Hong Kong, The Music Issue Hong Kong pop diva Anita Mui dies: Tue 30 December, 2003 05:31 Anita’s Funeral will be held on Jan 11th in the Hong Kong Funeral Home and the cremation will be held on the 12th. The ceremony will follow Buddhist Traditions. HONG KONG (Reuters) – Hong Kong pop diva AnitaContinue reading “Farewell My Idol: Anita Mui”
Author Archives: Yan Sham-Shackleton
Laos 1999: Daily Life
Stories of a Backpacking Addict Subject: Nothing Much. Just Living Hi, nothing much. Back in LP. Eating banana pancakes, chicken legs, salads, walking around by the river of old trees, watching Crusty and Nic play with little ten year old novices, and teaching the older ones, getting chewed by three month old baby tigers, playingContinue reading “Laos 1999: Daily Life”
Opium, Parents, and Racists Sexist Gweilos.
If you can here on a TRANSNATIONAL IDENTITIES or TRANSNATIONAL IDENTITY Search.. The project we are working on at the moment is called “Merging Boundaries: Our Transnational World” 🙂 Thanks for visiting. —————————- Stories of a Backpacking Addict, Global Transnational Identities I took it off coz I went chicken. I am now reposting due toContinue reading “Opium, Parents, and Racists Sexist Gweilos.”
Mad Cow Hit Eight States: Damien Hirst
Conceptual Art How can one measly cow go so many places?? News: Meat from a Holstein sick with mad cow disease could have reached retail markets in eight US states and Guam. Investigators have determined that some of the meat from the diseased dairy cow slaughtered on December 9 in Washington state could have goneContinue reading “Mad Cow Hit Eight States: Damien Hirst”
EES Website of the Month: GLUTTER!
The Music Issue To celebrate my being choosen as the Fansite of the Month by the Electic Eel Shock Guys. I am currently blasting their newest release, “Go AMERICA!” to the annoyance of my neighbours. Who you might say? Well obviously you don’t read New Music Express, the NME, the mag that launched a thousandContinue reading “EES Website of the Month: GLUTTER!”
Laos 1999: Night Out With the Expats, Vienchan 1999
Stories of a Backpacking Addict Subject: Quick Note Mad. Just spent a night with a bunch of expat brats and having a good time. It’s so like HK when I was in school you won’t believe it. Shocker. Anyway we are at the resturant playing pool and the guys let me use the computer forContinue reading “Laos 1999: Night Out With the Expats, Vienchan 1999”
Oh Look. Countries Can Be Nice To Each Other..
Socio-Political Rants News: Iran EarthQuake, kills over 30,000 people in Dec 2003 Reuters: President Bush’s administration cast aside its branding of Iran as an “axis of evil” state to begin sending in military plane loads of aid and held rare talks with a government it has shunned diplomatically for two decades. From China to SouthContinue reading “Oh Look. Countries Can Be Nice To Each Other..”
Laos 1999: Dinosaurs, BBQ and Off the Lonely Planet Trail!
Stories of a Backpacking Addict Subject: Real Live Laotians Had the nicest weekend, one of my classes took me to dinner and then wouldn’t let me pay for it. We went to a little bar first where you can sit by the lake and watch the sunset and then to a place that serves LaoContinue reading “Laos 1999: Dinosaurs, BBQ and Off the Lonely Planet Trail!”
Laos 1999: Mosquitoes, Lao Aviation
Stories of a Backpacking Addict Subject: Mosquitoe KILLER Hmm. Just killed my seventh mosquitoes of the day. I don’t know if it’s because I got bitten badly the night before, but suddenly they seem to be EVERYWHERE trying to get to my tender and tanned flesh. Grr. Kill Kill Kill. Or maybe it’s because IContinue reading “Laos 1999: Mosquitoes, Lao Aviation”
Iraqis Sort Through Humiliation and Happiness
Socio-Political Rants So where are all the Cheering Iraqis now? Truth is always complex. Here is an article on the feelings of humilation and happiness Iraqi feels on the Capture of Sadam. LA Weekly never fails to sneak in a more questioning perspective in its news when we need it most… The View From BaghdadContinue reading “Iraqis Sort Through Humiliation and Happiness”
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