It all started a week ago. My principal granted me the week off from school (my former vice principal/arch nemesis has left) No small blessing, I didn’t want to waste it. I came to the Far East for the purpose of traveling and so I sat in my office and scoured the internet for deals [...]
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The Thrilla in Manila
Posted in Travels on Monday, March, 2 ,2009 | 2 Comments »
Salaam Bombay
Posted in Me., Travels on Wednesday, December, 3 ,2008 | 1 Comment »
In summer of this year, I was in New Jersey and I arrived at work on a morning like any other to find out that my hometown of Bangalore (India) had been targeted in a series of attacks across town using homemade grenades. It tore me up. I was born in Bangalore and grew up [...]
AUGUST, 2008 : World Without Strangers
Posted in Me., Sid Teacher, Travels, tagged english, incheon, seoul, teach, teaching english, The World & Travels on Sunday, August, 31 ,2008 | 8 Comments »
This past month has been a big one for me. Enjoyable as well, despite people dear to me having some troubles. Thankfully, all has gone well on all fronts! August started tough and is finishing strong. In the past month, Korea went from being a possibility to a reality, as i sit here writing in a PC Bang [...]
#12 Asian Rappers
Posted in Tickles My Fancy ( random stuff ), Travels, tagged art, asia, funny, hip-hop, india, life, rap on Monday, June, 16 ,2008 | 2 Comments »
For years, i have waited and waited for this video to be posted on youtube. I speak of “Tale of the Dragon” by Captain George. In Bangalore circa the early 90s almost all tv programming came via satelite from Hong Kong. We were lucky enough to be exposed to all the stuff out there thanks to Star TV. There was [...]