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Posted on October 20, 2008 - 2 Comments

Learning more about Timor

About one week into my stay in Dili and I’ve found out some things:

It’s very hot and dry
People are generally friendly
Food is surprisingly good and varied (i.e. Indonesian, Thai, Turkish, Chinese, Western)
You need a car to go just about anywhere
You don’t want to be walking on the streets between 10am – 4pm
Expats tend to spend their weekends on or near the beach
God rested on Sunday… so … Read more →

Posted on October 14, 2008 - No comments yet

Timor Leste, East Timor, Timor Lorosae

The flight was long. To be exact, it was 20 hours of flying, twice changing planes, and an overnight stay in Singapore. There were benefits… like enjoying a nice meal in front of a flat screen TV in business class. Approximately two days after taking off from Vancouver, I arrived in Dili, the capital of Timor Leste.

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Posted on October 6, 2008 - 1 Comment

How important is Skytrain to you?

Urban transportation in Vancouver is a sensitive but important issue. There are still a lot of problems with the light-rail system in Vancouver, but overall it does a good job. To try to address deeper social and security issues with the system, Translink, Skytrain and other transport authorities in the city came together on Saturday for the Skytrian Unconference.

The idea of the “un”conference is to bring the authorities together with … Read more →

Posted on October 1, 2008 - No comments yet

Can you blame me for not writing?

Yum, Dim Sum

I guess the answer to that is “yes”… I’ve spent this summer in France and didn’t have access to internet for most of the time, and now I’m back in Canada job hunting. The summer was a blast but now it’s back to “reality”. 50 days in France and 21 days (and counting) in Canada… I guess I am lucky to be able to have this much time to be … Read more →