Singing in class: Shanxi province, China (Spring 2011)
Posted: May 13th, 2011, by Danny
Some pictures from my classes in senior two when i taught them how to sing a song called “God is a girl”
It was also one of the songs which was sung at the speech contest in April 2011. We all had a lot of fun.
Visionary Past and dreamworld (Fairy Tales)
Posted: May 11th, 2011, by DannyIt’s a little time to imagine just how we used to live. The following story about which you can see is taken purely from my imagination.
Though the actual events are purely fictious: The time and energy in which i put to compiling it is authentic.
So sit back in a comfortable chair and enjoy the story for all that it’s worth.
Kingdom of the Pharaohs (Egypt 1987)
Posted: May 11th, 2011, by DannyEgypt
A kingdom in her own domain
Memory lane takes me back to the spring in 1987 when I was still living in Israel
In what was for me an extremely industrious and turbulent period when I decided to embark on a rather fantastic voyage of discovery and intrigue.
It was not just merely inside Israel because I had already seen a lot of the country in the 2 years that I had been there.
On this occasion it was off to Egypt to see the land of the Pharaohs and Pyramids.
Actually I was not alone for my younger brother Jonathan had come for a 5 month visit to Israel..
We were not exactly sure when to go but seeing as neither of us were really committed at the end of March beginning of April we decided to go as soon as possible for between 2 to 3 weeks.
We also knew that this opportunity might not happen again for a long time and seeing that neither of us had been to Africa before there was a great deal to learn about ancient civilizations and cultures.
Egypt according to the media was such a fascinating place that it was known as a kingdom of universal and national treasures.
The peace treaty which had been signed at The Camp David Agreement between Israel Egypt and America in March 1977 was still stable despite some resentment between the two nations during the last 10 years.
Nepal: Hospitality at it’s very best: Winter 2002/2003
Posted: May 10th, 2011, by DannyAmoung my many adventures those which happened in Nepal were probably some of my most treasured memoirs
This is one such example.
Celebrating my first Nepalese Wedding.
It was so cool and swell.
All I wished to do was to relax and enjoy myself in the fine enclave of the evening.
In the fall of a bright white star I was taken on a motorbike to a rather special place in the countryside.
It was in a district of Nepal called Chitwan in the Southern part of the country near the Indian border.
The evening was all crisp and fallow for straight after school when lessons were over I was invited to a wedding.
After another day of adventure excitement at school it was off for some dancing and celebrating amongst myriads of colors, cheers and salutations.
This was party time Nepalese style.
It was not in a hall or hotel as one might have thought.
They were not able to afford this sort of luxury so it was by someone’s house instead.
‘’Welcome Mr. Danny as I was already known, welcome to our wedding are you hungry please eat, drink and be merry as can be?’’
Come sailing on the ocean (The Philippines, May 2007)
Posted: May 10th, 2011, by DannyMay 2007
3 islands, one bare, one lush and one full of spice, One fine morning Abby and I went to swim in the ocean for about 40 minutes. Our friends and relatives remained at the house to cook and prepare the picnic. When everyone joined up it was time to board a boat and go sailing on the high seas. Our first destination was The Naked Island which was a journey of about 30 minutes. My friendship with a Filipino girlfriend ‘Annabelle Liguan’ actually begin with a simple chat on line in March 2005, now it seemed like pure magic that we were on a boat on pacific waters. The sun shone than faded away only to come out again in full force. We rapidly approached the naked island so two sailors who owned the boat told us to get out and go ashore.This was a lump of land of no more than 150 meters from side to side. A few blades of grass came out of the sand otherwise this place was completely uninhabited. Attempts to cultivate this small lump of sand had proved unsuccessful no matter what kinds of methods were used in the process.
Keeping warm in China and marriage: Winter 2009/2010
Posted: May 10th, 2011, by DannyKeeping healthy, wealth and wise in China
In Suqian the public baths are quite close to the school. By that I don’t mean next door but about 300 meters away by foot. A quick walk down from the campus across a roundabout and down a small side street. When I think about being clean in China there’s no better way of doing this than by going to the public baths. This certainly doesn’t indicate being in an open air place because people are naked which is rather cold in the winter as well as being indecent. When I was in Nepal a public baths could indicate being in a open place but not naked. Men wore shorts but the woman wear ponchos plus the fact the water was always cold.
Authentically Chinese: Autumn/Winter 2009-2010
Posted: May 9th, 2011, by DannyChina 2009
It’s all too real and yet it’s true.
I often wonder what the imagination of people is like before they actually come to China. Perhaps they conceive an old fashioned country with most people selling food in the streets to make a living. Alternatively they might envision that of fierce warriors learning how to fight and protect themselves against a corrupt communist government. The media tends to mislead tourists into thinking and believing that China is still something for which it is not. Well as to being unsafe nothing can be further from the truth.