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September 2007
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Expats Behaving Badly
When expats mess up, it reflects badly on all of us. Unfortunately, I’ve witnessed expats behaving badly too often to count. It’s bad enough when I see people behaving badly back home, but when we are guests in a foreign country, it seems so much worse. I’ve noticed that acts which are deemed unacceptable back [...]
Cambodia Photo Journal: Remote Community Near Siem Reap
“Once in a while it really hits people that they don’t have to experience the world in the way they have been told to.” – Alan Kneightley Hand-carved boats sitting in storage. Believe it or not, our first day in Siem Reap was not spent at the ruins of Angkor Wat. Whenever John and I [...]
Photo Moment: Strange and Hellish Pagoda in Cambodia
This seemingly charming pagoda is located in the middle of the village of Kompong Khleang in rural Cambodia. The ornately carved rooftiles and spires glistened in the sun as we climbed the cracked stone steps leading up to the front entrance, which is brightly painted with depictions of Heaven and disturbing and horrible images of [...]
On Being Discarded and Those Who’ve Stayed With Me
Photo by: Code Poet It’s hard to imagine the sacrifices a person makes when they leave home and live abroad, especially if you’ve never done so. Despite emails, letters, cards and phone calls home, I seem to have lost an alarming number of friends over the past five years. This became most apparent during my [...]
So Long. See You Next Time.
I’ve really learned to hate saying good-bye over here, partly because I know I might never see these friends again and partly because life is so transient when you’re living abroad. It seems like I’m saying good-bye all the time Nevertheless, we always try to make good-byes a happy occasion, and Citizen Cain is usually [...]
Konnichiwa Japan
Photo: Danz in Tokyo “It doesn’t take long to be initiated into Tokyo’s madness: the city’s sheer level of energy – fuelled by consumer culture in hyper drive – rubs raw against ancient tradition. Sightseeing can either be a sensory assault that leaves you elated or an encounter with understatement that leaves you in awe; [...]
