moebys rush park rules

Setting proper boundaries

I realize sometimes people feel they haveothers overrun their boundaries. It occurred to me that even the happiest place on earth, Disneyworld, has park rules. So thinking about my own space and life, I drafted rules for my park.

Moebysrush Travel Adventure Park rules

Welcome to Moebysrush Travel Adventure Park.
to ensure a safe and enjoyable experience for everyone, Please respect the following rules:
A. You and your luggage may be screened at anytime.
B. I reserve the right to not allow any luggage to be brought into the Park as I consider appropriate.
C. Please refrain from using profanity or engaging in unsafe, illegal or disruptive or offensive behavior.
D. Proper attire, such as clothing must be worn. Mask may not be worn by guests.
E. Smoking is allowed in designated areas.
F. Please supervise yourself at all times. To gain access to various attractions, (Cooking, Baking, Singing, sharing my personal life, etc.), you must be an adult.
G. Access to attractions, depends on safety rules for each attraction.
H. Tickets are non-transferable, non-exchangable, non-refundable, revocable and void it altered.
I. Use of Park is at your own risk.
J. Keep possession of your own personal luggage and take out your own garbage when you leave. Do not litter.

Prohibited Items:
The following items may not be brought into the Park:
A. Weapons of any kind.
B. Overflowing anger or rage.
C. Bitterness and unforgiveness.
D. Pornography.
E. Items that may be harmful or disruptive.

Following activities are not allowed:
A. Unauthorized access into MRTA Park.
B. Unauthorized access into private company office or historical or financial files.
C. Unauthorized touching of person MRTA park areas.
D. Sexual advances.
E. Any attempt to gain control or control any MRTA park attraction area.
F. Engaging in any safe act that may impede operation of Park.
G. Bringing in your own luggage to do intentional or unintentional terrorist activities.
H. Assume that MRTA agrees with every opinion, thought of feeling, or action you take.
I. No camping. No squatters. You must leave the MRTA park area before closing time.

MRTA Park Rights:
A. I reserve the right to deny admission, or to require a person already admitted to leave the park, without explanation, compensation or discussion, if I consider that the circumstances so require.
B. I may, from time to time, without prior notice and without explaination, or compensation, change the Park operating hours, or attractions, close the park entirely or some section temporarily, restrict the number of persons having access to Park, and/or suspend or cancel attractions or entertainment project if I feel the circumstances so require.
C. By entering as a guest, MRTA has the right to take photos or write stories about your life without compensation.
D. Property of MRTA parks is not for sale or hostile take-over. All properties and subsidiaries of MRTA are protected under this clause.

Cherating Malaysia captures with quiet peacefulness

I have gotten to explore a bit around Malaysia.
JB again visiting my friend Zu. Having some great conversations about life and business ideas.

Kuantan-there's a nice little beach a bus ride away from the city center. There's a great Makmut restaurant that has food for all Malay-Chinese, Malay and Indian. My favorite is the Tandori Chicken and Garlic Naan bread.
Then there's the waffles with Kaya, coconut butter spread. Delicious!

I am sweating all the time since humidity is so high and temperatures also.

I went up to Terranganu. I met a local man with 5 daughters and one son. The kids were playing in the ocean. In this region, it is quite strict Muslim and the girls are swimming in the sea with long sleeve t-shirts and head covering-hijab.

I met a really interesting guy from Jordan there and we ended up talking a lot about Islam and Christianity and the roots of Islam. He has read a lot and studied and has been very frustrated with some of the accepted things of his religion and is seeking a way of peace and love.

Also saw some friends on the road again in several cities in Malaysia.

I went up to the jungle, Taman Negara and did several walks in the rain forest, canopy walk and swim. I met a girl from Argentina and it was nice to speak Spanish again too.

While we were there a Malay girl, 19, was out with a group and then in the cave for an overnight trip and suddenly fell over and died. The guide had to run more than an hour to get help as cell phones don't work here. The whole group was evacuated just in case. They are thinking perhaps dehydration, but it's unclear why she died. It was sobering for locals and tourists that someone died where we were all walking. One guide told us that he thinks once a year around Sept that a person disappears in the jungle. I looked it up and there are people who are still missing and apparently got separated from their group and were never heard from again  I did hear that if one gets lost in the jungle, to find one of the big trees with huge roots out of the ground and get a stick and beat on that and people will come and find you to help you get out.

I went to KL and got to see some more parts of the city. I met up with a guy I had met 9 months ago in Laos. My friend Abed took us to little India where we ate rice on a banana leaf. They serve different kinds of vegetarian things and you eat it with your hands. Was super amazing food.

I went to Malaka a super cute little city. I met some great people there Erin, who we spent the day touring around, walking up the river in the middle of the city and taking pictures at sign that said, picture point, and having a laugh at all the crazy t-shirts in English that make no sense.  "Better alone"  "Insert quote here"  "

also met a guy Sammy who I ended up bumping into in the coast later too. We got some great sunset shots.and did a bike cruise around part of the city with a bunch of people staying at the hostel. It was quite fun.

I headed to Cherating where I had spent 5 days earlier. During the first trip I stayed at some cute cabins Matahari. and met a German lady Heidi. She has been coming to Malaysia for more than 30 years, first as a teacher in KL. It was great fun as she showed me around the little village,and introduced me to some locals also.  I got some great pics of horned toucans that are black and white. 

On my 2nd trip, I also stayed at Mataharis. I am still there now. : ) I have been having a great time relaxing, swimming, writing, and getting organized. I have decided to get a laptop and then finish my psychology book on touch: Skin Hunger. Im nearly done.

I have also learned that sometimes people are polite but that doesn't mean that they feel the same level of friendship with you as you feel with them. Maybe as my friend Sammy said, they have trained to act polite but have no character. I try to give people the benefit of the doubt but sometimes it seems things cannot be salvaged.

some strange occurrences in Malaysia right now. There is a laundry mat in JB where the guy decided to only cater to Muslim clients. Apparently their dirty laundry is different than non-Muslim dirt. The King denounced this action and said that Malay people live in harmony with their differences of culture and religion.

Now a shop has opened with a sign Malay only, with products for health care from Japan. There is a sign in the window in Chinese directing them to another branch of this health system. The owner say it is not discrimination but that there are no Chinese speaking staff. This has been denounced also.

It is interesting how the differences are starting to be a cause for division in a society that has been somewhat harmonious. There are some quota systems that heavily favor Muslim in government jobs and contracts of 70% so for non-Muslim this is sometimes difficult.

I have gotten to be here with the village for the preparation and cooking of Ashura. They make a porridge that feeds the whole village a sweet treat. The village is about 500 people. The women start the day before peeling garlic, chopping onions, sweet potatoes, lemongrass and cooking chicken. There is coconut that is shredded with a machine similar to a blender on it's side, where you hold half a coconut and then it grinds the coconut meat. The next day there are 6 huge woks over wood fires. Then the men of the village takes turns stirring the Ashura for 4-6 hours. The mixture has sweet potato, garlic, onion, lemongrass, sugar, lots of it, salt, cinnamon, water, cloves and is cooked until caramelizes and turns deep brown. then it is scooped out into the containers that everyone has brought to take it home. It is eaten with shredded toasted coconut on top, either warm or cold or frozen. Since then people in the village wave at me and say hello.

There is a Thai lady who has lived in Cherating and had a restaurant for 28 years. I have gotten to spend some time visiting her and another lady from Hawaii, who converted to Islam and married a Malay and has lived here for 20 years.  Her family has a little shop and tourist bus passes.


Monsoon season has started and the weather is changing. It is still hot 30 C or 86 F. and about 80-90 % humidity. It's fun meeting guest coming and going from the cabins also.
I'm learning a few words in Malay and enjoying the delicious Malay food. Banana fritters with cheddar cheese and blueberry is my current favorite. There's a great green curry chicken dish at the Thai place.

My 90 day visa is coming to a close so I will be rotating somewhere, not sure where.
This month Marlon Jake turns 30 years old!  I can't believe that so much time has passed. I hope that someday soon we will meet and be able to forge a good relationship.

hugs and love to all

Singapore and ahead

Last week Aug
Did a trip to Singapore to see the Cloud forest and Flower Dome and visit New Creation Church with Pastor Joseph Prince. Was quite cool. I met a girl, Philippino, who is currently a sex worker and feels trapped by family obligations to continue earning money but does not want to continue this lifestyle. We had some long talks about options and I am connecting with people in the Philippines to help her get out. She is wavering as she is making these steps and feels she will never be truly loved. She is a kind girl and I want to see her free.

I met this super cool guy Andrew, India. He is searching for work in Singapore and we had a great time visiting and he invited me to visit him and his wife and mom in India. I will at some point.

Sept looking forward
Am headed to the beach on east coast Kuantan and Terenggau. I will focus on finishing my current level of projects. Hopefully meeting up with friends ive met on the trip.
I am working with my cousin Jon to meet him in some point in South Korea and hang out while he sets up living there. So Korea is in my future and I hope to see my new friends again.
I am heading still slowly towards Papa New Guinea, New Zealand and Australia.

It is now 5 years since making the choice to find adventure and life on the road. Its been interesting, frustrating, great meeting new people and seeing things and finding center again to bounce to new chapters.

Recovery ankle and teach English

In Vietnam, I bought a motorcycle to keep off my ankle and then rented a room. I ended up staying for 5 weeks. I found an excellent rehab program for my ankle. HEM-ankle rehab. I got videos recorded for Live Dreams Life Coaching and reedited my book Skin Hunger. It's nearly done. Yes! I connected with Linh again from the airbnb. It was great to see a familiar face along the road. I stayed in a cool building with a couple from South Africa, Matt, and Vietnam, Linh 3! And their small dog, Cuzzy. I was on the 21 floor and on the roof was a garden area and temple. On the basement level was a supermarket. It was convienant.

My ankle started getting much improved quickly. I looked for English camps in Taiwan and Malaysia, trying to go their next. I got hired in both places. I flew to Hong Kong on the way to Taipei. I got to spend two days there seeing the cool, international city. It is amazing to cross on a boat in the day and night to see the city. I liked the vibe and mix of west and east cultures. They speak Cantonese.

Next back to Taiwan. June, 2017 now.
I met a lot of great teachers and had a nice roommate, Kimberely, during the training time. Mostly we played games. Then we went off to our respective camps. Sue, South Africa and I were the two teachers at our camp. There was staff Danny and Fanny, Kathy. Sue and I, each had teaching assistants. Kevin was mine and helped greatly for me to interact with the 22 students in my class. We rotated classes so I also taught Sues' class of 21. She had the more beginning students and mine were more advanced. We had an incredible class. The kids were 11-12 years old. We would have a lesson for 30 minutes and then games for 20 minutes. For the closing ceremony, my class put on a skit of a talent contest, I played my guitar and the students chose me to win. It was sweet, but my voice was dying from speaking so much and singing and having a bit of a cold.

Then I had a one day switch to the camp in Malyasia. I managed to come in and ride over with the kids from the Singapore airport. They were quite tired by the time we rolled in at 4am. I got to live in a Villa on a golf resort with some great flatmates. Molly, Dallas, Mason and Gina. We would do a daily unwind of the day and then relax. Molly and I fell into a pattern of swimming and laughing, nearly drowning for at least an hour every night.
We had 8 hours of teaching with 8 students per class. It was interesting to meet the Korean students and learn their English names and personalities and teach them some English. The kids were super sweet and kind. Of course, being away from their homes with all new friends sometimes was a bit stressful. The kids had activity days and then would be wiped out the next day from too much fun or even be a bit sick. They were all able to progress in their levels of English.
I met a great friend, local Malaysian teacher Zu. We ended up having a great time talking and laughing along with Amardee, UK guy. Seriously I have a new lifelong friend. She took us to local restaurants and answered our questions and was a friend. This was very special to me.

I was able to do some day trips to Singapore with Molly where we met up with Dallas and Mason for a great outing. And another quick trip to Kuala Lumpur with new friends Megan and Cassie.

Another incredible thing was the kids heard I was playing worship music and asked if they could come. So many came and we enjoyed being together and having fun and bringing them snacks. It was fun to play my little guitar and sing.
I still have not recovered my voice from the long days of talking and swimming in the evening air and having yet another cold.
The kids have impacted my already good feeling of Korea with another layer of how incredible the people are. We have kept in touch on fb.

Ankle slows easy travel time

March 10-2017 Injured my ankle quite severely in Danang, Vietnam. Was walking and twisted it and had to stop and then put ice and two hours later did a major twist while standing and could not put weight on it for one week.
I did get help from the wonderful ladies at the hostel, Linh T. who made sure to call a doctor who did a hostel visit, took me on her scooter to get cash and go get an x-ray and food. She was so awesome and I had a lot of fun with her talking.
I hitched a plane to meet up with friends in Hanoi and walked a bit on my ankle which made it worse. So I stopped walking much and then got a cold and I was stuck in our airbnb. Although, this Linh C., was also quite kind, I did not enjoy being stuck in one place. I was demotivated to do anything. My friend took care of me, making herbal steam baths for me to cry my misery into.
April 11, 2017
Despite my ankle not being fully recovered, my brain needed new things to interest it. I flew to South Korea. I went to look for a community I might live and then to find an English teaching job. I got to hang out with my friend, Anna, who I had met in Vietnam in January. She gave me the tour of Seoul. It was a very clean organized city after coming from the organized chaos of Hanoi.
I enjoyed seeing the tourist renting traditional Korean outfits, Hanbok,and taking pictures. We saw the river that is now running down the middle of the city and the changing of the guards at the Deoksugung PalaceWe did touristy things of walking in the Hongdae section of town where students hang out.
Then I took a bus to the coast Busan. I met some nice people at a local international church and the hostel where I stayed. My new friend, Jaime, UK, and a Chinese girl and I went to try some food. She wanted to go halfway across town to eat beef intestines. Jaime tried to do his best and eat some, and I tried a few. They were very chewy without much flavor and we decided that we were not fans. Jaime, Johnny and Hanik, Czech Republic, and I decided to travel to Jeju Island together. We ended up taking the night ferry which was great fun. We met another interesting UK guy Ashok. He had been living in Russia and teaching. So we had bunk beds on the boat for the 12-hour journey and then all followed Ashok to Skuwalker Guesthouse. My ankle was still a problem. I was unable to walk more than an hour a day on flat surface. My friends did a hike up the Hallasan mountain, 9 ours! I did some cool adventures to the lava tubes with Nuri, Dutch, and Karol, Poland. They were super fun guys and it was fun. I went up to see the volcano with Jaime too. We took loads of pics as he had a Ted, teddy bear on his backpack and it drew a lot of attention.
Another day on the bus, Jaime and I met a Korean guy. He got off the bus to socialize and wait for the next bus while he bought us a coffee. I asked him what were the key ingredients in Kimchee. He somehow misunderstood and thought I wanted his personal secret recipe which he refused to give me. I started guessing-cabbage? Paprika? Salt?  He would only shrug and say, "Could be?" It was quite funny.
Then we ran into Johnny and Hanik and walked around the beach, took silly pictures and built rock towers. We ate at a restaurant local seafood and kimchee.
In the hostel, they requested I play my guitar. It became a nightly ritual. One night, a cool Korean guy, who could not speak much English was asking me to play. Finally, I relented. I came and played a song. At the end of the song, people were commenting but then all eyes focused on him. He raised his hands in the air, as if grasping for an idea, he pursed his lips looking for the words and then he said, "Angel voice!"  We all laughed at his hilarious expressiveness and it was sweet how much he enjoyed it.
Another night * , Austrian guy and *, Korean staff sang along with me. It was great fun for me to have a different kind of participation.  We sang and really enjoyed our time together.
Jaime and I flew back to Seoul and went with Alma to Sowan city. A fortified city that you can walk around the walls. This day, my ankle was quite improved, although I did try to stop and take breaks to not exacerbate my condition. We went to a fried chicken restaurant where Alma ordered for us beer, chicken and a side of chicken ass-holes. Apparently a chewy, specialty. Jaime said it was better than the beef intestines we had previously tried. ; )

I felt a bit nervous of the tensions with North Korea and decided to head back to Vietnam to recover my ankle. On the way back, I stopped by Taipei. I really liked it. I stayed in the Bear Capsule Hostel. You are in a cocoon and have a tv, blue lights and mirror and outlets. If I ever have a house, I'll build some cocoons for guests to sleep in.  I visited Life House Church Taippei, and the people were so amazing. I planned to return.

Moto adventure

You are only responsible to not collide in what is in your forward field of vision. There are no rules. The only guideline is shortest distance. Going against the main flow of traffic or crossing all traffic is accepted as long as you take care of what is in front of you.

The pecking order is simple. Might makes right, except cows. Inconvenience makes right and then might. In descending order of who gets the right-of-way; cow, semi-trucks (lorries), trucks, cars, tuk-tuks, moto, bicycle, pedestrians, goats, dogs, cats, chickens and rats. If you know where you land in the order, than you are free to move freely about. Being on moto gives you an independence to maneuver around any larger vehicle in your path and to defer to any larger mass overtaking you.

The cow makes her own rules. She moves slowly and sometimes unexpectedly changes directions and runs. Honking might seem to encourage her to move out of one's way but she takes her sweet time. . .

Coming soon on amazon.com

Closing the Marcus Honda Win Chapter

Three months ago, I purchased a Honda Win which I named Marcus. He's Italian. Ha ha  We started together in Siem Reap, Cambodia north to Lamprabang, Laos east to Cua Lo, Vietnam north to Hai Giang then south in 5 heavy rain days to border of Vietnam/Cambodia then back to Siem Reap. It was amazing and the joy and freedom of a moto are invigorating. I told Marcus we were in a temporary relationship and prayed over him to run well and now yesterday he has gone on to a new French owner to return on the road again.
As with all Honda Wins, he required some regular visits to mechanics for small annoyances or some bigger issues.
We had one interesting slide together and survived intact. I feel proficient enough to ride in Vietnam and coined the phrase-There's room for everyone. sometimes it looks like the traffic has no room but if you make a small indent, then suddenly you can proceed where you wish to go.
I throughly enjoyed the spectacular views driving in Laos. Wow! Amazing!!!! I had to stop and keep taking pictures. People would run up to me with a beer or to check on me even without common language.
In Vietnam, several communities tried to adopt me and integrate me into their lives when I stopped for coffee. : )
As this chapter closes, I will remember it fondly.
As I used to tell myself at the end of each day-I'm still alive!!!