December 13 2012 Kuta Bali
It’s been over 3 months since my last blog post and many things have happened in my personal and professional life. A lot of stress from all directions left me morally and physically exhausted. Thankfully, there was an event that brought me out of it and now I would like to share my experience…
“China is a civilization pretending to be a nation” - Michael Ledeen
April 3, 2012
Kuta, Bali, Indonesia
After spending over 3 years in China I accumulated some local knowledge and I start a series of posts with pictures, videos and audio that I captured in the country. I call it “Splendid China! Weird China!” because I actually absolutely Love some aspects of life in China and Absolutely hate other things. with this series I will share my stories.
“It is easier to be wise for others than for ourselves”
Francois De La Rochefoucauld
February 9 2012
Beach66, Kuta, Bali
It has been a great night out with my friends in Bali. Over the last 2 months I met a number of unique people and can’t get enough of it. Around 3 AM I decided to see the sunrise on the beach. This is a huge advantage of online money making business model. You can choose where you want to see the sunrise. Mountains, beaches, slopes, desserts or in a comfort of an unknown place. I sat quietly listening to the sound of waves and feeling the drops of rain on my skin (god bless inventors of the plastic bag where I could hide my iPhone). Around 4 am I was interrupted by a young man passing by. “Boss, it’s raining! Go to shelter”. Local boy pointed in the dark. There was a small palm leaf house on the beach which is used by local vendors during the day and here we sat together talking. Here is his story.
February 4, 2012
Sanur, Bali, Indonesia
Bali opens up more and more in a very positive way every day. This Island also gave me an opportunity to meet Trevor. Young Canadian English teacher that spent his 2 last years in here. If you live in Asia, English teacher don’t have a good appeal to this profession. Usually you see them in Their 50s in a bar at 1PM pounding beers with young local girls, however there is a completely different breed. People that made this choice conciously and went to school to tech others. Not expats on full expat package but the ones that move to Asia and make things happen. He is the latter. He speks local language, surfs, blends with weather, ocean, earth and feels like he has found himself. Perfect balance of body and spirit. He left Canada to see what’s aroung and keeps absorbing and positively impacts everyone around him. Meet my new friend Trevor.
Updated below
If you remember, my stand against groupon HK and customer service is still not resolved. Today I received an email. Again, according to Groupon, my case is solved:
And they ask me to give them coupon number again. Is it some sort of robot response? Looks like it. Are there humans in Groupon customer care? Makes me scared in fact. I would put it simpler way. Dear customer, you may write us as much as you want and we’ll make sure your email is filed in our system. You will receive response on random choice with random answer. Thank you for shopping with Groupon. (more…)
