look Ma’ I’m playing guitar

Look Ma' ! I'm back on stage again.. [caption id="attachment_537" align="alignnone" width="500" caption="no tomatoes or rotten eggs were thrown during the making of these pictures."][/caption] After investing years and years messing around with the guitar and not...
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china cool or china cool-down ?

Got a few friends that left China for good this year after spending a substantial chunk of time in the middle kingdom doing various jobs but mostly teaching. For one reason or another, these folks had to pack it up, leave their cushy comfy life behind and make it back...
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it’s all done, what’s next?

So, after 2 years of cruising while being overworked and heavily underpaid, it's time to wake up and smell the coffee! It's been a great experience working in an industry I knew nothing about and learned quite a bit over that time. That being said, I'm slightly sad...
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Back in the wild: summer 2009 bootcamp

well, it's official and just in the nick of time! There will be a summer 2009 bootcamp between August 16 -30!Yes I know, I should make up my mind once and for all about these things and just stop flip flopping about whether or not to have them but it's not that simple....
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in the nick of time: we hardly knew ya, Kashgar!!!

I woke up today to this article in one of my rss feeds and reading it saddens me to no end! The Cradle of a culture, down in rubble !!! I spent 3 wonderful days in Kashgar and surroundings back in November with 2 great friends of mine.. the city had history...
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