CHINA | Saturday, 4 Aug 2007 | Views [151]
The world looks at the Chinese as a nation of workers. We imagine them sweating it out day in and day out like little busy and unstoppable ants. They do. But, more often then not, the ants also turn into some spectacular grasshoppers.
Along Beijing’s ... Read more >
Tags: Relaxation
CHINA | Sunday, 29 Jul 2007 | Views [175] | Comments [2]
Factory 798 is a superb idea both mine for going there on Sunday and Beijing’s for having it. It’s a kind of artist’s ghetto in the North Eastern side of town. A creative community living in an old factory complex that has been remodelled to contain ... Read more >
Tags: Culture
CHINA | Friday, 27 Jul 2007 | Views [188]
In a vain attempt to penetrate the products of this culture I have now applied my energies to two seemingly opposing endeavours. It fascinates me to see how similar they really are.
The thing that drew me most to Kung Fu initially, other than the need ... Read more >
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CHINA | Sunday, 22 Jul 2007 | Views [370] | Comments [1]
Having lived two years in this country and still only being able to speak to waitresses and taxi drivers should have given me a clue, still, I chose to pursue learning this infernal language.
I am sure that somewhere, somehow I must be making some sort ... Read more >
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CHINA | Sunday, 15 Jul 2007 | Views [191]
I love Beijing. I really really really do. I feel like I am being given a daily dose of oxygen and mojo. So much to do and so much to see in this city that is full of confidence without the arrogance, full of people without the noise and full of little ... Read more >
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CHINA | Thursday, 12 Jul 2007 | Views [127]
I am a student again, with the student card to prove it. I can’t believe it! And I love it! I love it! I love it. I look at the young people around me and I am envious. Envious that they get to do it so much earlier than me. Imagine going somewhere as ... Read more >
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CAMBODIA | Monday, 9 Jul 2007 | Views [216]
I feel I have been here a long time even if I haven’t. It’s the wealth and depth of the experience that makes it so. After Siem Reap and Angkor I took a boat to Battambag along what is supposed to be one of Cambodia’s most scenic routes.
This time of ... Read more >
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CAMBODIA | Saturday, 7 Jul 2007 | Views [182]
You may have seen pictures, read or heard about the splendour of Angkor but nothing can ever prepare you for the actual site. It’s a mind-boggling combination of elegance and size, harmony and impact with modernity hardly interfering with it. Coming upon ... Read more >
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CAMBODIA | Friday, 6 Jul 2007 | Views [170]
I would not have said anything about the people that I keep bumping into but today the unthinkable happened and therefore this merits being on the record.
This is not “Casablanca” and I am not Ingrid Bergman but of all the people in all the places and ... Read more >
Tags: Friends
CAMBODIA | Thursday, 5 Jul 2007 | Views [191]
I like Phnom Penh, it’s got a vibe, something alive about it even though it full of contradictions. The royal palace is flanked by shanty town buildings and child beggars on the streets. The city has temples that are the birthplaces of Cambodian Buddhism ... Read more >
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