PHILIPPINES | Tuesday, 6 May 2014 | Views [250] | Scholarship Entry
We took a long drive, some eight hours drive north of Manila, to go to parks? I kept my thoughts to myself; my mouth was parchment dry despite seven glasses of ice water & two cups of coffee. Still, that seemed like a far better idea than listening to ... Read more >
Tags: 2014 Travel Writing Scholarship - Euro Roadtrip
CHINA | Sunday, 24 Mar 2013 | Views [288]
I knew from online sources that I, someone who spoke no English, would be better off buying a metro card than hoping to ask a stranger for directions. This wasn’t Hongkong that was littered with homesick expats eager for an English conversation, ... Read more >
CHINA | Sunday, 24 Mar 2013 | Views [261]
It rained one sweltering July afternoon, for hours non-stop and well into the evening. My Chinese friend said, “Like summer rain…” as if there was something to follow. I stared at him blankly.
“You know, like the saying, “... Read more >
CHINA | Monday, 11 Mar 2013 | Views [256] | Scholarship Entry
I was stretching on the corner facing Dihao Hotel at 6AM, beside a streetlamp of a bouquet of large oval incandescent bulbs that lined the streets of this block. I wasn’t the type to change my morning routine on the account that I happen to be some 300 ... Read more >
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CHINA | Monday, 11 Mar 2013 | Photo Gallery
Demolition Site/ Construction Site
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CHINA | Monday, 11 Mar 2013 | Views [226]
They are tearing down a small village with a name that translated to “Five Shop Town” in English. Ditches ten feet deep expose centuries of clay in varying shades of red. I see a half-torn barber shop with men’s hairstyles painted on ... Read more >
