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The Timor Chronicles: August 2009
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It's a hard life, living by the beach, the sea breeze in your hair, surrounded by mountains, coconut palms and smiling faces. But, writing about it might help. Sunday, August 2, 2009. Geez, it’s a small world! I’m in Dili now. I just got out of a taxi. Before I got into the cab, I asked (in Tetum), “How much? 8221; (in Tetum – I know how to say this now, too), but in saying this, I must have inadvertently answered his question, which I now assumed was, “How much do you want to pay me? So I said, “U...
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The Timor Chronicles: September 2009
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It's a hard life, living by the beach, the sea breeze in your hair, surrounded by mountains, coconut palms and smiling faces. But, writing about it might help. Monday, September 14, 2009. A really, really good way to start the day. When I’m in Oecusse, this is how I start my day:. Frog in the bed. Yes A frog. In the bed. It was a day of culinary ups and downs. 1 Green coconut water followed by jelly-like coconut flesh. Upon arrival, we were presented with a green coconut, complete with hole cut ou. Woman...
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The Timor Chronicles: A three-part story about a walk up The Stairs
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It's a hard life, living by the beach, the sea breeze in your hair, surrounded by mountains, coconut palms and smiling faces. But, writing about it might help. Friday, July 16, 2010. A three-part story about a walk up The Stairs. Part 1 – Prologue: Ol’ Darty Eyes. It is rather off-putting. I’m not taking it too seriously though, because I think he is a genuinely nice person. 8221; in a very high-pitched voice that sounds as if he has just had his testicles squeezed a little bit too hard. Quite dangerous,...
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The Timor Chronicles: December 2009
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It's a hard life, living by the beach, the sea breeze in your hair, surrounded by mountains, coconut palms and smiling faces. But, writing about it might help. Wednesday, December 9, 2009. More Timor commercial television (if it existed). 8220;So, Clive. What are you having for lunch today? 8220;Actually, Bill, I’ve got a hankerin’ for a sandwich.”. 8220;What kind of sandwich? 8220;A club sandwich? 8220;A knuckle sandwich? 8220;Nah mate. A Crazy Sandwich! 8220;Oooh, can I come too? We also think our neig...
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The Timor Chronicles: Mana Gillian
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It's a hard life, living by the beach, the sea breeze in your hair, surrounded by mountains, coconut palms and smiling faces. But, writing about it might help. Wednesday, January 19, 2011. In Tetun, Mana means sister. Maun means brother. Everyone who is female is your sister. Everyone who is male is your brother. One of the conventions of Timorese conversation is to refer to people you’re talking to in the third person. Allow me to explain, with a simple dialogue. I say: Bondia Mana Maria. The Unbearable...
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The Timor Chronicles: Sliding right back into the Oecusse lifestyle
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It's a hard life, living by the beach, the sea breeze in your hair, surrounded by mountains, coconut palms and smiling faces. But, writing about it might help. Friday, July 16, 2010. Sliding right back into the Oecusse lifestyle. Added to this was the fact that the ferry’s door was lowered at an angle more than 45 degrees, so it was incredibly slippery and very steep. They entered the perilous, waist-deep swell, motorbike-on-shoulders and struggled their way through the waves onto the beach. I live in a ...
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The Timor Chronicles: Desperate times call for desperate measures
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It's a hard life, living by the beach, the sea breeze in your hair, surrounded by mountains, coconut palms and smiling faces. But, writing about it might help. Friday, July 16, 2010. Desperate times call for desperate measures. All my friends and family who helped me out in my trip down “childhood foodie indulgence” lane a few months ago will appreciate this:. In a particularly desperate, shaky, gotta-have-cholocate-now-! Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). The place where I live. View my complete profile.
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The Timor Chronicles: Tasty Morsels
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It's a hard life, living by the beach, the sea breeze in your hair, surrounded by mountains, coconut palms and smiling faces. But, writing about it might help. This kind of thing has been niggling at me for months (or should I say, "nibbling"? It's time to bite the bullet and let all my obsessions (ie food! Join together in one, big blog of gastro-porn. There will be pictures. Of food. And some detailed descriptions. Of what I consume. In East Timor. (And maybe some other places too).
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The Timor Chronicles: January 2011
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It's a hard life, living by the beach, the sea breeze in your hair, surrounded by mountains, coconut palms and smiling faces. But, writing about it might help. Wednesday, January 19, 2011. My mood is positively correlated with the amount of credit available on my internet stick-thingy. The thingy that changed my life. Recently, and thanks to East Timor’s ever-so-speedy advances in modern technology, my life changed in a profound way:. I got internet access at home! I had to learn to ride it first, but th...
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