DIARY STORIES

In June 2025 I started a New Series of articles drawing on my Diaries written 50 years ago when I was an exchange student in Hong Kong for 2.25 years
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The stories below are
listed in the order they were originally written in my diaries
-- they are not listed in the order they were published --
These stories are also posted on my new Medium publication LIFE DIARIES

Diary 9/22/74 - A New Life On the Other Side of the World - (1) Environmental and cultural shocks in my first week in Hong Kong - published June 23, 2025

Diary 9/29/74 - A University Orientation from Hell - (2) My experience as a “greenhorn” at an all-male dormitory in Hong Kong - published June 24, 2025

Diary 10/17/74 - Adventures in Hong Kong - (3) Almost every day brought a new adventure and learning experience - June 28, 2025

Diary 10/23/74 - My Grandmother's Evangelical Friends - (4) I figure it can’t hurt to have people praying for my salvation! - July 7, 2025

Diary 10/31/74 - My Early (1974) Spiritual Encounters in Hong Kong - (5) Transcendental Meditation was a big part of my growing-up years, especially in Hong Kong - September 27, 2025

Diary 11/29/74 - Geography Sketches: From Squatters to Campers on Lantau Island - (6) Exploring landscapes, dodging lectures, and finding freedom in unexpected places - October 3, 2025 - this story was published in Tourism Geographic, but is from my Hong Kong diaries

Diary 5/15/75 - Head Trips - I had two unexpected meditation journeys in two days - published June 20, 2025 - The first of those two meditations is recounted in much greater detail in the next story, below...

Diary 5/15/75 - Fighting, Flying, and Becoming a Galaxy - I had an out-of-body experience long before I’d ever heard of such a thing - published June 21, 2025 - this story was published in New Earth Consciousness, but is from my Hong Kong diaries

Diary 5/24/75 - Meeting That Perfect Partner - My first experience of true love at (almost) first sight - published June 20, 2025 - although taking place well into my stay in Hong Kong, this was the first story I wrote up from my diaries, and is the one that inspired me to start this new series

Diary 9/11/1976 - Candles, Mooncake…and a UFO? - During Hong Kong’s Mid-Autumn Moon Festival, lanterns lit the trees —but something else lit the sky. - published October 6, 2025