Thứ Tư, 30 tháng 5, 2007
Thứ Ba, 29 tháng 5, 2007
Sparkle and Shine
Gems from one of the cleaning staff at the Ireland outbound section of Heathrow Terminal 1 at around 10pm:Man (Indian origin, 65 years old): ...its good here, quiet today.Woman (African origin, 40 years old): Yes, sometimes it can get very busy.Man:...
Thứ Hai, 28 tháng 5, 2007
La Gran Muralla en Beijing
¡Hola, hola!Ya estamos en Beijing, o Pekín, como prefieras llamarlo.Pues sí, es una ciudad enoooorme.Sorprende llegar por primera vez y esperar verlo todo llenísimo de gente. Pues no, no es así.Por la zona del centro, donde están los rascacielos, las...
Thứ Bảy, 26 tháng 5, 2007
Estoy en China, Guangzhou, comiendo perros y gatos y el tren a Beijing
Pues sí, estoy aquí en China. Hemos empezado por Guangzhou, capital de la provincia de Guandong al sur de China, también conocido como Cantón. Con unos 10 millones de habitantes, de los cuales solo hay 7,3 registrados. Es uno de los pocos lugares, junto...
Thứ Sáu, 25 tháng 5, 2007
Arrival Day - times TWO!
Two years ago today, we brought Alex home from Korea. Ah, memories. It was a magical, brutal 38-hour day thanks to the 14-hour time change and the long overnight flight. I had a fleeting sense of panic as the foster mother kissed Alex one last time,...
Thứ Sáu, 18 tháng 5, 2007
Happy Birthday, Dad
Today my dad is 71. He happens to be in Papua New Guinea right now, volunteering with a surgical mission team, doing primitive anesthesia with some sort of ether contraption. He had been warned about extreme heat, and malaria, and dengue fever, and having...
Thứ Năm, 17 tháng 5, 2007
Macau, casinos, prostitutas, policías y pistolas y periódicos
Macau es una zona administrativa independiente de China. Antigua colonia portuguesa. todavía se pueden leer los carteles y el nombre de las calles en chino y en portugués. Con marcada arquitectura europea.Se dice que tiene más casinos que Las Vegas...
Thứ Ba, 15 tháng 5, 2007
Mother's Day 2007
This is the first Mother's Day since 2003 that I haven't been in the process of "waiting" for a child. There is such a deep inner joy that comes with having some of your life wishes fulfilled. It's not that all of life is perfect now, but in this motherhood...
Thứ Sáu, 11 tháng 5, 2007
reasons for eating less beef
Even though I don't eat much meat, I've never seriously considered being a vegetarian. I think it's mainly that I don't want to restrict my diet very far in any direction. I like variety and convenience. That said, some people in that small group I've...
Thứ Sáu, 4 tháng 5, 2007
Simplify
The past two weeks I've been attending a new small group. I was invited by one of my fellow church-nursery volunteers. In between holding babies and picking up chewed Cheerios, we had discovered some common interests, and he thought I might enjoy this...
Thứ Tư, 2 tháng 5, 2007
La WaveRock de nuevo
.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } Wave Rock (6), originally uploaded by kalibushido. Bastante chula, ¿...
Wave Rock , Australia
.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } Wave Rock (13), originally uploaded by kalibushido. Al poco de llegar a Australia...
Thứ Ba, 1 tháng 5, 2007
Nueva Zelanda, Kiwis y fotos
Pese a la sequía de posts. Sigo enamorado de mi blog. Estoy en Queenstown, la ciudad más bonita de Nueva Zelanda, de momento. Al igual que a los Australianos se les llama OZ (Aussies), a los Neocelandeses se les dice Kiwis. ¿Que por qué? Pues porque...