| 1957 |
Contracts polio in Jerusalem |
| 1963 |
Moves to Paris, France |
| 1965 |
Prefers comic books to novels |
| 1967 |
Moves to Wiesbaden, Germany |
| 1968 |
Begins all English class quiz answers with, "...just because" |
| 1969 |
Returns to Maryland, USA |
| 1970 |
Produces book reports long on visuals and short on text |
| 1972 |
Moves to The Hague, Holland |
| 1974 |
Does not fail English Class |
| 1975 |
Graduates from the International School of the Hague |
| 1976 |
Attends Franklin & Marshall College with a view
to study law |
| 1977 |
Gives up law and travels to New Zealand while
keeping first of many 'Travel Journals' |
| 1980 |
Graduates with BA in Communications Studies from
University California at Santa Barbara |
| 1981 |
Sails around the Caribbean while boat-hopping and
writing second 'Travel Journal' before backpacking
across the Yucatan Peninsula |
| 1982 |
Submits articles to magazines for publication and
receives kind rejection letters |
| 1984 |
Moves to Taiwan to attend San Jose State program
in Chinese painting, calligraphy, seal carving and
language |
| 1985 |
Begins 'Travel Journal' while backpacking for 16
months overland across China, Tibet, Nepal, India,
Pakistan and China |
| 1987 |
Writes and directs conversational English
teaching videos for Ming Chuan College in Taiwan
1990 Writes and directs 15 TV documentaries while
sailing from Tahiti to Hong Kong |
| 1991 |
Writes and directs programming for Star Sports in
Hong Kong |
| 1993 |
Produces corporate communications for PepsiCo
Restaurants International |
| 1995 |
Transfers to Singapore and falls in love with
Angie |
| 1996 |
Travels and writes extensively throughout Asia |
| 1998 |
Stops working for a living to focus on painting
and writing |
| 1999 |
Receives MFA in painting with honors from RMIT |
| 2000 |
Continues to freelance for several Singapore
magazines |
| 2001 |
Paints and writes for five months across Europe |
| 2002 |
Returns to India |
| 2004 |
Finishes compiling and writing "Painted Journey"
a book based on ten 'Travel Journals' |
| 2005 |
Begins second book |
| 2006 |
Publishes first blog: gbatjourney.blogspot.com |
| 2008 |
''Color Your Life'' is published in Taiwan in mandarin |
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