Kenya: Chaos, an African perspective The on-going political violence in Kenya has been on the front page of Tanzanian newspapers and on the tongues of the Tanzanian people. While waiting for a cobbler on the street to repair my Dansko sport clogs (all for 500 shillings – 50 cents!- and saving me the $110 of …
I am typing in my very own sitting room verandah in this small city’s only fancy hotel, the Orion Tabora. Outside are the intermingling sounds of people speaking Swahili at their bar, Marvin Gaye’s “Sexual Healing” (for the third time in the last hour), a man singing prayer at the nearest mosque, frogs, crickets, turtles …
My arrival in Tanzania was a classic one. We had left a cold, gray, drizzly London the night before and landed in incredible tropical mugginess. I shed about two pounds of clothing in the process just to keep from sweating out all my fluids. The visa application area was total chaos. A crowd of confused, …
Karibu Tanzania! Assport Control and the Pilipino Double Delight Read More »
My first re-impressions of London:-> Everyone smokes! -> Black and brown people get seriously detained and interrogated by other black and brown people at immigration. (Self hate is deep!)-> I get easily lost in most places. I blame it on my left-handedness and poor sense of direction. In London, I get ridiculously lost. Despite studying …
Our Choi family holiday gathering was almost everything I could wish for: good family folks, fun holiday gatherings, good Asian food, warm and friendly strangers who took me in like their own, crazy kiddie escapades – such as naked time pee pee and the sugar special seen in the video below…. and the beach, sunshine, …
Christmas & New Year -with Aloha- in O’ahu, Hawai’i! Read More »
Aloha from Hawai’i. I am being silly and exploring nerdy visual-design-data resources online while the sun, ocean, beach and valley beckon outside. Before I turn off this computer, I want to share this awesome resource with y’all (which my neighbor-friend Brian Sullivan sent to me):http://www.gapminder.org/world/ http://static.videoegg.com/ted/flash/loader.swf
