Well, maybe not a love story. More of just me having no idea what to call my third post written in one day on Hong Kong. We were lucky enough to be in Hong Kong during the Mid Autumn festival, also known as the lantern festival. It is a big holiday, as the belief is … More The Fire Dragon and Me: A love story
I think that is a play on Hong Kong Phoey…which I think is a play on Baba Booey which is a play on something else. Anyway, welcome to the hole my brain falls into sometime. So the last post for all about the buildings of Hong Kong. This one is all about the food! We … More Hong Kong foodie: How To Lose Weight in Malaysia Part 23
Recently Iris and I found ourselves with two three day weekends in a row. The first was for Hari Raya Haij, a muslim holiday. The second was for Malaysia Day. Malaysians love their holidays and to prove it, they have two independence days. The first was Merdeka Day back in August. This celebrates gaining independence … More Not long in Hong Kong. Hey that rhymes!
Kevin wrote a great post about the orangutans, but we did even more while we were in Kuching! Unfortunately Kevin had to work, so it was just Dad, Shirley and me for the first two days in the ‘cat city’. I don’t know if Kevin already said this, but Kuching means cat in Malay, and … More The Cat City!
As my wife Shirley and I spent three weeks in and around Malaysia in August, I thought I would write about some of my observations that reflect differences from our “western” way of life. First, about food/eating out. Most people I saw, while eating in public, rarely use a knife. Instead, they use a … More Guest Blogger!!! Observations when visiting Malaysia
So I’m just going to steamroll through the months between India and now. At some point I’ll go back to write about Myanmar. It was incredible, and Bagan was one of the most amazing places I’ve ever been in my life. And I rode a scooter, which was a pretty big deal for me because … More And then…and then….and then and then and then!
This red wedding was just red in theme and attire, no blood, no Starks, no Freys. I suppose it has been a while since my last blog post. You know, like 8 months. I would apologize, but it’s all wordpress.com’s dumb fault. This dumb website and I got in a fight, and I got mad … More The (Lovely) Red Wedding
