Cassie, my fellow globetrotter-in-crime, posted a note on her Facebook yesterday entitled "The Official Languages of Me." As soon as I finished reading it I knew it needed to be read by more people than her facebook friends. Those of us who left comments were completely in agreement on everything she...

I've begun to notice that cultural anthropology has a tendency to be very external in nature. The analysis of what makes an area's "culture" is often performed by someone who has no childhood connection to that place. And yet, time and time again, experts on an "area" call upon their experience with...

The 'objects' I come across predominantly in rural areas, no matter where I travel in central and southern Europe, are religious shrines and icons of one description or another. The closer to the Mediteranian one gets, the more predominant they become.

Never came across any in England, which is not a...

After being bombarded with the word 'blogging' for months and I thought why not give it a try...

To begin with, alot of people outside Sarawak on the Northern part of Borneo Island, have yet to discover the friendly people, unique culture, great rain forests where stalcalite formations, one of longest...

I am a proud mother of a now 18 year old son, he has been all boy in his growing but I've never really had to complain much. He is sensitive, loving, and albeit a bit air-headed at times. He was born in Pennslyvania and raised in West Virginia, on a farm with goats, chickens and dogs.

When I announced...

The Road’s Consistency

Home and settled, now travel bound—it is a constant push and pull between the nature of yin and yang. A traveler is a traveler for life, and to be home is equally a journey as it is while on the road, but there’s a vast difference, a change in perspective. And...

30-storey glazed buildings with blue-green glass windows. White coloured Tavera jeeps and Indica cars in BPO office parkings. Flyovers under construction. Malls. McDonalds. Indequate public transport. More swanky cars on the road. Dust, smoke and traffic jams.

It's the new face of a city...

In July 2007, I accompanied my boyfriend, Su'a Sulu'ape Freewind, to the Second Borneo International Tattoo Convention in Sibu, where he was an invited guest artist. The convention was organized by our friend Ernesto of Borneoheadhunters Tattoo Studio in Kuching to bring together native tattooists and...

MUSEUMS

Tel Aviv
is home to three of Israel's
largest museums, which draw a total of 1.1 million visitors a year. Among them
are:

Tel Aviv
Museum...

Our volunteer work to SHALIN in Meru has started well. One thing we
have started in collaboration with Meru Museum is a program on plastic
bags. The program aims at highlighting the benefits of traditional
containers compared to plastic containers used widely nowadays. The
pupils that will visit...