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Trying to Cycle Across Kuala Lumpur

October 1, 2014 – 3:34 pm
Kuala Lumpur - Nothing but highways

Wednesday October 1, 2014
8:00 a.m. Bird Nest Guest House
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Words fail me about my adventures yesterday. I went out on my bike to find the Olympus service center, and I discovered a first in history – a city without streets, a city made up entirely of highways. Just as I had no choice but to ride from the airport to downtown on a highway …

Thoughts from a 7-11 in Cebu

August 10, 2014 – 12:57 pm
What You Could Drink at a 7-11 If You Wished

It’s 7 in the morning and I’m sitting at one of many neighborhood 7-11’s in Cebu City. It’s like I’m back in Taiwan. But not really. In fact, being at a 7-11 tends to heighten some local characteristics, as I can compare it to the 7-11s in Taiwan. As you can probably guess, in every comparison, the Filipino version comes up short.
My biggest complaint (as …

020 – Giving and Accepting

October 21, 1998 – 7:34 pm
Tiru Gondar Sons_opt

I’d taken all the photographs assuming that I’d give them to the family, but now that it came down to it I didn’t know how to go about distributing them. There were pictures of two or three people together so to whom should I give it? There were pictures of adults with children. Should the picture be given to the adult or the mother of …