Far East Cynic

Hello from Korea!

Got in yesterday after the flight from hell………….. Still getting connectivity up. I’ll try to post more later. But I spent last night horizontal for 10 hours catching up on lost sleep.  

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Quotable

From E @ L : Condemn Myanmar Junta – Sooner or later Myanmar will become a democracy. Sooner or later its military leaders will have to give way to an elected government. Substitute ‘Singapore’ for ‘Myanmar’, ‘business’ for ‘military’ and you have the situation here[Singapore].

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Tinkering under the hood……..

Is not always the right thing to do. Sometimes you should take it to a mechanic. Tried to make some fixes to the place tonight-screwed it up royally. Finally after going round and round got back to “normal”. Thus no post tonight. So drink these : And talk to her-tell

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What’s going on in Burma.

Got home yesterday and this was all over the news: This is video of Japanese reporter Kenji Nagai being shot at point blank range by a Burmese soldier. The photojournalist was one of nine killed and 11 injured when the military junta ordered troops to fire into a crowd of

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The venue………….

Golf… is the infallible test. The man who can go into a patch of rough alone, with the knowledge that only God is watching him, and play his ball where it lies, is the man who will serve you faithfully and well.-P. G. Wodehouse And Lordy, my brother in law

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New Master Card commercial…….

Airfare to the United States? $1013 . One week’s rental car at RDU airport? $194. Round of golf with my brother in law? $45. Being able to answer the phone at my father’s house and have the following conversation: RNC Fundraising girl: ” Hello, is this Mr. Skippy?” Me : “Why

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The son also rises………….

(Ozawa-san is the head of the DPJ-the largest opposition party, thus making him Japan’s version of Harry Reid). Yasuo Fukada is Japan’s new Prime Minister. The S.O. has been keeping me up to date during our phone calls-and its a better subject than my mother’s nagging as to why she is

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The dilemma……..

Being here in North Carolina is a mixed review. Its nice to be with family and yet at the same time it is an accusation of sorts. Each time I return I can see that my mother is having a harder and harder time remembering things-yet one question she always

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Tar Heel country…..

Long day today, made longer by the airline. Have not been able to post the last couple of days because the wireless connection in the room was not working. Now I’m back at my parents house-mooching off of their broandband connection. Tired and ready for bed. More to come-please stay

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