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by thefuturexpat | 2009/12/11
I really appreciate you featuring my favorite authors! I am still figuring out how the site works, so I actually stumbled across the post on the site before I saw your comment on my profile. What a surprise it was haha!
Can't wait to get more involved in the Matador community. Doing that feature is such a great way to encourage members to spend more time interacting with other people.
Profile Full Bio
Birthday:
08/24
About me
Editor, Matador Goods (http://www.matadorgoods.com). Played competitive rugby for many years, appeared in a cheesy commercial once, currently run a comic strip called Office Supplies, photojournalist, travel photographer, learning to play the guitar one chord per year, pitifully trying to learn Swedish, I love Jesus with a passion, I adore Van Gogh who inspires my paintings, I'm growing a mean afro, love creating interactive web maps, and oh yeh....love to travel too!
Why I travel
To be a cultural ambassador as well as soak up the wisdom of other cultures.
Travel style
Solo. Also a great team player so I work well in group situations.
Ideal place to watch the sunset
Close to the Arctic circle. Unbelievable.
Let's collaborate
Photojournalist and travel writer/photographer with experience working with NGOs and adventure racing.
Favorite artist(s)
Van Gogh
Sports I do
Rugby, Soccer
I want to make a difference by
being a living example of transcending barriers and dedicating more time to serving others.
Tunes I rock out to
U2 (Bono for President!), Pearl Jam, Jeff Buckley, The Bravery, The Charlatans UK, etc
Favorite books
Currently reading a couple travel anthologies. Anything by D.H. Lawrence & Jack Kerouac
My links
Personal Site -> http://www.lolaakinmade.com
Fired Up On:
Blogging
Coding/The Web
Cooking
Graphic Design
Learning Languages
Music
New Cultures
Painting
Photography
Social Justice/Activism
Trekking
Writing
Looking to Meet:
Bono
Languages:
English
Other Languages:
Yoruba, Swedish
Favorite Quote:
"To be nobody but yourself in a world that's doing its best to make you somebody else, is to fight the hardest battle you are ever going to fight. Never stop fighting."..... E.E. Cummings
Favorite Places:
Peru, Poland, Fiji, Iceland, New Zealand, Wait! Do I have to list them all? :)
Places I Want To Go:
Every other country I haven't been :(
Travel Blog
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11/29/2008 United States 4
Your friend just returned from the trip of a lifetime - traveling around remote regions, being invited into homes of locals, feasting on ethnic spreads, and immersing in centuries old cultures.
Seething with travel envy, you sign up for your own life changing trip, only to arrive there...
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12/06/2007 3
Currently dispatching for Vagabondish.
Check out Dispatch #2: Way Past the Arctic Circle: A Journey to Sweden's Original Ice Hotel to get a sense of what a...
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08/27/2008 Nigeria 5
Wow, its been a long, busy summer of work, traveling, writing, and some new editing responsibilities.
Currently typing just two hours from the Arctic Circle, it seems like every two weeks finds me somewhere new.
Recently returned from a 10-day trip back home to Nigeria which...
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09/09/2009 Nigeria 4
Beady eyes stared back at me from the window seat as I switched seats after takeoff en route to Amsterdam. Our flight was barely full and there was a large, sweaty man causing a scene, yelling at the flight attendant for not letting him take the seat he wanted.
I watched my petite...
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07/24/2009 Nigeria 4
“You this idiot man!” Seyi yells at Samson. “Why are you listening to Fashola?”
Samson is leaning in close to a parked car, listening to the governor’s latest decree about motorcycle taxis called okadas. The governor’s voice blasts from the radio through the driver’s open window, the...
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02/14/2009 4
For those transitioning into life in a new city, there’s that period. You know. The one wedged squarely between mere traveler and bona fide local. Between a few basic phrases and a couple insider jokes.
That ongoing period called immersion. No doubt, the key to getting beneath a culture...
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01/18/2009 4
The last few months have been a blur of activity; only a handful truly productive. From rounding out the last year to packing up and shifting base for a couple months, I had it all mapped out. Some sense of order.
Until I turned the word "y-y-yes" into 3-syllables between sniffles on...
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11/21/2008 United States 1
From clear white skies they fall.
Almost appearing out of nothingness, they gently float to earth. Different sizes, each unique in design, yet fundamentally the same, they float down, lightly touching where they land.
They collide with each other, they lean against each...
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10/05/2008 4
Check out my latest piece titled Bonfires of Valborg: The Fiery Heart of Sweden and do let me know your thoughts.
It chronicles how Sweden welcomes the arrival of spring with...
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10/09/2008 United States 3
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It's been one of those weeks. Where life forcefully collides into you from all angles. At first, the world seems like your oyster and you gorge till you puke.
Then everything becomes a priority. You puff in frustration, disorganized and disoriented. Deadlines are jumbled together. Arms...
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