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Chronicles of the Next Floor: Videoke
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Monday, September 12, 2011. Two weeks before I left for the Philippines, I was at Le Drugstore, a lesbian bar in Montreal. It was Karaoke Night, an otherwise quiet Tuesday. About 5 people in our group, the slightly drunk blond host of the night turned to the Asian guy at our table (a Belgian, nonetheless) and said in French You guys, Asians, in your country karaoke is a front for prostitution! In only my first few days of life in the Philippines, I experienced the videoke. Though that didn’t stop m...
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Chronicles of the Next Floor: Photos from Guangzhou, China
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Wednesday, August 26, 2009. Photos from Guangzhou, China. Diep and I find this cute café that sells Chinese sweet soups, very similar to Vietnamese chè. I had black sticky rice, young tofu (or silken tofu), and coconut milk. Not as delicious as Diep's green tea jelly cubes in young tofu flavoured with almond! Another view of Beijing Street. Looks like youre having a blast! Im still too chicken to try the jelly/soup/desert type things they have here. 26 August, 2009 19:48. 26 August, 2009 20:40. Jeannette...
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Chronicles of the Next Floor: Back to Vietnam by way of China... Part I
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Sunday, January 31, 2010. Back to Vietnam by way of China. Part I. For my way back to Vietnam from Montreal, I found a cheap flight to Beijing. I decided to take a couple days in China, before using Aeroplan points to get to Hanoi. I got a 6-month multiple-entry visa, thinking that maybe I would want to take another trip to Guangzhou for another shopping spree. Somehow I got a reputation at work now, where everyone thinks I love. The next day I explored the Great Wall of China with my Couchsurfing. Back ...
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Chronicles of the Next Floor: Back to Vietnam by way of China... Part II
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Tuesday, February 2, 2010. Back to Vietnam by way of China. Part II. Here is my bit about my food experience in Beijing. My first day started off with a rice congee, similar in name to the one here in Vietnam (called chao. No trip to anywhere in Asia would be complete without trying the staple street food. Sticks with fruits dipped in a hardened sugar syrup are everywhere in winter. The traditional fruit to have in this style is the Chinese Hawberry. I visited a small street that had a hundred different ...
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Chronicles of the Next Floor: June 2012
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Saturday, June 2, 2012. The inclusion of informal waste workers in solid waste management planning. Informal waste workers plying the streets of Hanoi, Vietnam. I wrote this in my previous job as Waste Management Project Officer. I'm posting it now. I will buy your bottles! The work is difficult, hauling large bags of paper, cardboard, plastic or glass through the streets or else transporting it with a flimsy bicycle. Despite the laborious nature of the work, there are. World poverty (I use the term 3.
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Chronicles of the Next Floor: The inclusion of informal waste workers in solid waste management planning
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Saturday, June 2, 2012. The inclusion of informal waste workers in solid waste management planning. Informal waste workers plying the streets of Hanoi, Vietnam. I wrote this in my previous job as Waste Management Project Officer. I'm posting it now. I will buy your bottles! The work is difficult, hauling large bags of paper, cardboard, plastic or glass through the streets or else transporting it with a flimsy bicycle. Despite the laborious nature of the work, there are. World poverty (I use the term 3.
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Chronicles of the Next Floor: Java, Indonesia!
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Sunday, February 28, 2010. If you were wondering why I hadn't updated my blog, it's because I went to Singapore and Indonesia for the Lunar New Year. The original plan was to head to Philippines, but prices quickly skyrocketed heading that way, and the cheaper option was Indonesia via Singapore. I had been to Bali. Before, but regretted not heading to Java during the 10 days I was there. This was my second chance. Some photos from Indonesia. Random bamboo bridge. Near Pangandaran. Stupas of Borobudur....
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Chronicles of the Next Floor: Back to Montreal - Skating
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Wednesday, January 13, 2010. Back to Montreal - Skating. For 3 years I lived within a 10 minute walk to Parc Lafontaine, one of Montreal's largest urban parks. I was with someone for quite a while who lived on the other side of the park, and wouldn't miss the opportunity to pass through it on the way to his house. There are trees wide enough to make me believe they were in that very spot in 1642 when Montreal was founded. And so I finally did it. Me, holding Robbie up. He hadn't skated since 1993.
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