I know I am a couple of weeks behind. But, please allow me to do my annual round-up. It was all about new beginnings, new experiences and new opportunities. I didn't realize it but 2013 was still filled with trips with family and friends. It didn't feel like it towards the latter half. In the first quarter, there was Hokkaido, the center of the Japanese Winter Festival. I was happy to experience snow once again. After 10 years, I remembered how pretty but inconvenient it could be. It was en route to Hokkaido that I experienced being disembarked at the snowy tarmac of Busan, with no warning. Walking in the snow was fun. Slipping on ice wasn't. Dressing up in layers, donning snow boots, drying skin, being driven in a taxi slipping on ice weren't my ideas of fun. I was glad to see that the THREE in Hokkaido trip reflect things we've started in TATLO. It just affirmed that we did something right. Then there was our US trip....