Archive for January, 2010
Friday, January 29th, 2010
‘Hai Helps Haiti
In a previous post, I had mentioned that I’d be joining with some peeps here in some charity/volunteer work at the top of 2010….and that we have! A few weeks ago, as a part of the BEAN Network here in the ‘Hai, several of us visited an orphanage for disabled children. About 10 of us [...]
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Friday, January 29th, 2010
Next Stop… New Zealand!!!
As if living in China for my 2nd year, being lost in translation and slammed with cultural differences is not adventurous enough…
As if sleeping in a hut in the grasslands of Inner Mongolia after hours of horseback riding for my first time was not adventurous enough…
As if camel trekking for my first time and camping [...]
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Thursday, January 28th, 2010
Drown
SUPER quick read of Junot Diaz’ debut work, Drown. I read this in a day. (Thanks to long ass end-of-semester meetings, conducted all in Mandarin, where I sit with tunes flowing thru my intact earbuds and a book in hand.)
About:
With ten stories that move from the barrios of the Dominican Republic to the [...]
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Tuesday, January 26th, 2010
Happy Birthday Aquarians!
To all of my many fellow Aquarian friends… let us not forget why WE ARE PERFECT IN EVERY WAY…. Happy Birthday!
and always a goodie… (think: Steve Carell in 40 Year Old Virgin)….
When the moon is in the Seventh House
And Jupiter aligns with Mars
Then peace will guide the planets
And love will steer the [...]
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Tuesday, January 26th, 2010
I Fight, I Win!
I’m sure it comes to no suprise when I say these kiddos are not my most favorite bunch, however I’ve somehow muscled my way through and have officially completed Semester 1. Whoo! One down, one more to go!
If ya’ll will recall, I had been barking up a storm about the ridiculous hodgepodge’esque classrooms filled with [...]
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Monday, January 25th, 2010
I Saw …. Jackie Chan!!!
So my homette, K is on production team (shout out to FLY Films) for Shanghai’s David Letterman equivalent show called, Asia Uncut with John Niermann. Fun stuff as it reminds me of my times in media… but anyhoots, I was invited to check and support the first taping of the show back in early December, [...]
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Saturday, January 16th, 2010
Oscar Wao is Oscar Wow
A fantastically written book by Pulizer Prize winner, Junot Diaz. His colloquial ala “yo, so check it” writing style as if you were hanging at an outdoor cafe for story hour with Mr. Diaz, pulls you in immediately and opens your ears to a tale of: The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao. I love [...]
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Saturday, January 16th, 2010
I Saw White People….!
Hehehehe.. (sorry if I’ve offended folks…. but ya’ll know – of all people – I’m am the MOST equal of equal opportunists… , so just chilllll!! )
Anyhoots, here’s the rest of the sentence….
I Saw White People…. (LOADS of them) in Best Buy today!
Now, if ya’ll will recall with me – at approximately just [...]
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Thursday, January 14th, 2010
Goodbye Google??!?!
I will cry if this happens…
Per CNN,
Google said Tuesday the company and at least 20 others were victims of a “highly sophisticated and targeted attack” originating in China in mid-December, evidently to gain access to the e-mail accounts of Chinese human rights activists.
“Based on our investigation to date we [...]
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Wednesday, January 13th, 2010
On Defining Life Fulfillment…
As I skimmed through all my FB status ramblings and links n’ things, this particular link with the aforementioned title caught my eye…. and I hope it caught yours too….
This title/link was posted by a dear friend o’ mine, Phil, who had been interviewed by a cool lil’ webshow called, Capture Your Flag. Based on [...]
