Shanghai Rocks

Ok, I have to admit that I had some serious pre-conceived notions about China: stoic, staid, old fashioned, closed, communist, cut-off. Boy, was I wrong. Plain and simple, Shanghai rocks!
Growing up outside New York City, I always compare new cities to Manhattan: skyline, culture, pace, freedom, energy. For the most part, very few cities have [...]

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Photo Hunt: Paper

As a technology teacher, I’m not too fond of paper. Here in the tropics paper molds very quickly, paper gets ripped and dirty, paper gets lost, paper can be hard to share given it’s physical (and not virtual, and therefore infinite) presence, when I use paper I have to actually handwrite (something that I have [...]

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DeLUXX Weekend Downtown

Alex and I spent this past weekend relaxing in minimalist luxury at my favorite little boutique hotel, Luxx, in downtown Bangkok (pictures here). Last week was so crazy that I just felt like I had to get away for a few days. Plus we had to head down to the immigration office for my re-entry [...]

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Shanghai, Here I Come!

Life has been so busy over the last few weeks that I’ve barely had time to breathe, let along blog (although the two are just about equal in importance, right?). But, I am excited to report that I will be traveling to Shanghai next weekend for the Learning 2.0 Conference!
Unfortunately that also happens to be [...]

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Photo Hunt: Dirty

After living in Germany for five years, one thing that has always bothered me about living in southeast Asia is how dirty things can be. Not everything, not all the time, but generally speaking, the average KL or Bangkok street is a heck of a lot dirtier than the average street in Munich.
Unfortunately, these countries [...]

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