My friend Shawn, who I visited in Bangladesh, is trying to get to Davos. We can help him get there by voting for him on Youtube. HERE is a link to his page with instructions on how to vote. Its quick. Its easy.
This would mean an opportunity for [...]
There has been an interesting debate going on lately about skin whitening creams. Skin whitening? Yep, skin whitening. Many people in the States complain that their skin is too white. Hence all the tanning beds (one of the most disgusting inventions ever!), spray on tans, and tanning creams. But here [...]
Football here is that sport where you kick a ball around. The real football, however, is the sport where you throw and kick the ball the around. And there’s nothing like a little Saturday college football. Unless, of course, its Sunday. I woke up at 5:30 this morning (Sunday) and a [...]
I was introduced to a language learning website called Live Mocha. Its basically a Facebook for language learning minus the stupid, annoying, and downright ridiculous stuff you might find on Facebook, such as Mafia and Farmville (seriously?). You tell it what languages you know, how well you know them, and then what languages [...]
I snapped this picture yesterday as I was heading downtown. A group of young students were marching through Kathmandu peacefully protesting the violence in their country. It was nothing political, they were not promoting a certain agenda, they were simply asking for a stop to the violence that is plaguing their country. [...]
I’m back in Dhaka after a ten hour car ride. I have not seen a bideshi (foreigner) since Friday morning. When that happens, I know I’m seeing the good stuff. That means I’m off the beaten path, seeing the true sides of the country and not what all the tourists see. [...]
Today was a loooong day. I’m leaving for Bangladesh tomorrow to visit a friend, Shawn. I’ve been wanting to go for a few weeks, but this is still a last minute trip. I didn’t get my plane ticket or visa until today. I was hoping to do it yesterday, but well, [...]
I thought I would share an interesting facet of Nepal with you all today: Gurkha soldiers. They are Nepali soldiers who are recruited into the British army. They are not well known in the States, but in this part of the world they are well known, especially for their fighting prowess and loyalty. [...]
I just finished watching a movie called Outsourced. It was excellent. Its basically a romantic (sort of) comedy about a man who is sent to India to train people at a new call center. The movie does an excellent job of giving you a glimpse of being plunged into a new and [...]
When you live internationally, you tend to meet people from other nations (hince, international!). And when you get to know these people, you find out some very very interesting things about their culture, and more often they teach you some very very interesting things about your own culture. So I have decided to start [...]
