Looking back at my 2011 blog posts, I'm drawn to a handful of old scanned photos I came across this year. Scanning my mother's and her family's old slides was like opening a jewelry box full of sparkling diamond necklaces. These photos were all taken in Asia in 1965.Angkor … [Read more...]
Book of the week–Defiled on the Ayeyarwaddy
My holiday season has been nice and quiet, allowing me to plow through a few novels and memoirs since my kids went on break 10 days ago. One memoir I recently finished was Ma Thanegi's Defiled on the Ayeyarwaddy (ThingsAsian Press, 2010).The title refers to the defiles … [Read more...]
The Road to Mandalay
Now that Hillary Clinton will visit Myanmar next month, will we see an increase of US tourism to that country? After all, it's been 50 years since a US Secretary of State has visited Myanmar (the country formerly known as Burma).To celebrate this historic event, I received … [Read more...]
Book of the week–Ghetto at the Center of the World
When I lived in Hong Kong, I always got a kick out of taking friends and family to Chungking Mansions for the first time. You should have seen the looks in their eyes when we strolled over to the elevators in the C block. They must have thought I'd gone mad in Hong Kong, and that … [Read more...]
100th Anniversary of Double Ten!
Tomorrow is the 100th anniversary of the Wuchang Uprising, otherwise known as Double Ten. Taiwan celebrates it as their National Day. But it's more than just that. It marks the beginning of the Republic of China and the end of thousands of years of dynastic rule.This photo … [Read more...]
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