Today, we are lucky enough to have a guest blog from the always fun, always fashionable Tiffany Joh, reporting from Asia. We love watching Tiff play – and we love her YouTube channel – totally worth checking out!

Tiff Joh here, writing to ya’ll from beautiful Japan.

I’m here competing in the LPGA’s Mizuno Classic, and it’s the last leg of our Asia swing. This place is amazing. The people are ridiculously polite and the food is super yummy!

But before I tell you about how awesome Japan is, let’s re-cap my Asia experience.

I started off the swing in Malaysia, where temperatures soared above 100 degrees. Coupled with the humidity, it’s safe to say it was the sweatiest I’ve been in a while. Storms popped up like clockwork in Kuala Lumpur. They seemed to strike at precisely 3 pm everyday, so instead of packing my customary PB&J sandwich, I found I was able to hit up the lunch buffet after 12 holes everyday.

Despite all the rain delays, players had no problem entertaining themselves. Our player lounge had a bowling alley, endless supply of snacks and even a nintendo wii room. I pretty much stuck with bowling, perfecting my infamous granny shot.

At night, most of us girls stayed in the hotel. It was connected to a gigantic mall, so there was plenty to do, but one of the days, Vicky Hurst and I ventured out to Chinatown in KL (that’s how the locals referred to Kuala Lumpur) to look at some purses. It was quite an experience. There were so many things going on at once, it got pretty overwhelming. Not to mention, the haggling for prices was a skill that I had yet to pick up on. Lucky for me, Vicky was a natural.

Taiwan was our next stop. If I could describe the event in one word it would be: Support. The crowds were amazing and even though I didn’t play well, there was still so many fans out there cheering us on. It was so humbling and heart-warming to see how big of a deal Ya-Ni is in Taiwan, and how much everyone out there supports her. On second thought, I could also describe the Taiwan event with another word: Windy. There were 30-40 mile per hour winds all week; Saturday’s round, especially, was an adventure with some crazy gusts and oscillating golf balls on the green. The event couldn’t have been scripted better with my buddies Azahara and Amy contending, and Ya-Ni running away with it on Sunday’s picture perfect day.

After Taiwan, we had a week off before Japan. Some girls stayed in Asia, but I chose to go back to San Diego to re-group and hit up the beaches. I know a couple girls who went to Vietnam or Thailand for a week, and one friend who went to Hawaii.

Anyways, now we’re back in Asia. Last night we had the pro-am party and I just got back from playing in the pro-am. It was a little bit of a struggle to communicate sometimes, but I’ve learned over the course of my rookie year that a smile transcends any language barrier. One thing that I wasn’t used to was taking a 40 minute break after nine holes to eat lunch before heading back out to play the back nine. I’m not going to lie. I kind of liked it. Of course, any excuse to stop and eat is always good in my book.

Well, gotta go, a bunch of us are headed out to the lake to watch pearl-divers do their “thang”! ?

Sayonara!