There’s a clear destination: Japan. To return to the land that has become, as my cousin put it, “chez toi” (or chez moi, I guess ). The process began on August 22nd in Lausanne, Switzerland and ends September 22nd in Wakkanai, Japan. But between, it’s full of rich depth of experience! And I’d like to [...]
Hive of Activity
The past few days have been a hive of activity around Caught Doin’ Good! I think coming to Bangalore was a very good choice for the project. I made some great connections here with Ashoka India, and I’ve even started to make connections beyond that network. I’ve agreed to help Ashoka in one of their [...]
Nothing to do but move forward
Note: This was written on the morning of Jan. 22nd. At the very end was my first hint about the bandh in Bangalore. Oh – and I imagine you understand this, but I just write from feelings at any given moment… especially for this blog I don’t rewrite or edit when the feelings have changed. [...]
Arriving in Mumbai, India
I’ve just made it to my guesthouse – a hole-in-the-wall kinda joint named the “Delight House”. I found it by going to the Salvation Army’s “Red Shield” guesthouse, which everyone on couchsurfing claims to be the best place to stay in Mumbai, but since it was full the receptionist directed me here. His manner was [...]
Bako National Park
There were all kinds of cool wildlife at Bako National Park. I really felt like we were on their territory, and they made that well known – especially the Macaque monkeys, who will attack you anytime you carry anything that even resembles food. I walked on the island carrying a pack of leftovers from lunch, [...]
Matangtubig squatter community in Manila (photo album)
Yesterday I went with some Catholic nuns to a squatter village in the center of Quezon City, Metro Manila. It’s not the worst that I’ve seen, and the kids were all full of joy and laughter, but they have lots of problems. The nuns there have had a constant presence in the community for over [...]
New and improved websites!
I decided to stick with WordPress for all my websites, and what you see here is the result. I’m a little torn on this one…it’ll need a bit of tweaking the way I do things to make it look nice, but I think it’s a step up from what I had. I’m still considering other [...]
[video] YouTube Online editing tool
There’s a new tool available to edit your YouTube videos online. Click here to try it out yourself. I threw together this video with it
[video] Curry Party
I really enjoyed the curry party yesterday. What was most impacting was everyone’s willingness to chat about charities and apparent thankfulness that someone had put the work in to create a forum where people could share their thoughts. I was really glad to see everyone pitch in, and with all of the donations as well [...]
Curry Party for Charity: Water!
Join us live at 3pm (Tokyo time) this Sunday on BlogTV! This Sunday, I will have a house party for Charity: Water. It’ll be an informal gathering of hopefully about 25 people gathering to have some food, drinks, fun, and to enjoy summer in Tokyo while focusing on a bigger cause at the same time. [...]
