlife @redbull #philly (at Red Bull 3style)

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A Brooklyn popcorn truck is parked in front of an old looking New York City building, on the front façade of which is a wall ad for Iphone7, featuring a young, kinda sad looking girl reading a book at her desk under the dim light. Meanwhile, millions of New Yorkers are rushing through the streets to get to their evening plans on a chilly Friday after work, hopelessly swiping left for potential dates, and/or checking media for potential political crisis, as it could happen at any point these days. On the 8th floor of the same building where the iphone ad is displayed, is a young boy in his early twenties, watching the hustle and bustle of his city he grew up in, sometimes gazing at the young girl featured in the ad, while designing his app that will help immigrants feel welcomed in cities, hoping that it would pick up and make a difference someday in the world. #goodnightnyc #muse #inspiration #stortytelling #🌃 #nyc #story #shotoniphone6 #shotoniphone7 #advertising #sunset🌅 (at New York, New York)

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“The disability world, particularly the world of wheelchair sports is like a developing nation’s economy. You go in and see the vast amount of Opportunity that lies ahead of you. It gives you a headache how much one can do. An Untapped market. Hungry to consume and waiting for creative stuff to engage then. If you are a little smart and creative and have a business mind, you can create stuff that can have a lasting impact. My advice for companies is to have an inclusive marketing strategy moving forward. You won’t regret it.

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I wrote this a year ago.still pretty firm about my belief.

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Account Planners of Philly is growing. Thank you @plannerzone for hosting our group tonight and thank you to our presenters @brand_jawn @forkandcrumb and Monica Lorusso from @allen_gerritsen for their excellent presentation on retail. Next up: happy hour in December and January we're at Mhealth #mhealth #accountplannersofphilly #accountplanners #planner #advertising #marketing #agencylife #consumerinsights (at Plannerzone)

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Last day in Brazil. Boat trip. 💦💦🛥#arraialdocabo

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Boatmen of Arraoial de Cabo #fishermen #arraialdocabo (at Arraial do Cabo , Rio de Janeiro)

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🚂 nostalgic train ride to the top of Corcovado. #cristoredentor

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Julia, the lovely Brazilian journalist from salvador whom i met during the Paralympic games asked if i would want to join her and her family for dinner one evening on our way back from the Stadium. I couldn't say no to this random but kind invitation. I knew it would be an amazing experience right away. And it was... the Lizboas gave me the warmth of a family thousands of miles away from my own. We sat for hours at a beautiful italian restaurant drinking wine talking about life, different cultures, and languages. Best one was, when they compared Portuguese to Brazilians. Ironic enough is that their last name is Portuguese. 😆i found so much joy and happiness talking to each one of them. By the end, we were all singing Bruce Springsteen's Streets of Philadelphia. Thank you Julia and all the Lizboas for your warmth and hospitality and for another unforgettable night in Rio. See you soon in either Philly or Turkey! ❤️🍷#jogosparalimpicos #rio2016 #brazilianfamily #brazilturkey ❤️ (at Copacabana Beach)

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#Urca stroll along the water admiring the view of the beautiful city 🌃 #riodejaneiro soon we shall join others for #cerveja on the wall 🙌🏻 (at Urca)

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#part3 Sunset 🌅 on top of Pão de Açucar #paodeacucar #sunrisetosunset #rio2016 #lastdayinrio (at Pão de Açúcar,Urca.RJ.Brasil)