But I Just HAD A Vacation!

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For the second time in a week, I forgot where I put something and then forgot what I was looking for, while looking for whatever it was that I lost. I need a vacation to recover from my vacation.
Somehow, I suspect that this infinitely recursive need to recover from one’s own vacation plagues most 30 [...]

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Homeless, from Chicago To Manila

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At various points in life, all of us are convinced that we have seen it all. A week and a half ago, I went to visit some friends at their office in Makati. While outside of the building smoking a cigarette, I came across the most unusual and extrodinary person that I have met in [...]

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No more space tours after 2010

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I really want to go to space before I die. I’m a globe trekker, if there is somewhere to go there’s a good chance that I want to go there. Space is the ultimate road trip.
To get into space, you need two things. About $40 million and good launch weather. The Russian space agency will [...]

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Earthquake shakes Metro Manila

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I’ve been to many cities that are prone to the occasional mild rumble from mother nature (low scale tremors), today I experienced something a little bigger.
I was at my desk, writing, when all of a sudden I felt everything swaying. My chair (and me as its contents) rolled backwards on a level surface. I heard [...]

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I really miss seasons

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Traveling around the world is one of the best ways to ensure that you don’t waste your life. I’m not at all implying that those who do not travel are wasting their lives, I’m only implying that you should endeavor to do and see as much as you possibly can while your alive. Pink Floyd [...]

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How culture is lost

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I was reading something interesting from the BBC describing a decision by Mexico City to evict some 15,000 merchants from the city center. I believe that this decision might be a big mistake.
I live in the capital of street enterprise, Manila (The Philippines). A short walk down the main road leads me to an open [...]

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