I’m in the middle of upgrading both the WordPress software and the design (K2) that is used on this blog. Please hang in there, it could get rough. *update* – the WP upgrade went smooth as butter. However, the K2 didn’t. My site was all messed up, so I’ve reverted to the older version again. I simply don’t have the time right now to mess with it. Hopefully I’ll get a moment in the next week or so to getRead more
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Why do you blog?
A very nice communications student from Sweden wrote me, asking permission to ‘interview’ me with questions relating to blogging for her Masters thesis. I thought I’d share some of my answers. Please excuse the pretentious sounding answers. What factors determine whether something is worth blogging about for you? It completely depends upon my mood and the events surrounding me. Living in Indonesia, nothing is static for long. The culture, people, and environment are in a constant state of change. BloggingRead more
The Monk, my Neighbor, and a Celebrity O.D.
So the other night I pulled into my neighborhood. Driving down the palm lined street, I came to an intersection loaded with people, media vans, and police. I had no idea what was going on, but living in Jakarta for half a decade has taught me to hide my white-ass when I come upon such a scenario. I put up the heavily tinted windows of my Honda, and after I arriving home forgot the entire thing. The next night, IRead more
Allan "Buck" Forslund: 1952-2006
The following was a tribute written and read by Tracey Reed during the memorial service held Friday, December 8 in memory of Buck Forslund: Buck. How do you capture in words the essence of such a man? How do you express the presence he brought into a room, the life in his body, the joy he gave, his strength of character, his wit, that competitive sporting nature that came with large lashings of grace? How can I explain how aRead more
Tsunami Survivors Tell Tales
I forgot about this article in the Guardian following the Asian tsunami of 2004. I guess in the pandemonium, I never thought of passing it on at the time, even though this blog was mentioned. But perhaps the saddest site I’ve visited today is javajive, written by another expat who has been waiting on news of friends in Phuket. At the time of writing this post he’s still waiting, although a commenter on his blog tells of their heartbreak atRead more
Personal Account of Earthquake in Pakistan
A friend of mine is working as a teacher in an international school in Islamabad. I received the following email minutes ago, telling his personal account of the experience. I had an interesting day yesterday but am fine and so is my house. I was watching TV when the first earthquake hit (over 20 aftershocks!) just before 9 AM and looked out the window to see my car moving back and forth in the driveway. I had encountered earthquakes forRead more