There are lots of sights to see in China, but for most people, the thing to do in Shanghai is shop and eat. Behind Hong Kong, it’s always been the most international city in China–lots of expats are based here (ever since the days it was a British trading post.) Because of this, a pretty […]
Are actually American. In fact, I met Mike my very first day of college at Purdue–he sold me a loft the day I moved into our dorm, and I spent a lot of time hanging out in his room down the hall over the course of the year. We shared an apartment with a couple […]
One of the “benefits” of working as a consultant is you get to fly a lot. Mostly, this isn’t all that great (you start thinking about planes as buses in the sky and know way more about airports than you’d really like), although it is a great way to amass a silly volume of frequent […]
Hello everyone! I haven’t written anything for awhile, because I didn’t really think I had anything too exciting to write about. Since we’re taking our 10 month old on a 2 week trip to China, however, I thought it was a good opportunity to make a few posts. So! Check back over the next few […]
1. Henry right after birth 2. Henry later that night (after his bath) 3. Henry with Mom for the first time 4. Henry with dad
So except for a quick stop in mostly forgetable Mamallapuram, this trip has been mostly a Matt’s “Best of Southern India” tour, wherein I show Karen all of the places that I liked when I lived in Bangalore 3 years ago. I think we’re in consensus that Kerala is the best state to visit. Favorite […]
So Karen and I were sitting in the departure lounge in Singapore, waiting for our flight to India, when I noticed that I was different from all of the other men there.? Sure, I’m a couple of shades whiter than office paper, but that’s not what I’m talking about: I was pretty much the only […]
At least that was the slogan that Karen came up for it during our 2.5 day visit to the island of Penang.? We had a good time there.? Penang actually shares a lot of similarities with Singapore–it was founded as a British trading colony and is very multicultural (about 50% Chinese, 30% Indian, 20% Malay.)? […]
So we started out this trip thinking we were going to see a lot of Indonesia and Malaysia.? The Japan part was a fun afterthought, but Southeast Asia was always the goal, and Karen and I were really looking forward to it. But, of course it’s monsoon season in Indonesia and Malaysia, and there’s unfortunately […]
Is what Singapore feels like when you walk around a bit. Actually, that’s not exactly fair, but that’s been our experience for the last few days–there area a lot of places to shop. Singapore is a small city state, just north of the Equator, hanging from the bottom of the western half of Malaysia. The […]