The first pangs of homesickness have finally set in. Not really strong, mind you, and I’m not even sure I’d call it a proper “sickness”. Maybe more of a “homemissness.” There’s a Bob Dylan song from the “Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid” movie soundtrack, and it rings true for me right now. In the […]
Entries from June 2007
Billy you’re so far away from home
June 17th, 2007 · 4 Comments
Tags: Bandung
Top Ten Revisited
June 10th, 2007 · 1 Comment
(Video: Dance competition we stumbled upon in Bandung on Saturday night. This clip is six or seven guys who have stripped down to more revealing outfits. Silly, but not as silly as the guys before them who strutted around in cheerleader outfits.)
Hello! It’s Monday morning, and I’m […]
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Adventures in Singapore (w/ pictures)
June 4th, 2007 · 5 Comments
Just got back from the magical land of Singapore yesterday, and MAN is it different from Bandung. So much cleaner, more efficient, more entertaining, convenient, easier to communicate… and yet… a little “colder” than Bandung. Not colder in the temperature sense. In fact it was super-hot and we spent most of […]
Tags: Elsewhere in Asia
Clothing capital of the world
June 4th, 2007 · No Comments
Since Indonesia could arguably be considered the center of the textile/clothing universe, and since Bandung has the largest proliferation of clothing factories of any city in Indonesia, one could say that Bandung is the BEST place in the world to buy clothes. It is certainly the cheapest. I have read that there are no less […]
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