A little over nine years ago, Amy gave me a kiss on my neck while I was saying goodbye to her on the front porch at 729 De La Vina street after our first date. I wanted to kiss her back, but my body reacted by running away quickly—but not nearly as quickly as my [...]
In February, a bunch of the research associates from the Centre for Micro Finance Research piled into trains to slowly make their way to Ooty to behold the scenic lands, get away from the hectic life of research, and generally have something to write about…. This video was made mostly using Picasa’s video option, though [...]
My friend, Martin, really wants me to get a motorcycle while I am living in Chennai, India….
… I think I may be too much of a road wimp to actually go through with it. It’s just that the people here seem to know the boundaries of their vehicles by the centimeter, and they drive so [...]
Part 1: “Aieee! Get the camera! Ewww…. What are they?!?”
This is the building that our flat is located in. We are on the second floor—or actually, by Indian terms, the first floor.
When I first walked into my new home in Chennai, I was happy to find myself walking into a nice spacious two-bedroom apartment. Amy [...]
So, week one is over, and I haven’t really had too much of a chance to reflect on what has happened so far. So, I’ll do my best to recall them now….
I’m really enjoying Chennai. In a way, it reminds me a lot of my time in Jinan, China. The main advantage here is that [...]
The Waiting Period
After a few days of traveling, I am now somewhat settled in my new home in Chennai, India. My journey started with a day of heavy pacing last Tuesday, waiting for 4PM when Martin was going to come and pick me up and take me to LAX. I had pretty much finished packing [...]
Today is the 2 year and 5 month anniversary of Amy and my wedding. We got married at a park in Santa Barbara, and this short video was taken by one of our guests.
The song in the background is Etta James’s At Last, and was the song we used for our “first dance.” I thought [...]
Henny tells us the story about how she used to have some home videos. She’d like to watch them again, but one of her children has taken the “aparatus” to view the movies. But, when she gets old (or if she gets hurt on her ski trip that she’s coming back from tonight) she’s going [...]
Check out this video to see Josh make Puncha-Crema at Axle’s house for our traditional Christmas drink. For those of you who know me, I don’t drink… with this one exception….
Josh comes over to our house and Axle puts him straight to work mixing the holiday Puncha-crema. He describes the process (even though he can’t [...]
Part 1: Nostalgia?
This last stretch of time living back in Santa Barbara has been a really nice break. For a while, SB was somewhat dry and dead…. Then came Amy’s acceptance to Harvard, leading us to pack everything we owned into a huge rental truck and drive it across the States to set up new [...]