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Mice and Men

It’s ironic – science can fully explain how an airplane flies; air velocity, surface area, air pressure… and yet there is something magical about seeing the ground drop away and climbing high above the clouds to a vatnage point only God and the sun enjoy. I haven’t gotten to the ironic part yet. Airline companies, [...]

The quintessential cuisine

I had wanted to try dog; you can’t come to an Asian country like Cambodia and not eat one of western cultures most loved domesticated animals. To Asians, it’s like Bessy on a bun with ketchup and pickles. Not that it’s actually that common. So I was quite eager to try it and once served [...]

Rite of Passage

It’s one of those rites of passage through which every missionary must pass; cultural faux pas of the linguistic type. Which, in a country where the language has 38 consonants and 24 vowel sounds, is not really uncommon (english has about half that many). Many of these sounds are extremely subtle, and if not enunciated [...]