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R.I.P. Chaka
Chaka passed right before Christmas, from an unknown genetic disorder that claimed two kittens from her litter. She will be remembered for her insistence on talking while eating, and her cute tiger stripes. R.I.P. Chaka. rants, odes, and ramblings
Past the Three-Month Mark
It’s been a pretty eventful three months in Nepal. I don’t know what I expected, but this ain’t it. Kathmandu is not a peaceful city. It is loud and overcrowded. I am reminded of the old tale of a wise professor filling a large jar to the top with stones and asking his students if [...]
Still within the bounds of non-creepy cat owership?
Two is within bounds, right? Meet Chaka. She’s hungry and loud, and she doesn’t take any crap from anyone. No, Chaka is not a Nepali word, it’s the name of a neanderthal from a Will Farrell movie. -Photos of Santa still to come. The Embassy club works on their own time. -We still don’t have [...]
Day in the life: Working in Kathmandu
It’s morning in our cozy apartment in Kathmandu. The sun is just peeking over the top of the building next door, and I’ve been woken by the incessant bell-ringing and conch horn-blowing of a neighbor. I know that all that noise is meant to help carry their prayers to heaven, but it’s a lot more [...]
An Ode to Indian Cable TV
Rafting on the Trisuli was a blast. It wasn’t exactly as wild as the River Wild rapids or anything, but one of the French guys on our raft was easily on par with Kevin Bacon in terms of obnoxiousness (even his Hollow Man role). Speaking of Hollow Man, yes I did just watch that film [...]
Welcome to Kathmandu
Thanks to Sacha Baron Cohen, my time in Kazakhstan was peppered with Borat jokes, some hilarious and some altogether inappropriate and confusing. Just when I thought the Borat jokes were thankfully getting old, someone would mention a cockroach, or baseball, or Pam Andersen, and the can of worms would be re-opened. Luckily, my experience in [...]
An open letter to FPI and you bunch of goons
Dear Habib Rezieq FPI You are a RETARDED PIECE OF FUCKING SHIT!!!! FUCK YOU HABIB RIZIEQ AND THE REST OF THE RETARDS WHO FOLLOW THIS STUPID PIECE OF SHIT!!!! WE INDONESIAN DO NOT WANT SOME FUCKING PIECE OF ARABIC SHIT IN OUR COUNTRY!!!! ALL YOU GUYS DID IS JUST TO DISRUPT THE COUNTRY, DESTROYING OUR [...]
NUFF SAID #1
“Diani Budiarto, YOU ARE A FUCKING RETARD!!!!!!!”-someone Rants, Odes and Airwaves
Tales from Middle School
It was coming to the end of 2004, I heard news that I was accepted to a rather “so called prestigious” school, it was an all boys school. I was excited, The funny thing is that I was accepted regardless of the criteria that was laid out before it. Therefore it s technically impossible to [...]
Wait a Second, Not THAT Pantera!!!
FYI: It’s the one in the middle… Rants, Odes and Airwaves