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Date: 17th November 2009
where is it?
hey can you tell me where is that strip club called show girls? Is it in Thamel or somewhere else?
From Blog: a night at the strip club, part deux
where is it?
hey can you tell me where is that strip club called show girls? Is it in Thamel or somewhere else?
From Blog: a night at the strip club, part deux
Date: 19th July 2009
green with envy
Hi Michelle, As one of your regular email groupies, I have to say I'm enjoying your holiday to Vancouver, especially the descriptiions of the great meals you have. Being a woman of a 'certain age' with the padding to prove it, the type and quantity of food you get to eat not only makes my mouth water, but also green with envy! Are you sure you're not making it up? How about some pics to prove it ;) It sounds heavenly shopping in those lovely boutiques with massages to boot......a perfect girlfriends holiday. Enjoy. Regards, Jan
From Blog: sex and the city vancouver style
green with envy
Hi Michelle, As one of your regular email groupies, I have to say I'm enjoying your holiday to Vancouver, especially the descriptiions of the great meals you have. Being a woman of a 'certain age' with the padding to prove it, the type and quantity of food you get to eat not only makes my mouth water, but also green with envy! Are you sure you're not making it up? How about some pics to prove it ;) It sounds heavenly shopping in those lovely boutiques with massages to boot......a perfect girlfriends holiday. Enjoy. Regards, Jan
From Blog: sex and the city vancouver style
Date: 22nd February 2009
Very patronizing and very white commentary on Nepalese life. I guess this is the new colonialism. The white foreign expert telling the brown people how to live their life.
From Blog: saying goodbye to Kathmandu
Very patronizing and very white commentary on Nepalese life. I guess this is the new colonialism. The white foreign expert telling the brown people how to live their life.
From Blog: saying goodbye to Kathmandu
Date: 17th January 2009
Another adventure - I can't wait!
Hi Michelle, I was thrilled to see another travel blog from you in my inbox. I enjoyed living vicariously through you on your Kathmandu adventure and really missed the updates when you got back to the States. Will look forward to your journeying to South Africa with you now - have never been there and probably wouldn't be game to go to the areas that you'll be visiting.....so once again, can't wait to hear all your stories. Regards, Jan
From Blog: the adventure begins again
Another adventure - I can't wait!
Hi Michelle, I was thrilled to see another travel blog from you in my inbox. I enjoyed living vicariously through you on your Kathmandu adventure and really missed the updates when you got back to the States. Will look forward to your journeying to South Africa with you now - have never been there and probably wouldn't be game to go to the areas that you'll be visiting.....so once again, can't wait to hear all your stories. Regards, Jan
From Blog: the adventure begins again
Date: 23rd December 2008
Hope, change & platitudes we can believe in!
Yes, I cried as well when Obama won the election and am still sweeping up the confetti from all of the corners of my heart. Finally, a president who doesn't look like all of the other ones. At first I was concerned that he wasn't black enough for me, but then I discovered that he was from Chicago and has been shaking down "the man", supporting Freddy Mac and Fanny May, and pressuring banks to dispense with established lending procedures and make loans to undocumented aliens and people who had no actual ability to repay, so I knew he's the man for me! Now I don't have to worry about paying my mortgage or filling my oil tank anymore; if I support him, he'll support me! Some say communism is a perpetual failure, but there is so much wealth in this country that I think Obama can spread it around at least until I'm ready to retire- and then someone else can pick up the tab! I just hope those rich people don't get smart, renounce their citizenship and take their money to places like Ireland which offer lower tax rates and free healthcare too! Some also say that absolute power corrupts absolutely, but I think we can trust the Democrats with a super-majority; at least as much as I can trust my dog with my sandwich!
From Blog: reflections on a new era
Hope, change & platitudes we can believe in!
Yes, I cried as well when Obama won the election and am still sweeping up the confetti from all of the corners of my heart. Finally, a president who doesn't look like all of the other ones. At first I was concerned that he wasn't black enough for me, but then I discovered that he was from Chicago and has been shaking down "the man", supporting Freddy Mac and Fanny May, and pressuring banks to dispense with established lending procedures and make loans to undocumented aliens and people who had no actual ability to repay, so I knew he's the man for me! Now I don't have to worry about paying my mortgage or filling my oil tank anymore; if I support him, he'll support me! Some say communism is a perpetual failure, but there is so much wealth in this country that I think Obama can spread it around at least until I'm ready to retire- and then someone else can pick up the tab! I just hope those rich people don't get smart, renounce their citizenship and take their money to places like Ireland which offer lower tax rates and free healthcare too! Some also say that absolute power corrupts absolutely, but I think we can trust the Democrats with a super-majority; at least as much as I can trust my dog with my sandwich!
From Blog: reflections on a new era
Date: 4th November 2008
Somehow,I ended up reading your blog. Thank you so much for sharing your such wonderful moments in Kathmandu. We have nothing except innocent smile. ...would be appreciated if you publish your research.
From Blog: saying goodbye to Kathmandu
Somehow,I ended up reading your blog. Thank you so much for sharing your such wonderful moments in Kathmandu. We have nothing except innocent smile. ...would be appreciated if you publish your research.
From Blog: saying goodbye to Kathmandu
Date: 11th August 2008
very very thanks
for your beautifull writting. i know that the prostitution is everywhere in the world. perhaps in nepal, the prostitution is lesser than places in the world, for examble in usa. a nepali women is cheeper than usa women according to usa dollars for examble. i think that two situation's different is this.but acording to Rs, she is same cost as in usa. for examble a sex worker is ear 5 dinner per nigth in usa and in nepal. i'm from turkey, and i want to travel to nepal. i want to research how the people live in nepal and why the nepali is poor? what is the missing for they to be hapy? realy what is it? thanks again.
From Blog: big hearts can do much work
very very thanks
for your beautifull writting. i know that the prostitution is everywhere in the world. perhaps in nepal, the prostitution is lesser than places in the world, for examble in usa. a nepali women is cheeper than usa women according to usa dollars for examble. i think that two situation's different is this.but acording to Rs, she is same cost as in usa. for examble a sex worker is ear 5 dinner per nigth in usa and in nepal. i'm from turkey, and i want to travel to nepal. i want to research how the people live in nepal and why the nepali is poor? what is the missing for they to be hapy? realy what is it? thanks again.
From Blog: big hearts can do much work
Date: 24th July 2008
Black people
I laughed when reading the reactions Sita had about black people! I am african and I live in Kathmandu, and everyday people are staring at me!! It's sad because it seems that all they know about Africa is negative:war, hunger, misery, HIV, etc... It's even worse when I go to some places where people don't have TV, so they've never seen someone with a dark skin! But what I find funny is that some Nepali have very dark skin!Especially in the low lands, but still, they are always staring at me!! ke garne!
From Blog: a classic Nepali moment
Black people
I laughed when reading the reactions Sita had about black people! I am african and I live in Kathmandu, and everyday people are staring at me!! It's sad because it seems that all they know about Africa is negative:war, hunger, misery, HIV, etc... It's even worse when I go to some places where people don't have TV, so they've never seen someone with a dark skin! But what I find funny is that some Nepali have very dark skin!Especially in the low lands, but still, they are always staring at me!! ke garne!
From Blog: a classic Nepali moment
Date: 29th May 2008
I was in Bangkok just a few days before you - wish we could have coordinated our schedules to meet up. Maybe next time! I'm sorry I missed you during my (very hectic) last few days in Kathmandu, but perhaps now that we're both stateside, our paths will cross again. Good luck in North Carolina! And keep posting.
From Blog: i love bangkok
I was in Bangkok just a few days before you - wish we could have coordinated our schedules to meet up. Maybe next time! I'm sorry I missed you during my (very hectic) last few days in Kathmandu, but perhaps now that we're both stateside, our paths will cross again. Good luck in North Carolina! And keep posting.
From Blog: i love bangkok
Date: 27th May 2008
Loving Thailand
Wait till you try the Northern part of Thailand. Fresher fruits and vegies, less polution etc, etc. Am in Chaing Mai at present and loving it. See our blog. mytb.org/underway
From Blog: i love bangkok
Loving Thailand
Wait till you try the Northern part of Thailand. Fresher fruits and vegies, less polution etc, etc. Am in Chaing Mai at present and loving it. See our blog. mytb.org/underway
From Blog: i love bangkok
Date: 16th May 2008
% to high
I think your percentage is a little to high on the Bar and Handbag comment. There are plenty of students who care about world events (just look at all those chalk protest over campus) or other issues than going out to Bars. Just look at the comments in the Daily Campus or the different organizations on Campus. Now if it's the end of the week maybe 90% is correct, if it was the end of finals, some Frat or dorm was having a party, or it was Spring Weekend. I think that it's more an even split though.
From Blog: saying goodbye to Kathmandu
% to high
I think your percentage is a little to high on the Bar and Handbag comment. There are plenty of students who care about world events (just look at all those chalk protest over campus) or other issues than going out to Bars. Just look at the comments in the Daily Campus or the different organizations on Campus. Now if it's the end of the week maybe 90% is correct, if it was the end of finals, some Frat or dorm was having a party, or it was Spring Weekend. I think that it's more an even split though.
From Blog: saying goodbye to Kathmandu
Date: 2nd May 2008
Thanks!
I don't know how I got into your blog but I do know that Google showed me into the first page where you were managing a sex-ed Q&A in Nepal. I was surprised myself that nineteen year olds asked you such a variety of questions. (I loved the moment when they asked about your own sexual habits! It's so Nepali). Then I read almost all the pages afterwards, because it is always a new perspective into my country when explained by a foreigner, until I came to this last one. Your didi's comments, the taxi drivers' reactions and the questions your participants asked made me laugh, provoked further questions in me and importantly, made me learn a bit about about my country. Thank you Michelle. Wish you all the best.
From Blog: the suffocation of misery
Thanks!
I don't know how I got into your blog but I do know that Google showed me into the first page where you were managing a sex-ed Q&A in Nepal. I was surprised myself that nineteen year olds asked you such a variety of questions. (I loved the moment when they asked about your own sexual habits! It's so Nepali). Then I read almost all the pages afterwards, because it is always a new perspective into my country when explained by a foreigner, until I came to this last one. Your didi's comments, the taxi drivers' reactions and the questions your participants asked made me laugh, provoked further questions in me and importantly, made me learn a bit about about my country. Thank you Michelle. Wish you all the best.
From Blog: the suffocation of misery
Date: 12th April 2008
Cupcakes?
Are you kidding me? You crave cupcakes? what a strange girl...
From Blog: stir crazy
Cupcakes?
Are you kidding me? You crave cupcakes? what a strange girl...
From Blog: stir crazy
Date: 7th April 2008
why not "men as followers"?
Aren't you just so tired of talking about making women into leaders? My friends here in the UAE tell me that women are very much in charge and prefer to rule from above the glass ceiling rather than fighting from below. In the conversation of who leads and who follows, isn't time to move on???
From Blog: dune bugging, camels, and sky scrapers
why not "men as followers"?
Aren't you just so tired of talking about making women into leaders? My friends here in the UAE tell me that women are very much in charge and prefer to rule from above the glass ceiling rather than fighting from below. In the conversation of who leads and who follows, isn't time to move on???
From Blog: dune bugging, camels, and sky scrapers
Date: 4th April 2008
re: Not all men
I totally agree, Dylan.
From Blog: souks, juice, and business class in Bahrain
re: Not all men
I totally agree, Dylan.
From Blog: souks, juice, and business class in Bahrain
Date: 27th March 2008
Have you read this book?
Since your going to Thailand, and are in the buisness that your in, You may want to read the book Pat Pong Sisters by Clare Odzer.
From Blog: a Nepali sexual revolution?
Have you read this book?
Since your going to Thailand, and are in the buisness that your in, You may want to read the book Pat Pong Sisters by Clare Odzer.
From Blog: a Nepali sexual revolution?
Date: 24th March 2008
Congratulations!
Still enjoying your blog and wishing you a huge congrats on the position!
From Blog: Happy Holi
Congratulations!
Still enjoying your blog and wishing you a huge congrats on the position!
From Blog: Happy Holi
Date: 19th March 2008
Not all men...
I must say, that not all of us american men just stand on the edge of the dance floor ogling women and getting more and more drunk and horny. some of us (particularly me) like to get out there and get down...but the women always run for fear of being molested. can't a guy just have fun dancing with other girls, or do they always have to think it's about sex? sheesh!
From Blog: souks, juice, and business class in Bahrain
Not all men...
I must say, that not all of us american men just stand on the edge of the dance floor ogling women and getting more and more drunk and horny. some of us (particularly me) like to get out there and get down...but the women always run for fear of being molested. can't a guy just have fun dancing with other girls, or do they always have to think it's about sex? sheesh!
From Blog: souks, juice, and business class in Bahrain
Date: 15th March 2008
all the hoopla
yeah, arabs always want to impress and amaze their guests, even if it isn't at their home. That's probably why there was so much effort put into the presentation as opposed to the actual content. It's just something i've grown used to. They are respected more by how good of a host they are rather than their insight.
From Blog: dune bugging, camels, and sky scrapers
all the hoopla
yeah, arabs always want to impress and amaze their guests, even if it isn't at their home. That's probably why there was so much effort put into the presentation as opposed to the actual content. It's just something i've grown used to. They are respected more by how good of a host they are rather than their insight.
From Blog: dune bugging, camels, and sky scrapers
Date: 11th March 2008
Dubai
Dubai is like the Vegas of the middle east. seriously...have fun. I'm jealous. :D
From Blog: off to Dubai
Dubai
Dubai is like the Vegas of the middle east. seriously...have fun. I'm jealous. :D
From Blog: off to Dubai
Date: 7th March 2008
Just caught up on the last three blogs. Very interesting, as usual! This is definitely one of my favorite fulbrighter blogs.
From Blog: Shivaratri
Just caught up on the last three blogs. Very interesting, as usual! This is definitely one of my favorite fulbrighter blogs.
From Blog: Shivaratri
Michelle K
MK
i think it was in bhag bazaar.
From Blog: a night at the strip club, part deux