Basketball at Midnight

It’s like a reflection of the Democratic primary, all over again.
Only not as acceptable.  I’ve traditionally had a fair amount of time during school hours to read the news and the updates and do a little research on politics through the primary season and beginning of the campaign.  For those of you who don’t know [...]

That’s right, I’m in Terengganu for 7 weeks, and filling up my schedule really quickly.  I think I only have 2 free weekends at this point.  In truth, it feels pretty good.  If I succeed in getting my way, my last time will be full of :

two weeks of being a real teacher because three [...]

Yes, I have returned to my home in Terengganu, Malaysia.  It is a little sad because it has been overcast for the entire 27 hours that I’ve been back and raining for nearly all of the kids’ free time today.  I almost missed dinner because i didn’t want to walk through monsoonish rains, and ended [...]

After an uneventful busride (sorry Neda, I didn’t end up stranded in the middle of nowhere), I arrived in Battambang, Cambodia, in the Southwest and less touristed than most of the rest of Cambodia that I have visited.  So far, it seems like a nice city straddling a river (there is something with me and [...]

Sorry for the long time in between posts – I’ve been through Phenom Pehn and Siem Reap and am going to spend two days in Southwest Cambodia before returning to Siem Reap and Malaysia. I only have a short time here today, so I’ll give you the basics:
1. Where are you now?
Cambodia.
2. Yes, I [...]

I can say only a few things about my initial impressions of Cambodia since I’ve seen so little of it.  I took an organized tour through the Mekong delta from HCMC/Saigon, which included a lot of getting on and of busses and boats, seeing some interesting sites, all arranged for tourists, and hanging out with [...]

I ventured down to Lak, home of the Hmong people, yesterday, and let me say that it was distinctly disappointing.  Well, I guess moreso just because it was more of a typical tourist experience.  I got down there and was dragged into a coffee shop and hustled into a homestay (same village, but I was [...]

First, I’ll spend some time writing about the city in which I have been staying for two days,Buon Ma Thuot, about 5 hours by rickety, crazily-driven minivan north of Dalat, and, finally, off the standard tourist track of Vietnam.  The drive was fantastic (if you didn’t mind a driver that used squealing tires as a [...]

Somewhere in the middle of the central highlands is Dalat, where I am currently holed up.  I finally got out of HCMC and made my way up to this far out place.  Although the downtown is pleasant, with a large lake and an amiable town center, the guesthouse-part of the city is rather nondescript and [...]

On a very brief side note to add to the post from earlier today, I went to the Chinese Embassy and they’re requiring proof of roundtrip ticket and hotel reservation before I can get a visa, which isn’t going to happen (imagine me! getting reservations for the hotels at which I stay! LOL. [...]