Hello, fellow wanderers! I’m a passionate traveler, adventure seeker, and storyteller. Join me as I explore the hidden gems, vibrant cultures, and breathtaking landscapes of our beautiful planet. From bustling city streets to serene nature escapes, I believe every journey offers a unique experience worth sharing.
My twisted path from there to wherever here is.
I DIDN’T PLAN TO BECOME A TEACHER: The Students Who Made Me Stay
I didn’t become a teacher because I planned to. I became one because I stayed. Because I said yes often enough. Because students like Alex and Clare taught me that education is not merely academic—it is relational, fragile, and profoundly human.
RAISED BY PLACES UNSEEN: The Quiet Way Borneo Found Me
I arrived in Kota Kinabalu under a veil of night. The airport was modest, its walls carrying a patina of age that felt unexpectedly comforting. It didn’t strive to impress; it felt lived-in, a doorway used by generations of travellers before me.
PART 3 – NO PERMISSION NEEDED: What Was Once Shame Has Become Pride
What began as innocent play, the joy of dressing up and pretending, soon curdled into confusion and punishment. My parents’ gentle corrections hardened into anger, their voices faltering with something more akin to unrelenting impatience. My pleas — small, wordless, desperate — were dismissed as misbehaviour. How could I have explained, at four or five…
PART 2 – SHAPE OF BECOMING: Grief, Legacy, and Inheriting Her Echo
Grief is a complex journey, shaping identity through loss and memory. Sabrina reflects on her relationship with her mother, navigating absence, longing, and legacy. While struggling to inherit her traits, they ultimately find strength and validation in her mother’s enduring voice, guiding them towards self-acceptance and growth.
PART 1 – UNFOLDING: A Trans Woman’s Search for Self and Sanctuary
In Canada, before I left, I moved through the world like a ghost—trapped in the wrong name, the wrong body, the wrong silence. In Korea, in this unexpected corner of Asia where cities shed memory as quickly as the seasons change, I found a stillness that held me. Through my camera lens, through hours of…
LIFE LESSONS FROM ANTHONY BOURDAIN: Embrace Every Moment
Anthony Bourdain’s life and tragic death inspired countless individuals to embrace life’s journey, encouraging exploration and community while highlighting the irony of his personal struggle with despair and isolation.
EXPLORING THE NIGHT IN PAJU: A Tale of Two Koreas
Just five-hundred meters across this veiled river, existing in the persistent blackness of the rogue nation to the North, a town with no name settles into night. An eerie silence lingers – like the low notes of a classical piano sonata. And as the sun sets over the village, she blithely cloaks herself; her collective…
THE ATROPHIED LIVES OF ORDINARY MEN: The Glory of Willful Homelessness
The author reflects on a life spent resisting conventional paths, using travel as an escape from a confining upbringing. Disillusioned by the modernity of Seoul, which contrasts sharply with her childhood dreams of an exotic East, she discovers fragments of Korea’s past in its rural areas. This duality evokes both love and resentment.
THE DARKENING YARD: Dedicating My Life to Simplicity
The travel writer Pearl S. Buck’s quote highlights the importance of appreciating small joys amidst the pursuit of larger happiness. The author shares experiences in South Korea, specifically on Oedaldo Island, where simplicity and purposeful living reign. The search for tranquility away from urban chaos fosters a deeper connection to life’s simple pleasures.
- I DIDN’T PLAN TO BECOME A TEACHER: The Students Who Made Me Stay
- JUSTICE ENDS WHERE POLICING BEGINS: The Shameful History of Policing The Gay and Trans Community in Canada
- RAISED BY PLACES UNSEEN: The Quiet Way Borneo Found Me
- ALONE AGAINST THE SYSTEM: Fighting Police Misconduct in Ontario Means Surviving It
- PART 3 – NO PERMISSION NEEDED: What Was Once Shame Has Become Pride
Sabrina Constance 