If you google Afghanistan you get 16,600,000 hits...
If you google Life in Afghanistan you get 97,600,000 hits...
If you google Kent you get 82,900,000 hits...
If you google Life in Kent you get 97,600,000hits...
I just realised i know someone in Romania so I just facebooked them to see if they could take part... i had to be reminded of international links i have... even though i don’t think of myself as international in any way shape or form... though i do have an american father though i´ve never been there...
Afghanistan makes me think of poppies... which makes me think of rememberance sunday... but its not really like that...
IED´s, roadside bombs, the return trip through Wooten Basset...
Sun, sand, no sea for miles around... Landlocked.
more people were involved in Afghan Opuim production in 2007 than had access to the internet... just goes to show that international trade can blossom with or without cyberspace
i never seem to have enoug time in these half hour slots to get any real sense of the country i´m looking at. There´s abit of Wiki, some tourist and travel sites... then... i panic.
Friday, February 26, 2010
half fourdo you know
Do you know what happens when yo ublog the word international????
you get adverts for motor sales, international deliveries, the rotary club.......
about 7th or 8th is Amnesty international
so i guess we´re moving towards Bangladesh, India that sort of way.... bu talso a big slice of Kahazakstan and Russia......
Bangladeshi bowlers.... thats where my idea of Bangladesh is rooted... in that and the fact that bangladeshi food is sooooooooo delicious and so firey and so complex and so subtle..... cricket and food.... the underpinning of all modern day understandings...
did you know you can get to Bangladesh for as little as 350 pounds!!?
you get adverts for motor sales, international deliveries, the rotary club.......
about 7th or 8th is Amnesty international
so i guess we´re moving towards Bangladesh, India that sort of way.... bu talso a big slice of Kahazakstan and Russia......
Bangladeshi bowlers.... thats where my idea of Bangladesh is rooted... in that and the fact that bangladeshi food is sooooooooo delicious and so firey and so complex and so subtle..... cricket and food.... the underpinning of all modern day understandings...
did you know you can get to Bangladesh for as little as 350 pounds!!?
so wher ein the world are we.....
where are we?
who am i?
These are good existential questions but one s i haveno time to deal with at the present time.
Ther reason is that i am desperately trying to keep up with time and it keeps jogging on... if only i didnt smoke so much.... it would enable me to try a little harder and wouldnt make me so aware of my own mortality by slowly taking my breath away.
I´m a little lost as to the timezone i am on for this half hour
its all getting abit blurry.... i thik its currently +7GMT
where´s that?
its some parts of china.....
here´s everything i know about China.....
It is a very large country,
t is a communist state which has recently opened itself up in certain economic ways whilst still being able to determine its own destiny (in some ways)
In recent years it has gone through a perdiod of rapid industrialisation building cities, roads, links of all descriptions have been made possible with modernised airports, sea ports... we have been buying alot of stuff from them... as we ll as sending them stuff of ours to make and then send back to us.... we even send our recycling for them to recycle and send back to us to reuse... there´s something peculiar in that...
Chinese food is improperly represented in take aways and restaurants all over britain and it can be healthy, light and with little or no deep frying involved.... (take that Century Chinese)
I have seen a documentary about the way in which poor people in china are moved off their land in order that cities and towns can be built and they are then "asked" to take jobs in the new cities and towns and never asked how they feel about that....
I know that China had the olympics not so long ago.... they did very well though the opening ceremony with the tictacs on LSD was a little disconcerting......
Apparently the Chinese also hosted the Paralympic games to a high standard providing fully accessible facilities, drop curbs all over the city and generally were very nice...
I know about the whole thing with a monk sitting in front of a tank and setting fire to himself... and protests turning into Bloodbaths.... i think thats happened alot in the past. not just there but in other places.... so i might be getting them confused.
who am i?
These are good existential questions but one s i haveno time to deal with at the present time.
Ther reason is that i am desperately trying to keep up with time and it keeps jogging on... if only i didnt smoke so much.... it would enable me to try a little harder and wouldnt make me so aware of my own mortality by slowly taking my breath away.
I´m a little lost as to the timezone i am on for this half hour
its all getting abit blurry.... i thik its currently +7GMT
where´s that?
its some parts of china.....
here´s everything i know about China.....
It is a very large country,
t is a communist state which has recently opened itself up in certain economic ways whilst still being able to determine its own destiny (in some ways)
In recent years it has gone through a perdiod of rapid industrialisation building cities, roads, links of all descriptions have been made possible with modernised airports, sea ports... we have been buying alot of stuff from them... as we ll as sending them stuff of ours to make and then send back to us.... we even send our recycling for them to recycle and send back to us to reuse... there´s something peculiar in that...
Chinese food is improperly represented in take aways and restaurants all over britain and it can be healthy, light and with little or no deep frying involved.... (take that Century Chinese)
I have seen a documentary about the way in which poor people in china are moved off their land in order that cities and towns can be built and they are then "asked" to take jobs in the new cities and towns and never asked how they feel about that....
I know that China had the olympics not so long ago.... they did very well though the opening ceremony with the tictacs on LSD was a little disconcerting......
Apparently the Chinese also hosted the Paralympic games to a high standard providing fully accessible facilities, drop curbs all over the city and generally were very nice...
I know about the whole thing with a monk sitting in front of a tank and setting fire to himself... and protests turning into Bloodbaths.... i think thats happened alot in the past. not just there but in other places.... so i might be getting them confused.
Thailand
So what about Thailand?
where is thailand? on the old tourist trail... "go to thailand" "stopped over on my way to/from Australia" i saw the rainforest, ladyboys, porn, drugs..."
I have never been to Thailand.
i dont know what to write.... nobody is talking to me out there... though i found some blogs and learnt some things..... The Thai voice is worth loooking up. i have learnt about financial scandals, shopping mall scandal, crises.............
i am losing the ongoing battle with my printer and camera set up... it wont seem to talk to one another and it makes me sad to think i cant get any photos up for you to see..... so i´ll see what i can do.... grumble!!!!
where is thailand? on the old tourist trail... "go to thailand" "stopped over on my way to/from Australia" i saw the rainforest, ladyboys, porn, drugs..."
I have never been to Thailand.
i dont know what to write.... nobody is talking to me out there... though i found some blogs and learnt some things..... The Thai voice is worth loooking up. i have learnt about financial scandals, shopping mall scandal, crises.............
i am losing the ongoing battle with my printer and camera set up... it wont seem to talk to one another and it makes me sad to think i cant get any photos up for you to see..... so i´ll see what i can do.... grumble!!!!
and on and on
so here we are....
two and a half hours....
in fairness my planning hadnt gone as far as this........ what happens next. who do i talk to where are they?
from this open sided booth in a tiny city in England. i am reaching out.
i cant research the places i dont know. its impossible to find out about a place simply via google... i can look at maps, tourist board websites, blah blah....
Talking to Andrew has given me a real sense of what it is to live in the world. He´s an expat, living in Japan. aware that it can be as unfriendly as any place. but still making the conscious decision to live inthe place that makes him happy,
He also sends Richard his best regards and fears that the odd email and letter they exchange isnt quite as frequent as´they´d both like.... sound familiar to anyone? I have people who only live down the coast i dont see as often as i should, let alone on the other side of the world...
two and a half hours....
in fairness my planning hadnt gone as far as this........ what happens next. who do i talk to where are they?
from this open sided booth in a tiny city in England. i am reaching out.
i cant research the places i dont know. its impossible to find out about a place simply via google... i can look at maps, tourist board websites, blah blah....
Talking to Andrew has given me a real sense of what it is to live in the world. He´s an expat, living in Japan. aware that it can be as unfriendly as any place. but still making the conscious decision to live inthe place that makes him happy,
He also sends Richard his best regards and fears that the odd email and letter they exchange isnt quite as frequent as´they´d both like.... sound familiar to anyone? I have people who only live down the coast i dont see as often as i should, let alone on the other side of the world...
i am small keeps on running
so we´re going on again and again...
I now have to contact Japan...
Andrew was delightful to talk to.... i learnt alot.
including...
That the japanese are just a rowdy on the tube...
They arent as polite as they used to be
International is Macdonalds... he likes the coffee... he wanted to give me a profound answer.
Personally i think that is profound
i may be the only one but i am very confused by all this timezone business... singapore and Japan. different timezones... but seemingly in the wrong order...
i dont really get it
answers to iamsmall@accidentalcollective.co.uk
I now have to contact Japan...
Andrew was delightful to talk to.... i learnt alot.
including...
That the japanese are just a rowdy on the tube...
They arent as polite as they used to be
International is Macdonalds... he likes the coffee... he wanted to give me a profound answer.
Personally i think that is profound
i may be the only one but i am very confused by all this timezone business... singapore and Japan. different timezones... but seemingly in the wrong order...
i dont really get it
answers to iamsmall@accidentalcollective.co.uk
Daisy now has blogs on her home page
daisy now has blogs on her homepage "accidentaldaisy" as she logged me into it right at the start.
i shall try to catch you up in a moment.....
right so here we are. i feel i have been failing in my duty as the kind of engine room, back office function for the running of this piece!!!
i have been trying t ofind ways to contact the world and see whats ou t there because i am small... there is lots to see and do...
i was using a site called "chat roulette" wher e you can be endlessly connected to randome people all over the world. it seems to be mstly men looking for women... so i seem to get cut off alot.
i also am researching timezones as i go.
i am working backwards from +12 GMT. .. every half of an hour, represents one time zone. i am to speak to someone in that timezone if i can and find out some things about that part of the world.
as i have said.... i ahve been failing.
That just changed as i spoke to Debbie in Singapore. I dont know who was more scared. probably me! i didnt know aht to say i was just so excited! first contact, There IS a world out there.
i shall try to catch you up in a moment.....
right so here we are. i feel i have been failing in my duty as the kind of engine room, back office function for the running of this piece!!!
i have been trying t ofind ways to contact the world and see whats ou t there because i am small... there is lots to see and do...
i was using a site called "chat roulette" wher e you can be endlessly connected to randome people all over the world. it seems to be mstly men looking for women... so i seem to get cut off alot.
i also am researching timezones as i go.
i am working backwards from +12 GMT. .. every half of an hour, represents one time zone. i am to speak to someone in that timezone if i can and find out some things about that part of the world.
as i have said.... i ahve been failing.
That just changed as i spoke to Debbie in Singapore. I dont know who was more scared. probably me! i didnt know aht to say i was just so excited! first contact, There IS a world out there.
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