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Garblog: Race Report: 2011 Kaohsiung Romantic Love River Triathlon
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Keep up with the Sampsons in Japan! Sunday, March 06, 2011. Race Report: 2011 Kaohsiung Romantic Love River Triathlon. The calm before the storm: race venue, T-16 hours. Look, I didn't name the race, OK? It's a silly translation from the Chinese - nothing about "romantic" in there, except that the river really is called the Love River. There, now that that's out of the way, let's talk about the race! Watch out for "logs". I've got to get a bit faster to catch up to where I was in 2008! One interesting as...
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Garblog: Harvest-time in Okinawa and elsewhere
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Keep up with the Sampsons in Japan! Saturday, November 08, 2014. Harvest-time in Okinawa and elsewhere. October is early enough for Christmas in Bangkok. We got a request! Thanks for submitting your interest. I may have to post early for November to respond with what there is to do in Okinawa at Christmastime. This post is actually the October post - re-cap, if you will. Another busy month. They all seem to be! Chomp, “exploring the studio space.”. Editor’s note: do we need more cowbell? I am getting my ...
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Garblog: Long time no post
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Keep up with the Sampsons in Japan! Monday, December 06, 2010. Long time no post. Well, I've been doing a lot of triathlon training, first of all. Then, we were out of town the weekend before last to Sun Moon Lake in central Taiwan. Right after we got back from that trip, I found out my grandma died and I went back to the U.S. for the funeral. Now I'm back in Taiwan and headed back to class tomorrow. More busy-ness! At the Formosan Aboriginal Cultural Village (FACV) near Sun Moon Lake. John's new tattoo ...
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Garblog: The November Post: Time for Taiwan
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Keep up with the Sampsons in Japan! Sunday, December 28, 2014. The November Post: Time for Taiwan. The Heart of Asia.Time for Taiwan". As I feared it might, time has gotten away from me and I am only now getting around to *. Post Ugh. Apologies and all that. My 'ride' back to Okinawa. The month started for me in Thailand. And ended in Taiwan. What fun! Readers may recall I'd already had the pleasure of traveling to Taiwan earlier this fall for work. I'm on a plane. The view from inside the gorge. If you ...
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Garblog: Race Report: 2011 Ironman 70.3 Singapore
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Keep up with the Sampsons in Japan! Wednesday, March 23, 2011. Race Report: 2011 Ironman 70.3 Singapore. 2011 IM 70.3 Singapore finisher's medal. Wow, just wow. This race was a stark contrast from my last race two weeks ago. It was so well-organized! Plus, Singapore is fantastic. I would love to spend more time there. Alas, this trip is over. Let's hear more about the race and the trip. These were a welcome sight near the race start/finish. Old enough now to get some work out of him :). The transition ar...
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Garblog: Colorado Hike #1: Stanley Mountain
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Keep up with the Sampsons in Japan! Thursday, July 14, 2011. Colorado Hike #1: Stanley Mountain. I have been in Colorado two weeks now; time to climb a mountain! Inspiration hit me yesterday when I saw a post on Facebook by Visit Denver, the official travel and visitor bureau for the city (the Facebook post is at http:/ www.facebook.com/media/set/? Or you can swing by their website at http:/ www.denver.org/. After stopping off for a power breakfast at my favorite place for donuts. Just above is a view of...
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Garblog: The Fifth Five-Year Plan
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Keep up with the Sampsons in Japan! Wednesday, December 31, 2014. The Fifth Five-Year Plan. A relative who fell at the Battle of Okinawa? There are several who share our surname on this wall. For those keeping track at home, I recently surpassed a career milestone: 20 years have passed since I joined the Marine Corps (the first time). On this day, 1994: my *first* rendezvous with the famed "yellow footprints" #USMC. 8212; Gary Sampson (@gjsamps) December 27, 2014. Time to retire, right? 3 DC I visit ther...
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Garblog: The latest "5-Year Plan"
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Keep up with the Sampsons in Japan! Friday, February 12, 2010. The latest "5-Year Plan". No, not for the People's Republic of China (the 18th Party Congress will happen in 2012. For me. Apologies since this post is coming, oh, about a month and a half later than I would have liked, since my Third 5-Year Plan came to a close in December. What on earth am I talking about? In December 2004, I graduated from college and was commissioned back into the U.S. Marine Corps. Commissioning day, December 2004. Enter...
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Garblog: 'Skers back in action, Taiwan fan club UA*...
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Keep up with the Sampsons in Japan! Saturday, September 12, 2009. Skers back in action, Taiwan fan club UA*. The Big Red are fixin' to take to the field again in L-town against Arkansas State. I *heard* from a little birdie that last week BOTH of my brothers went to the win over Florida Atlantic - how do they rate? Hope it was fun, hope you both ate lots of Fairbury. Photo courtesy Dave S., May 2007, John with "Gramps" S.). Next Saturday at 3:30pm EDT. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Long time no post.
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Garblog: Ohayoo gozaimasu!
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Keep up with the Sampsons in Japan! Tuesday, September 30, 2014. Is this thing on? Hi Been a while. Few years, actually! It's time to dust this thing off. People told me this year that they actually kept up with what we were doing on here. Since we are back overseas, there is no time like the present to fire it up again, I figure. So, we live in Okinawa now. Moved out here in August. Will probably be here for three years or so. Do you like foreign food? It is good for birthdays. This is quite an incline!
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