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Drink the Water: November 2010
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Tuesday, November 30, 2010. A couple hours after I landed, I found myself in a meeting. At one point, there was a lively discussion and everyone started speaking in a quick, rhythmic language I'd never heard before. I started wondering whether there was a common language in Singapore that I wasn't aware of. It sounded to me a bit like Khmer mixed with Russian. Tienlon • 天兰. Links to this post. Tuesday, November 23, 2010. Tienlon • 天兰. Links to this post. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Tienlon • 天兰.
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Drink the Water: March 2010
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Monday, March 15, 2010. A way to help. I've gotten some questions about how to support WE-ACTx and the other organizations that I had the chance to work with on this trip. WE-ACTx is about to throw two major fundraisers, one in San Francisco and the other in Boston. You can attend either event or donate online. Authors Michael Chabon and Ayelet Waldman will host the San Francisco event, and there will be lots of pretty bags made by the women at Ineza for sale. So it should be neat. Tienlon • 天兰. What the...
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Drink the Water: In Changsha, contradictions and youthful idealism
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Thursday, June 21, 2012. In Changsha, contradictions and youthful idealism. They placed his 32-meter granite bust on the spot where he composed this poem, but they turned it to face a new direction. Alone I stand in the autumn cold. On the tip of Orange Island,. The Xiang flowing northward;. I see a thousand hills crimsoned through. By their serried woods deep-dyed,. And a hundred barges vying. Over crystal blue waters. Eagles cleave the air,. Fish glide in the limpid deep;. Brooding over this immensity,.
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Drink the Water: April 2010
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Friday, April 30, 2010. As Americans, we tend to assume that democracy is the best option. Human rights groups are jumping on the Rwandan government for achieving order through oppression. Rwanda offers ample evidence that democracy requires ripeness in the form of at least a baseline of education, common values, and economic stability. Tienlon • 天兰. Links to this post. Wednesday, April 28, 2010. The many arrests of Hutu leadership so far signals a clear distrust of allowing the majority back into power.
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Drink the Water: February 2010
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Friday, February 26, 2010. The sidewalk of a non-litigious society. Unlike in other parts of the world, the terms of the foreign development contracts keep the majority of the profits in Rwanda, while requiring a high reliance on local labor. These are concessions American and European companies were not willing to make. Still, there are far fewer Asian people than traditional. The friend asked. "Like a ripe banana," the woman said. Tienlon • 天兰. Links to this post. Tuesday, February 23, 2010. Face bleak...
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Drink the Water: April 2011
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Sunday, April 17, 2011. Panda does not want any of it. I went to see my neighborhood Chinese medicine doctor the other day after a bad run-in with some cockles ( little bivalves that are currently very hard to come by in Singapore. Baby massage seems awfully decadent, but I can say, four days of bitter herbal brew and my tummy is feeling much better. Tienlon • 天兰. Links to this post. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). What happened there and back again, and what I ate along the way. Feb-March 2010. Rwanda.
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Drink the Water: I've moved!
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Wednesday, May 8, 2013. I've moved my blog to Wordpress as part of my efforts to diversify post-Google debacle. You can find me here. Tienlon • 天兰. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). What happened there and back again, and what I ate along the way. Aug 2009. Shanghai to Tibet. Feb-March 2010. Rwanda. Nov 2010-June 2011. Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand. May-July 2012. Shandong and Hunan. Tienlon • 天兰. Writer. Wanderer. Eater. Lan Cun Education Project.
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Drink the Water: May 2010
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Thursday, May 20, 2010. Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness." Mark Twain. Tienlon • 天兰. Links to this post. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). What happened there and back again, and what I ate along the way. Aug 2009. Shanghai to Tibet. Feb-March 2010. Rwanda. Nov 2010-June 2011. Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand. May-July 2012. Shandong and Hunan. Tienlon • 天兰. Writer. Wanderer. Eater. Lan Cun Education Project.
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Drink the Water: June 2012
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Thursday, June 21, 2012. In Changsha, contradictions and youthful idealism. They placed his 32-meter granite bust on the spot where he composed this poem, but they turned it to face a new direction. Alone I stand in the autumn cold. On the tip of Orange Island,. The Xiang flowing northward;. I see a thousand hills crimsoned through. By their serried woods deep-dyed,. And a hundred barges vying. Over crystal blue waters. Eagles cleave the air,. Fish glide in the limpid deep;. Brooding over this immensity,.
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Drink the Water: Chinese, literally
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Friday, June 15, 2012. Football (as in the Euro kind, aka soccer). Football (as in the American kind, where the ball looks like, well, you know). Tienlon • 天兰. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). What happened there and back again, and what I ate along the way. Aug 2009. Shanghai to Tibet. Feb-March 2010. Rwanda. Nov 2010-June 2011. Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand. May-July 2012. Shandong and Hunan. Tienlon • 天兰. Writer. Wanderer. Eater. Lan Cun Education Project. How I research for Lonely Planet.