#guamlife

[superstitiontattoo]

DM @superstitiontattoo for appointment info #superstitiontattoo #guam #guamtattoo #guamtattoos #guamtattooartist #navalbaseguam #andersenairforcebase #mcbcampblaz #campblaz #mcbcampblazguam #andersenafb #aafb #bignavy #nbg #671 #671tattoo #671tattoos #hafaadai #instaguam #guamlife #madeinguam #tumon #tumonbay https://www.instagram.com/p/CpPRbpnLIFd/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[ronaldleesg]

[3 Oct 2022] 1xhic 🇰🇷 Sofitel Philippines Plaza Manila (https://www.instagram.com/p/CjPWtbrLfLB/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=)🕊️

[2 Oct 2022] 1xhic 🇰🇷 Raffles Makati, Manila (https://www.instagram.com/p/CjM2wpNraQ1/?igshid=NmNmNjAwNzg=) 🍁

[17 Sep 2022] 1xhic 🇰🇷 Four Seasons Bangkok 🇹🇭 (https://www.instagram.com/p/CiomMEirXOx/?igshid=NmNmNjAwNzg=) 🤺

[16 Sep 2022] 1xhic 🇰🇷 St Regis Langkawi (https://www.instagram.com/p/CijumM1rsTa/?igshid=NmNmNjAwNzg=) 🤺

[13 SEP 2022] 1xhic 🇰🇷 Four Seasons Langkawi ((https://www.instagram.com/p/CicBxJ6hrzy/?igshid=NmNmNjAwNzg=) 🌕)

[11 SEP 2022] 1xhic 🇰🇷 Alila Bangsar 🇲🇾 Kuala Lumpur 🌇(https://www.instagram.com/p/CiWc8n1rG2_/?igshid=NmNmNjAwNzg=)

[3 SEP 2022] 1xhic 🇰🇷 Hôtel des Arts Saigon M Gallery 🇻🇳 호치민에는 도대체 뭐가 있는데요? (What the hell is there in Ho Chi Minh?) 🌇(https://www.instagram.com/p/CiChwW1rIyf/?igshid=NmNmNjAwNzg=)

[29 Aug 2022 ] 1xhic 🇰🇷 Sofitel Saigon Plaza 🇻🇳🌇 (https://www.instagram.com/p/Ch1IKUSrDnU/?igshid=NmNmNjAwNzg=)

[15 Aug 2022 ] 1xhic 🇰🇷 Legacy Yen Tu - MGallery 역시 빌 벤슬리… 베트남에서 손꼽히게 아름다웠던 공간 (Bill Bensley... The most beautiful space in Vietnam) 🇻🇳 #베트남 #옌투 #옌뜨 #레거시옌투 (bed https://www.instagram.com/p/ChRN6ferOUg/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y= pool https://www.instagram.com/p/ChQt48OBucC/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y%3D)

[31 July 2022 ] 1xhic 🇰🇷 hot at 날씨가 Hot한 여의도 한강수영장 🌟 (https://www.instagram.com/p/Cgn5zAiLfLg/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=) 🚴🏻

[26 July 2022 ] 1xhic 🇰🇷 Hotel de l’Opera Hanoi - M Gallery 🇻🇳 (https://www.instagram.com/p/CgdQZCFBQ12/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=)

[24 July 2022 ] 1xhic 🇰🇷 InterContinental Hanoi WestLake 🇻🇳 (https://www.instagram.com/p/CgYcpuQLbKX/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=) 🏊🏻‍♂️

[23 July 2022 ] 1xhic 🇰🇷 Sheraton Hanoi Hotel 🇻🇳 (https://www.instagram.com/p/CgWXnYHrj7m/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=) 🏊🏻‍♂️

[3 July 2022 ] 1xhic 🇰🇷 the Anam Resort 🇻🇳 Nha Trang 🌟 (https://www.instagram.com/p/CfiyCrjrGi8/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=) 🌳

[19 June 2022 ] 1xhic 🇰🇷 Lotte Hotel Seoul (https://www.instagram.com/p/Ce9_ftWh1kT/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=) ⚜️

[18 June 2022 ] 1xhic 🇰🇷 Lotte Hotel Seoul (https://www.instagram.com/p/Ce7bLQmBbXC/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=) ⚜️

[15 June 2022 ] 1xhic 🇰🇷 Hotel Nikko Guam

[14 June 2022 🇺🇸] 1xhic 🇰🇷 water sports

보트와 패들만 있으면 어디든지 갈 수 있어~🤗 (You can go anywhere as long as you have a boat and paddles~🤗)(https://www.instagram.com/p/CexHBjWB9x0/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=) Burning torso #괌 #괌여행 #미국 #미국여행 #두짓타니 (#Guam #Guam Travel #USA #USA Travel #DusitThani)(https://www.instagram.com/p/Cex6EpGBaTj/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y%3D) 🌳

[13 June 2022 🇺🇸] 1xhic 🇰🇷 vacation in GUAM

Tarzan 🌟 (https://www.instagram.com/p/CevAqiSraU2/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=)

[12 June 2022 🇺🇸] 1xhic 🇰🇷 vacation in GUAM

테라스에서 아침을 머그면 기분이 참 조크등여 (當我在露台上吃早餐時，我感到非常愉快) #🇺🇸 #괌 #괌여행 #미국 #미국여행 #츠바키타워 #guam #guamtrip #guamlife #instaguam #tsubaki #tsubakitower

https://www.instagram.com/p/Cer02APBZM5/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y= 🌟

[11 June 2022 🇺🇸] 1xhic 🇰🇷 -> Guam

@ The Tsubaki Tower

몇년만이야 미국🍹🇺🇸🥹 (https://www.instagram.com/p/CeqHdVXB_db/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y%3D) 🌟

[21 May 2022] 1xhic 🇰🇷

지긋지긋 조선궁 트릴로지 진짜끗^.ㅜ ㅈㅅㅈㅅ 디스 멈춰!

I'm sick of the Joseon Palace trilogy ^.TT Stop this diss! (https://www.instagram.com/p/CdzmuUKrgTi/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=)

[17 May 2022] 1xhic 🇰🇷 - 🏊🏻‍♂️

예뻐여? Pretty?

#조선팰리스 #조선팰리스서울강남 #JosunPalace #JosunPalaceSeoulGangnam 💛

https://www.instagram.com/p/CdpMDLwLgZ_/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=

[27 April 2022] 1xhic 🇰🇷 - 🏊🏻‍♂️

#ParkHyattSeoul - #파크하얏트서울 🌟

bath : https://www.instagram.com/p/CcuEfT1rGAi/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=

swimming: https://www.instagram.com/p/Cc1gulfh8Mj/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=

gym 🏋🏻🚴🏻 https://www.instagram.com/p/Cc2bQbML5BV/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y= 💛

[25 April 2022] 1xhic 🇰🇷 - gym 🏋🏻🚴🏻

https://www.instagram.com/p/CcuEfT1rGAi/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=

[30 March 2022] 1xhic 🇰🇷

heaven 🌟

https://www.instagram.com/p/CbuMoRDrD-F/?utm_medium=copy_link

[26 March 2022] 1xhic 🇰🇷

🌨🌞 홀리데이인 익스프레스 서울 홍대 💛

https://www.instagram.com/p/CbjemJ8LvQ2/?utm_medium=copy_link

[26 March 2022] 1xhic 🇰🇷

홀리데이인 익스프레스 서울 홍대 💛

Holiday Inn Express Seoul Hongdae

https://www.instagram.com/p/CbT2mkRrJqc/?utm_medium=copy_link 👨🏻‍💻

[3 March 2022] 1xhic 🇰🇷 🤿

Fairfield by Marriott Busan Songdo Beach 🌊

https://www.instagram.com/p/CaoLHdnBp9V/?utm_medium=copy_link

[28 Feb 2022] 1xhic 🇰🇷 🏊🏻‍♂️

https://www.instagram.com/p/CagMgIFBqX1/?utm_medium=copy_link

[8 Feb 2022 🐯 正月初八 🎍] 1xhic 🇰🇷 at 이천 테르메덴스파

후기: 생각보다 온천수가 안뜨거움 근데 물밖에 나오면 몸서리치게 개추움ㅐㅎ 귀음청빨개져따

Review: The hot spring water is not as hot as I thought it would be 🌟

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[2 Feb 2022 🐯 正月初二 🎍] 1xhic 🇰🇷

목환자•팔환자의 요양기 🤕Convalescence period for neck and arm patients 🤕 @ Sofitel Ambassador Seoul & Serviced Apartmentd

https://www.instagram.com/p/CZdhgy9hmai/?utm_medium=copy_link

[24 Dec 2021 🎄☃️] 1xhic 🇰🇷

Squash boy 🥍

https://www.instagram.com/p/CX0rPgNhGd9/?utm_medium=copy_link

[18 Dec 2021 🌟] 1xhic 🇰🇷

Pfizer blues

#워커힐 #비스타워커힐 #워커힐호텔 #w호텔

#walkerhill #walkerhillhotel #whotel

https://www.instagram.com/p/CXfJg3mBEqU/?utm_medium=copy_link

[11 Dec 2021 🏊🏻‍♂️] 1xhic 🇰🇷

믓찐척ㅎㅎ x Vista Walkerhill Seoul 🌇

Lotte World Tower on the opposite side of Han River

https://www.instagram.com/p/CXVQUrjBrQa/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link

[1 Dec 2021 🎄] 1xhic 🇰🇷 - 🌇

Oppa~~ 나강릉가거시풔~~~

https://www.instagram.com/p/CW7uPiBhgcP/?utm_medium=copy_link

[26 Nov 2021 🏊🏻‍♂️] 1xhic 🇰🇷 - shower

https://www.instagram.com/p/CWunWwSh0nc/?utm_medium=copy_link

[24 Nov 2021 🏊🏻‍♂️] 1xhic 🇰🇷

전세내따~~ Jeonse Naeta

https://www.instagram.com/p/CWj5iMNBgFc/?utm_medium=copy_link

[15 Nov 2021 🏋🏻] 1xhic 🇰🇷

사우나후 무척 수척하고 무기력해 보이는걸?ㅋㅋ

You look very emaciated and lethargic after sauna?

https://www.instagram.com/p/CWSB-KRhIu8/?utm_medium=copy_link

[13 Nov 2021 🏊🏻‍♂️] 🇰🇷

1xhic x 파릇했던 잎들이 노오란 색으로 물들 즈음 차가운 공기와 함께 겨울이 성큼 다가오는 소식이 들립니다 (As the green leaves are turning yellow, you hear the news that winter is fast approaching with the cold air.) 🍵

front https://www.instagram.com/p/CWNCJMxBsrN/?utm_medium=copy_link

back https://www.instagram.com/p/CWFHFmYhogG/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link

[7 Nov 2021 🚢] 🇰🇷

1xhic x 사우스케이프오너스클럽/

South Cape Owner’s Club 🍵🎪

https://www.instagram.com/p/CV9OBJ_hKoj/?utm_medium=copy_link

[25 Oct 2021 🏊🏻‍♂️] 🇰🇷

1xhic x Sofitel Seoul 🚢

Outdoor jakuzzi in Seoul city

#소피텔 #소피텔서울 #소피텔앰배서더서울

https://www.instagram.com/p/CVbzHhvh4v_/?utm_medium=copy_link

[16 Oct 2021 🏊🏻‍♂️] 🇰🇷

1xhic x 여여가름을겨우울으앙

https://www.instagram.com/p/CVRdtsChIxl/?utm_medium=copy_link

[16 Oct 2021 🎃🌟🥍] 🇰🇷

1xhic x #포시즌스호텔서울 Four Seasons Seoul

https://www.instagram.com/p/CVEpDiwhBEZ/?utm_medium=copy_link

[11 Oct 2021 ☘️🎪🦩] 🇰🇷

1xhic x poolside life in Park Hyatt Seoul 🏊🏻‍♂️

https://www.instagram.com/p/CUBsj9JByzL/?utm_medium=copy_link

[1 Oct 2021 🌕🚁🌅] 🇰🇷

1xhic : 믓찐척실패ㅋ/It's a failure.

https://www.instagram.com/p/CUd9ChBhSP0/?utm_medium=copy_link

[14 Sep 2021 🌟🚁🌃] 🇰🇷

1xhic x Park Hyatt Seoul 🎪🍵🚢

https://www.instagram.com/p/CTyIdE7B3Z-/?utm_medium=copy_link

[11 Sep 2021 🌟🎍🎋🎑] 🇰🇷

1xhic x Jeju - seal skin 🎪🎸🚁

https://www.instagram.com/p/CTtE2L4hxHR/?utm_medium=copy_link

[31 Aug 2021 🎸🌟🚁] 🇰🇷

1xhic x relaxing in Jeju

https://www.instagram.com/p/CTOOUa6hhQI/?utm_medium=copy_link

[27 Aug 2021 🎍⛲️] 🇰🇷

1xhic x relaxing in Jeju

https://www.instagram.com/p/CTD9wv9hUBO/?utm_medium=copy_link

[22 Aug 2021 🌟🎪🎑] 🇰🇷

1xhic x countryside picnic 🏙

#그랜드하얏트 #그랜드하얏트서울 #하얏트호텔 #하얏트

https://www.instagram.com/p/CS3CSE4hkO1/?utm_medium=copy_link

[15 Aug 2021 🌟🎍🎋🎑] 🇰🇷

1xhic x Grand Hyatt Seoul 🏙

#그랜드하얏트 #그랜드하얏트서울 #하얏트호텔 #하얏트

https://www.instagram.com/p/CSk3ODGBDJL/?utm_medium=copy_link

[6 Aug 2021 🇰🇷] 1xhic x Park Hyatt Seoul 🏙

https://www.instagram.com/p/CSNwrv9hC5B/?utm_medium=copy_link

[7 July 2021 🇰🇷] 1xhic New Monday, new work and new goals @ Four Point by Sheraton Seoul 🏙

https://www.instagram.com/p/CQqc-rOtRs5/?utm_medium=copy_link

1xhic: //새삼진지한척ㅋㅋ/I'm serious again./我又是認真的。//

https://www.instagram.com/p/CQ5TkjNtsL0/?utm_medium=copy_link

1xhic: //삼부아파트10동/Sambu Apartment Building 10// @Fairmont Ambassador Seoul 🏙🌟🎍

https://www.instagram.com/p/COovbYGtWoM/

1xhic: //새삼진지한척ㅋㅋ/I'm serious again./我又是認真的。//

https://www.instagram.com/p/CQ5TkjNtsL0/?utm_medium=copy_link

[22 Jun 2021 🌟🎍🇰🇷] #원시크/1xhic

#GrandHyattSeoul #그랜드하얏트 #그랜드하얏트서울

https://www.instagram.com/p/CPFImwftVid/?utm_medium=copy_link

[indiaimagine]

Micronesia is an Oceania subgroup made up of thousands of more than 600 islands in the western Pacific Ocean. Read More... https://bit.ly/3R85whL #island #islandlife #islandsofadventure #islandstyle #ocean #oceanview #oceania #micronesia #guam #guamlife #aguamicelar #indiaimagine #travelphotography #travelgram #blogger #travelblogger #travelinggram #traveltheglobe #travelalone #travelmoments #blog #travellust #blogtour #photooftheday #picoftheday #lifestyle

[nikg671]

[american-denim-parano]

[lady21rose-blog]

Post work vibes this morning after a 12 hour graveyard shift. I truly feel blessed to have the opportunity to be in Guam again to work in a community where kindness is the culture. Nursing is NOT for the faint of heart but it’s rewarding when you can help someone who truly needs your skill set. To me this picture depicts that through the dark clouds and rain there’s still a chance for sunlight and rainbows. Be somebody’s sunshine and rainbow through their storm. “And this too shall pass” - 2 Corinthians 4:17 #gypsyrose #travelnurse #travelphotography #guam #guamlife #gypsynurse #rainbow #travel #travelgram #nurse #nurselife 🇬🇺⛈🌦☀️🌈💪🏽🫀🏥👩🏾‍⚕️🌹💊❤️‍🩹🇺🇸🌎📍🧳🏝🥰 (at Guam Memorial Hospital) https://www.instagram.com/p/Cchg87HLO7Y/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[erika-queen-beezy]

[jadencia]

I miss Guam 🥺

[billabong47]

Atop of life like being atop of the falls... . . . . . . . . . . #guamlife #guam #instaguam #travelphotography #travelgram #cntraveler #thebestdestinations #beautifuldestinations #jungle #naturephotography #nature #natureza #discover #discoverearth #awesomeearthpix #awesomeearth #explore #awesome #love #amor #beauty #islandlife #paradise #waterfall #palm #travelgram #wanderlust #mood #triumph #ahyeah (at San Carlos Falls) https://www.instagram.com/p/CL98JrHjRTZ/?igshid=onqdn4d8dw03

[emilyselberg]

[superstitiontattoo]

DM @superstitiontattoo for appointment info #superstitiontattoo #guam #guamtattoo #guamtattoos #guamtattooartist #navalbaseguam #andersenairforcebase #mcbcampblaz #campblaz #mcbcampblazguam #andersenafb #aafb #bignavy #nbg #671 #671tattoo #671tattoos #hafaadai #instaguam #guamlife #madeinguam #tumon #tumonbay (at Guam) https://www.instagram.com/p/CqE6867uB16/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[seanokana]

I can’t have a dog, so when one approaches me, I basically adopt it for the time being. 
#guamlife #gulife #jimmydees #doglover #gudlife #guamliving #lockdownblues #eveninglight #sunsetpainting #sunsetpics #fujixh1 #fujifilmxh1 #photography (at Guam)
https://www.instagram.com/p/CFitP17l0tu/?igshid=14p3uwsx5roa3

[emmas-adventures]

Hafa Adai ! ☺️☀️🏝✨

[nikg671]

[damedatte]

[islandfromtheboy-blog]

I remember falling into the water

Panic rushed over me almost as quickly as the salty water engulfed my face. I inhaled what felt like a gallon of warm seawater and sand as my eyeballs burned all the way to the back of my skull. To where my brain was. 

My arms and legs desperately reached out into oblivion for anything. I could almost make out voices through the commotion as I struggled desperately to regain control of the mental and physical systems running this fairly new body.

"Stand up!" 

My right arm went cold and numb as my bicep was squeezed and nearly yanked out of my shoulder socket. I ascended to the surface. All systems go. Eyes still burning. 

"Stand up, it's not deep!" 

I dug my heels into the warm sand as my center of gravity found its place. The water was about waist deep. My cousins laughed as I almost drowned to death.

This is probably the earliest memory I can recall. I'm not sure how old I was at the time. Two or three, maybe. But that day lives on vividly, a bright blue sky strewn with patches of thick white and gray clouds. After every wet sniffle, the smell of BBQ chicken and ribs accompanied by burnt shrimp shells and fish scales. 

Aunties eagerly greeting everyone with "Hafa boy, come 'n eat now!" All while waving papaya branches over the food to shoo the flies away. Cha-cha music bounces out of 12" Kicker speakers from behind my cousin's lifted Toyota 4x4. It's a familiar memory I'm sure we can all somehow relate to.

Hafa adai, kamusta, aloha, and welcome to my blog! 

I'm from Guam, but currently live in San Francisco. I've been haunted by the ghost of the island boy I used to be. I started this blog to reconnect with the culture I was born into and had reluctantly left behind in pursuit of mainland dreams. As I pass on and rediscover my Guamanian heritage with my new family, I'll share my impressions of island life through the lens of a Guamanian transplant, now living in the mainland. The mission is to help ease the mahalang (homesick) feelings of my fellow transplants and give insight and perspective to those interested in our island. 

I will share interpretations of favorite Pacific island food recipes for those looking for a quick cure for mahalang feelings or to just simply show off to your haole friends. I also want to share tasty recipes I've picked up throughout my travels and living out here, you know, to show off to my local friends. We will also discuss some of the current events and concerns of our Pacific island community and explore ways we can be active and contribute as the away team. This might be interesting. We'll see what happens.

I hope I can make this blog a welcoming venue of insight and perspective, a cultural center for my island familia all over the world.

Aye, 'cus it's the maolek thing to do!

Thank you, si yu'os ma'åse, mahalo, and maraming salamat po!