I’ve been working on a design project these days (more details about that later) that has me researching Chinese History during the Qing Dynasty. I’ve been scouring the internet for images of the…
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Every great trip is a spiritual journey. Those hooked on travel know this and seek it. We sightsee and photograph the strange and the beautiful. We’re voyeurs of the esoteric, constantly absorbing, sampling, deciphering.…
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Last September, Jakarta elected a new governor, Joko Widodo for the next five years. He had won against incumbent Fauzi Bowo who is largely viewed by disgruntled Jakarta’s populace to have failed at fulfilling…
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The thrill of dressing up as someone else. The excitement of staying up past your bedtime. The trepidation of what tricks and spooks lay in wait. The delight in the treats eaten before sleep…
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I’ve been in Canada now for as long as it’s taken me to use up half of a tube of toothpaste. And I’m not sharing it with anyone. The girls and I have seen summer…
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They are beautiful and vulnerable They hold a visible power but struggle to stay strong under society’s twenty-something worship We see silver spiders, flabby skin extra weight, scars and cringe We forget that a…
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If you haven’t been following all the news in Asia you might not know about the current territorial spat between Japan and China over an uninhabited island chain in the East China Sea. Prime…
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It might sound odd, but when I think about family, I think about our spare bedroom. My family isn’t particularly large or close-knit, although there are enough interesting characters to keep a conversation going…
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culture & community relationships & loveWhere Do I Come From? (or: How Easy it is to Loose Your Roots)
Reading Lem’s post from last week, I began to contemplate my own family history. Specifically I began to contemplate how little I really know about my family. What I do know doesn’t go back…
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Genealogy (from Greek: γενεά, genea, “generation”; and λόγος, logos, “knowledge”) is the study of families and the tracing of their lineages and history. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genealogy) I recently travelled back in time. No kidding. On the…