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Day 5: Relational Volumes

CHINA | Thu, 9 Apr 2015 | By chinaho | Views [406]

Early morning is a sweet time for organizing thoughts and watching the gray light change texture. Still cloudy but not raining. We had petite dejeuner around 6 AM of sliced mango, Asian pear and peanut butter  with strawberry jam on rolls. Sneaky ... Read more >

Tags: daily life, laundry, rectilinear assignment, relational volumes, rowena reed costello, workers

Photos: Daily life of local communities in oil&gas in African regions

ITALY | Sat, 22 Nov 2014 | By nicolasacco | Photo Gallery | Scholarship Entry

I am a 33 years old photographer who focused on daily life in Africa countries impacted by oil&gas industries. I did this since I discovered Africa during my work: I am economist dealing with local development programs in the countries where energy companies ... Read more >
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Tags: 2014, africa, daily life, nicolasacco.com, travel photography scholarship, witness journal, wj

Off to Koh Tao

THAILAND | Mon, 20 Feb 2012 | By pmok | Views [866]

Getting to Koh Tao from Bangkok required an overnight bus ride. After being assigned a seat on the bus, all of us passengers waited at Khao San Road for an hour before the bus arrived. Once on the bus around 9 PM, I was given a pillow and light throw.... Read more >

Tags: daily life, food voucher, koh samui, koh tao, penthouse, thai cuisine

Settling into the culture

USA | Thu, 25 Mar 2010 | By msteven6 | Views [615]

I found a place, "Casa do Queijo" (House of Cheese), that is wonderful... Mineiros (people of Minas) specialize in cheese because there is a lot of farm land in the area and pasture land.  The typical cheese is "Quijo de Minas" (Cheese ... Read more >

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I guess I'm a local celebrity, kind've like in Ann Arbor

CHINA | Fri, 25 Sep 2009 | By relivethefire | Views [668]

http://bbs.ly.ha.cn/dispbbs.asp?boardid=29&id=2118079&page=2&star=1 Copy and paste this link into your web browser. Apparently some dude took a photo of me when I was outside of the french grocery store.   The captions are translated as ... Read more >

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Okay, It needs to be said...

CHINA | Mon, 31 Aug 2009 | By relivethefire | Views [710] | Comments [2]

...that taxi drivers here are definitely not hired to be knowledgeable about the city and to take you to a destination.  I would equate taxi drivers here with people who are hired because they  can  drive.  Not because they know where they're going, ... Read more >

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Back to Work Again

CHINA | Tue, 11 Aug 2009 | By relivethefire | Views [550] | Comments [1]

Back to work again. Break was relatively boring.  I don't really know too many people around here other than Ming's girlfriend and her friends, and most my coworkers were busy all of vacation touring their families around China.  This basically left ... Read more >

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Teaching, Chinese Classes, Plans, and Break

CHINA | Mon, 3 Aug 2009 | By relivethefire | Views [736]

Yes, I'm still updating my blog.  This entry is actually rather long to make up for new experiences and information that I simply haven't gotten around to documenting. I have been pretty busy for the past few days.  M-F: I have Chinese class [in which ... Read more >

Tags: daily life, pedagogy

Tim's Birthday, Shopping, and Eating

CHINA | Sun, 26 Jul 2009 | By relivethefire | Views [672]

Teaching doesn't start until Friday. Photos: Around luoyang has been updated and Shopping in Luoyang has been added. Shopping in Luoyang is a pretty familiar experience.  And when I say that, I mean that I did my shopping in the friendly neighborhood ... Read more >

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1st Day

CHINA | Wed, 22 Jul 2009 | By relivethefire | Views [545] | Comments [1]

I woke up at 7:40 this morning to a pounding on my door.  I'd forgotten that Tim, husband of another teacher, had invited me out to breakfast this morning.  I got up, showered, and was down at his place at 8.  Instead of heading to breakfast, we ended ... Read more >

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Prova

ITALY | Tue, 5 Aug 2008 | By arianna | Views [356]

Questa è una prova! Ciao ciao

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Steps of McLeod Ganj

INDIA | Mon, 26 Nov 2007 | By annanderson | Views [799] | Comments [1]

11.26.07 The STEPS of McLeod Ganj! I thought these steps would be the end of me!   The infamous steps are the ones to our apt, AFTER we had already walked up a ¾-mile steep hill from school to the market area.   Therefore, I purchased a telescoping ... Read more >

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Cows, dogs & monkeys

INDIA | Sun, 25 Nov 2007 | By annanderson | Views [1167]

11.25.07 Cows, dogs, and monkeys! Getting into the rhythm of living here is getting into the rhythm of climbing steep hills with potholes & leaking water from an aboveground makeshift plumbing system.   But our morning walk to school is ... Read more >

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