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pastor_riel's picture

@busycorner, I just read about this fascinating theory. I am native Hawaiian, and the linguistic similarities caught my attention when I met a friend in Taiwan who told me she was ethnically Amis, one of the indigenous tribes here, and when we compared languages, many of our words are the same or very similar. This little spark almost blew my mind, like finding a Native North American tribe that spoke a Polynesian language! Any way I'll definitely look more into it, and one more thing: Don't forget Madagascar! (Whew, as if Taiwan wasn't far enough...)

busycorner's picture

Ever heard of Austronesian Migration. Lets just put it this way. Because of west to east voyaging and discovery beginning 8,000 years ago, every indigenous person bounded by Taiwan, Hawaii, Rapanui, Tahiti, Aotearoa, Papua New Guinea including the Philippines, Borneo, Indonesia, Malaysia and coastal people of Southeast Asia are related linguistically, culturally and through DNA sequencing. Whew!

This is a story not told. Matador has the collaborative power to tell it. Start here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8O77q8fjPIE

From Pago Pago, American Samoa

John

Sascha's picture

YO.

back in china. bout to be a papa. still writing, but not for matador. got booted ;)

KAUSHIK59's picture

Dear,

Love

I once had a friend who grew to be very close to me. Once when we were sitting at the edge of a swimming pool, she filled the palm of her hand with a little water and held it before me, and said this: "You see this water carefully contained on my hand? It symbolizes Love."

This was how I saw it: "As long as you keep your hand caringly open and allow it to remain there, it will always be there. However, if you attempt to close your fingers round it and try to posses it, it will spill through the first cracks it finds.

This is the greatest mistake that people do when they meet love...they try to posses it, they demand, they expect... and just like the water spilling out of your hand, Love will retrieve from you. For love is meant to be free, you cannot change its nature. If there are people you love, allow them to be free beings. Give and don't expect. Advise, but don't order. Ask, but never demand.

It might sound simple, but it is a lesson that may take a lifetime to truly practice. It is the secret to true love.

To truly practice it, you must sincerely feel no expectations from those who you love, and yet an unconditional caring."

Have a lovely day ahead, Please communicate with me on my email id Bye take care, kaushik

made_in_italy's picture

Hey darling, where are you located?

-Yours truly, Brooke

made_in_italy's picture

Hey! haven't been on here for a while, just got back from China with my husband. How are you?

-Yours truly, Brooke

made_in_italy's picture

Was in Figi for my 18th birthday, never seen water so blue! It's lovely. You'll love it.

-Yours truly, Brooke

tsraveling's picture

Hi, thanks for the add!

Sascha's picture

yo. i have been off the network for a while. nothing new, just stoppin by to say YO.

Tallguy's picture

What is that big silver Chi-town photo??

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Birthday: 
03/29

About me

Contributing Editor at Matador. I like to write. I like to read. I like to eat.

Why I travel

Who can say no to travel?

Travel style

Not always in tents and not always in hotels.

I felt the most immersed in a foreign culture when

I'm hanging out with three generations :)

Let's collaborate

I'm here for you.

Favorite artist(s)

Cai Guo-Qiang

Sports I do

Half-marathons. Training tips welcome!

Tunes I rock out to

Santogold, Duffy, Coldplay, Prince, Bob Dylan, Ting Tings, Jack Johnson, MGMT, The Sounds, Sharon Jones & the Dap Kings, Brett Dennen, MIA, ...

My links

http://www.julianehuang.com http://twitter.com/JulianeH

Looking to Meet: 
The funny. The quirky. The open-minded.
Other Languages: 
Mandarin and I really need to improve my Spanish
Favorite Quote: 
"be not concerned that others do not understand you, but that you do not understand others"
Favorite Places: 
Ao Nang. Szechuan. Chicago. Crater Lake. My grandfather's house in Taiwan, lying on the wooden bed he's had for years, lamp light shining through the mosquito netting so I can read my books while he takes his naps.
Places I Want To Go: 
The well-known and the unknown.

Travel Blog

Expert

Expert about: 
Taipei
Taiwan

Twitter

another great article from the nonstop amazing @livingholistic, this time re: love and open relationships : http://bit.ly/a0RAXr1 day 1 hour ago
@calrockx ain't that the truth. — 3 days 1 hour ago
@willharperSF your profile pic makes a convincing argument — 3 days 1 hour ago
@andrewghayes a big heart? a bum knee? monkeys. — 3 days 2 hours ago
dammit. — 3 days 2 hours ago
24 minutes on twitter is not productive. — 3 days 2 hours ago
i will be productive. i will be productive. i will be productive. i will be productive. i will be productive. i will be productive! — 3 days 2 hours ago
Incredible photos; I was just at #12-- Photo Essay: 18 Places to Feel Dwarfed by Nature http://t.co/1whrR863 days 4 hours ago
@dwbl heads up! RT @collazoprojects @JulianeH: Thought you might be interested in this documentary, "Two Escobars": http://bit.ly/b2GP5O3 days 4 hours ago
one of the many reasons I'm not a smoker--- "Quit Smoking Today: Do you smoke? Watch this!" [VIDEO] http://bit.ly/c3GUlp3 days 4 hours ago