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Kim Jong-il is Ill

Posted in News on 9 September 2008 | Leave a Comment »

I read in the New York Times today that North Korean leader Kim Jong-il is seriously ill and probably suffered from a stroke.  He also suffers from chronic heart disease and diabetes.  Unlike his father before him, Kim has not been grooming one of his 3 sons to succeed him as North Korea’s leader after [...]

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On Beauty

Posted in Beijing, China, News, Thoughts, Vietnam on 28 July 2008 | Leave a Comment »

I haven’t written in a while. I’ve been really busy.
This weekend I went into Boston to visit Steph, because she’s doing a music program at Berklee College of Music this summer. I took the T in from Worcester on Saturday evening, and went to  her apartment, which was small but homey.  We went to Shaw’s [...]

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I think it’s a mustard issue, actually.

Posted in News on 30 June 2008 | Leave a Comment »

Bill O’Reilly was apparently outraged at this “gay” British Heinz mayonnaise ad. I watched the ad a few times, and couldn’t really figure out the role of the guy in the chef’s hat. At first I thought he was a member of the family, a second dad, but then I noticed that he has an [...]

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#3 – Hillary Clinton (two times a baller)

Posted in Feminism, News, Politics on 10 June 2008 | 1 Comment »

I have been mildly depressed and seriously disappointed since learning that Hillary Clinton was dropping out of the presidential race last week. I am listening to her concession speech for the second time right now, and I think it’s one of the most influential speeches I have heard during her long campaign. 
I never thought about [...]

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Wedding Photographer Captures Sichuan Earthquake

Posted in China, News on 24 May 2008 | Leave a Comment »

I also came across this interesting photo in a New York Times blog. 

A confused bride and groom shake off some dust after the earthquake.
When the earthquake struck, five couples were having their wedding photographs taken at this deserted French Missionary Church in Pengzhou in southwestern Sichuan.  No one was injured.
The photographer, Wang Qiang, had already [...]

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Sichuan Earthquake: The Aftermath

Posted in China, News on 23 May 2008 | Leave a Comment »

Last week, a tragic earthquake struck Sichuan Province. As PLA soldiers, citizen volunteers, and even Prime Minister Wen Jiabao rushed to Sichuan to offer aid, the world’s hearts and minds mourned with China while the death toll rose.
To summarize the quake’s damage, the New York Times writes:
“On the afternoon of May 12, 2008, an earthquake [...]

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