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Archive for April, 2012

There’s something about the way

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There’s something about the way life flows from country to country. It’s intriguing, albeit dizzying, taking in the way people of various cultures respond to one another and the environmental factors that shape their world. I remember my first weeks trying to cross streets in Sanxia, Taiwan. Cars and scooters whizzed by, the drivers ignoring [...]

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