This is what I have learned: saying yes is easier than saying no. Even though saying yes may mean having a beer with every meal, having to eat more than one person ever should in a day, and riding the banana boat twice more than you actually wanted to.
I was told by my host brother [...]
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A day at the beach.
Posted in 대한민국 South Korea, tagged Jeju-do on 20 August 2006 | Leave a Comment »
Tibetan motorcycle nomads
Posted in quoted on 3 August 2006 | Leave a Comment »
On a recent afternoon, on the road outside the small city of Huashixia, a cluster of motorcycles had stopped at a stalled jeep. The jeep belonged to the fourth incarnation of the Lama Drabu, 68, a living Buddha from a nearby monastery. He had been traveling to collect some stones etched with Tibetan prayers when [...]
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Posted in Uncategorized on 27 June 2006 | Leave a Comment »
I need to add “panjandrum” to my vocabulary. For its pleasing cadence as much as its daily applicability.
PANJANDRUM : A mock title for a person, real or imaginary, who has or, claims to have, great influence or authority.
The actor Charles Macklin was unwise enough to claim as part of a lecture on memory [...]
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