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What's cooking? The menu is not the meal In Burma, where  this is the season for electricity-well brown outs occur at 4 hour intervals, the family's menu consists of two choices:  take it or leave it. They curry things up because of their borders with India and spice things up because of their  trade with China, but Hunger is the best sauce in these parts, and ppl will eat just about anything with wings except airplanes and anything with legs except tables.  In Burmese, they we have a word for sushi:  bait. They like to heat things up- not only with spices but fire They cook with charcoal, but  here  I am "cooking with gas".  The food was fresh veggies, and prawns. . In the United States of Unconscious eating, we are all dietetic sinners; only a small percent of what we eat nourishes us; the balance goes to waste and loss of energy. Graduation Day First there were the options, the three month monk, the three year monk, I took the three ...

What's cooking? The menu is not the meal In Burma, where  this is the season for electricity-well brown outs occur at 4 hour intervals, the family's menu consists of two choices:  take it or leave it. They curry things up because of their borders with India and spice things up because of their  trade with China, but Hunger is the best sauce in these parts, and ppl will eat just about anything with wings except airplanes and anything with legs except tables.  In Burmese, they we have a word for sushi:  bait. They like to heat things up- not only with spices but fire They cook with charcoal, but  here  I am "cooking with gas".  The food was fresh veggies, and prawns. . In the United States of Unconscious eating, we are all dietetic sinners; only a small percent of what we eat nourishes us; the balance goes to waste and loss of energy. Graduation Day First there were the options, the three month monk, the three year monk, I took...

    Buddha Boy:  We will need to make an offering. Ed: What kind of offering? Buddha Boy :That would depend on how much good karma you want for your next life. Ed: Hmm, I can't plan that far ahead. Buddha Boy :Then some fresh fruit from the market will do.  My childhood was typical: summers in Rangoon ... luge lessons   Promises Promises.  How do these monks  pray?  They don't ask or talk to god, they listen to god inside themselves. That's taking your meditation , cultivating the witness, and Namaste, the god in me says hi to the god in you. Buddhists   are taught that suffering is one promise that life always keeps. So that when happiness comes we know it is a gift, and it is ours only for a brief time. The elephant  represents good luck, longevity and peace and  strength;  and mostly here in SE Asia, joy. A laughing Buddha riding an elephant with chiIdren on his lap is an excellent symbol f...

 As familiar as Jesus on the cross, ubiquity, though, has voided  Siddhartha, aka Buddha Boy  of mystery and meaning. Smile and the world is yours- For stylistic simplicity makes it all too easy to miss the refinements of expression that convey the essence of Buddhist cosmology.  no fairy tales of salvation or a paradisiacal afterlife, no cosmic drama,  no creation myths. No pomp, just circumstances. About to step on dry land, and slip not only into the 14th century but also the slip into the zero experience, an  awareness of the insignificance of our prosaic wants and passions, as I see first hand the locals recreate "The Human Condition"  like some backdrop to a movie set.

 As familiar as Jesus on the cross, ubiquity, though, has voided  Siddhartha, aka Buddha Boy  of mystery and meaning. Smile and the world is yours- For stylistic simplicity makes it all too easy to miss the refinements of expression that convey the essence of Buddhist cosmology.  no fairy tales of salvation or a paradisiacal afterlife, no cosmic drama,  no creation myths. No pomp, just circumstances. About to step on dry land, and slip not only into the 14th century but also the slip into the zero experience, an  awareness of the insignificance of our prosaic wants and passions, as I see first hand the locals recreate "The Human Condition"  like some backdrop to a movie set.

The island off the south-west coast of Thailand Old Dog. New Tricks Rudyard Kipling is right, "Asia is not going to be civilized after the methods of the West. There is too much Asia and she is too old".   There's a lot of creative chaos in the streets in the hot humid traffic. The view is so much easier in an air conditioned car. Look Back, But Don't Stare...All Thai'd Up Two Years Ago... Fish is now a vegetable I'm in Vegan paradise---Soi Khao San, Bangkok,with one low price guarantee----an economy class ticket to cool, with complimentary mojo on take off.     Coconut Magic I have just redefined what it means to be a Vegan--- thanks to a street vendor who curried up some Padi Thai with octopus and shrimp. We have located the durian smell to this room, please step aside I'm coo coo for Coconuts--- They are anti-viral, anti-fungal and anti-microbial. I'm up to six a day.The water is the purest liquid second only to water itself. It ...

Juxtaposition Travelers never think that they are the foreigners, unless they aree in South East Asia. It doesn't inspire me to want to set myself on fire and start over here. This part of the world is a JV, a joint venture between China and the natives. Expecting interesting things to happen to us, we go "sight-seeing."  Trip Wolf is not holwling about this place. I am looking for a wilderness to do that.

 H.A.N.D. Have A Nice Day  Travelling by cruise ships-12 ports in 14 days, is like flirting with life. It's like saying,  I wanna  love you, but I have to go; this is just the way it is .

 H.A.N.D. Have A Nice Day  Travelling by cruise ships-12 ports in 14 days, is like flirting with life. It's like saying,  I wanna  love you, but I have to go; this is just the way it is .

Why Singapore is a Great Place If you build it, they will get you there You Talking To Me - Singapore by land — Vertigo after two sea days. Yearning for the ocean blue already. Money may be Singapore’s first language, but English is the bridge everyone crosses. Everyone must speak it — from CEOs to cabbies (even if it sounds like "Dree mouse" for "Three months"). This shared language makes it accessible, welcoming, and business-ready. Singapore actively recruits the best and brightest minds from around the world. It’s a cultural crossroads — clean, modern, and efficient. A single walk through its wide, orderly streets tells you: this city is about excellence and harmony. See: The Geirangerfjord - Mother Nature and Father Time There’s nothing exotic about shopping or fine dining anymore — but originality? That’s the unexplored territory Singapore balances with precision. You’ll find culture, div...

Hero's Journey 04 · Foreign Land Voyage 5 · March 15-29 Life Off The Leash Singapore to Mumbai on Crystal Serenity: fourteen days beyond the familiar, where every port changes the scale of the world. See Full Image Show Text Ordinary World The Call Answer the Call Foreign Land Trials The Elixir Field Note · Beyond the Familiar Fourteen Days of Luxury and Adventure Experience the journey of a lifetime aboard Crystal Serenity as we navigate from the urban oasis of Singapore through the exotic destinations of Southeast Asia and the Indian subcontinent, finally arriving at the vibrant metropolis of Mumbai. This carefully crafted itinerary blends cultural immersion, natural beauty, and the unparalleled luxury that Crystal Cruises is known for. The Route · Port by Port Cruise Itinerary ...

2011 World Cruise · Crystal Cruises Cruise Control: Bali Los Angeles to Southampton. Somewhere between earthquakes, rice terraces, and the Hotel @nyware. See Full Image Show Text Los Angeles Southampton · Bali Bearing We learn geology the morning after an earthquake. We learn geography when we happen to be cruising in the same part of the world—though still thousands of miles away—in Bali, Indonesia. Sea Note 01 Shaken, Not Defeated You cannot win an earthquake. But you can get odd—or even—by living well. I remember the 1994 Northridge earthquake in California while I was on my way back from Japan. So when the news arrived from Japan in March 2011, I felt for my Nihon-jin tomodachi —my Japanese friends. Eat. Pray. Tsunami. A 2011 field note written from Bali as the news from Japan crossed the ship. ...

 Although I do not understand the terms "molecule" and "DNA"., let's just call this Ed-zillas Reptilian Brains DNA gene pool family tree something something See you later alligator. Tourists are coocoo for coco puffs- crazy-delicious for dinosaurs-- They are nature's Special Effects. The so called only real dragons left--- the Komodo Dragons-were not so impressive. Just like kangaroos are nothing more than big rabbits, Komodos are nothing more than big lizards. 

 Although I do not understand the terms "molecule" and "DNA"., let's just call this Ed-zillas Reptilian Brains DNA gene pool family tree something something See you later alligator. Tourists are coocoo for coco puffs- crazy-delicious for dinosaurs-- They are nature's Special Effects. The so called only real dragons left--- the Komodo Dragons-were not so impressive. Just like kangaroos are nothing more than big rabbits, Komodos are nothing more than big lizards.