All Entries Tagged With: "Culture"

Picture of the Week - 12/15/08

 
Ok - I know this isn’t necessarily good photography - but I had to bring you this - a little slice of Vietnamese culture.  This is the original Container Store.  I noticed these stacks of containers on my way to work one day all closed, but packed in on top of each other.  The next day [...]

Picture of the Week - Dec. 1, 2008

A pictures straight from the streets. 
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Remember - the holiday season is here, wouldn’t photography be a great gift?

Construction 24/7

During my first few months in HCMC I stayed in a guest house on and off for a few weeks at a time. The guesthouse was close to work, and next to tons of cheap eating places in the heart of the ‘backpacker’ district. However, with the good comes the bad…right? For $18 a night [...]

A Holiday for ME!

It’s nice to know that other places around the world invent holidays for the flower industry. I have just experienced my first Teacher’s Day in Vietnam! November 20th is a major holiday here in Vietnam; Teacher’s Day. Granted – you don’t get the day off of work, but it is well celebrated. In fact, it’s [...]

Hands for Help - Final Thoughts

Dhal Bhat Days – vol13
9/15/08
While in Nepal I heard from my old students in India; they wished me a happy teacher day via email; it took me completely off guard, and shook me up a bit . It had been a year ago that I was there living in Delhi teaching my wonderful group of young [...]

Kathmandu – Second Time’s A Charm

Dhal Bhat Days – Vol 12
9/13/08
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After a refreshing, civilized stay in Pokhara for two nights, I arrived back in Kathmandu with a new outlook; it was no longer scary. I was reminded again of just how powerful time [...]

Flower Children

Dhal Bhat Days – Vol. 10
9/10/08
 
To see all of the snapshots of the ‘last day’ activities - click here! (opens new window)
Time is very powerful. In fact, I think it’s the most powerful thing in this universe. Time heals feelings, it causes us to forget, and with time; everything gets better. My time in Puma [...]

Do You Meat?

Dhal Bhat Days – vol. 9
9/9/08
During a break at school one afternoon, I noticed a big crowd in the village. I asked the children what was going on and they said “buffalo kill”. The village was slaughtering a buffalo and from my vantage point it looked like a lot of work as they were hacking [...]

School Days

Dhal Bhat Days – Vol. 8
9/8/08

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The whole reason I came to Nepal was to volunteer and teach. In some way I was trying to recapture my rewarding experience that I had in [...]

Barbot or Bust

Dhal Bhat Days Vol 7
9/5/08
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What the F have I done? Just when I was starting to settle in – I agreed to turn my little village world upside down again. I think [...]