The Inaugural entry

Hello everyone- friends, family, heart throbs.

Earlier this year, I was accepted into the Hong Kong program at Syracuse University. As I had always wanted to travel somewhere exotic, I chose to accept.

I've had several people ask for me to bring back souvenirs, postcards, and other stuff, but I dont think I'll be able to accommodate every request. That said, I've started this blog as a way to share my experience with anyone who wants to take part in this epic saga with me. I'm also doing this as a way to remember everything I've done.

I haven't really determined how this blog will be laid out, so bear with me through the first couple of posts (I know, they will probably suck) while I figure out the best way to put this together. Hopefully this will be some cross between entertaining and informative, but I'm not really sure.

The name of the blog, Saigon Headache, came from the idea that some people believed that I was going to Asia to find a women I'm not, by the way and that I was stricken with a case of Yellow Fever. While this is yet to be determined (I'm presuming I'll find out), that blog name was taken by this jerk who hasn't even written since October 28th. I must say though, he did beat me to the punch. Instead I turned to other names which gave the same effect. After a long time (10 minutes) on Urban Dictionary, my prime source for any slang, I discovered the term Saigon Headache. The first definition was spot on for me:

When a Caucasian person (usually male) likes a person of Asian descent (usually female); as used by MadTV alum Will Sasso.

While I don't like MAD tv as much as SNL, I was willing to go with it, espicially because of the second definition:

White men afflicted with this ailment tend to objectify all females of Asian descent. A funnier and more clever version of yellow fever

While this was a debatable definition (it only had 19 thumbs up vs. 13 thumbs down), I went with it.

Anyways, time to start packing, the trip begins soon. Expect another post within the next few days about my night in NYC, the flight on a Boeing 777, and how rough security is because of this. Who knows, maybe I'll post something about how awesome my packing skills are.
Until next time,

-Nick-