http://blog.wookielabs.com Amalgama Tue, 11 Aug 2009 14:55:35 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en There is a billboard outside the office where I work. The first day I noticed it I only read the "Go Veg" part and I thought it was part of the PETA campaign that I had seen recently when I went to the Gay Parade and someone gave me some stickers. I ... http://blog.wookielabs.com/vegetarian-eating-san-francisco A few days ago I heard that there was some political disturbance in Moldova but the news sources really didn’t have much good information and even now it isn’t really clear. I asked my former classmate and friend Dana who lives there in Chisinau, Moldova how it was going. She ... http://blog.wookielabs.com/political-disturbances-in-chisinau-moldova In the Asian Art Museum I had a couple of thoughts. First, as I was looking at some intricately designed sword sheaths I thought that, if we are going to have any possessions at all, not that I have any, they should be as unique and customized as possible, just ... http://blog.wookielabs.com/asian-art-museum Aren't postcards nice? I haven't been good enough to send too many and haven't received that many either but they are fun to look at sometimes. Distinct shots in well-known or lesser-known spots, the sometimes ancient photographs and their designs convey more than what might have been originally intended. Archiane, France Pão ... http://blog.wookielabs.com/postcards-are-nice Thanksgiving 2008, House of Aziz - Hummus, yam, cranberry salad, stuffing, etc. Power Fish restaurant, Lake Yojoa, Honduras - fried fish, fried plantain, pickled cabbage, chile. This restaraunt is on a lake in the middle of Honduras, on the highway between the capital, Tegucigalpa, and the nothern coast where the cities ... http://blog.wookielabs.com/a-few-food-photos Durian (top and left) and Jackfruit (bottom right) in Thailand. Durian stinks and tastes a bit like rotten egg for the first split second then it becomes a very creamy almost like a custard. I heard the best durian is in Borneo. This jackfruit was crisp and sweet. Nicaraguan Mamey - ... http://blog.wookielabs.com/strange-fruit   In Managua, a waste water treatment plant is being constructed to help clean Lake Managua which receives more than its fair share of untreated waste water and stinks to high heaven. Currently there are no waste water treatment plants in any of the capital cities of Central America. With the ... http://blog.wookielabs.com/managua-waste-water-treatment-plant Prizes were given for the best dressed donkey at the patron saint celebration in Ocotal, Nicaragua. The prize winners are not seen in the clip but you can hear the band. http://blog.wookielabs.com/donkey-parade-video I learned to dive on the Caribbean island Utila. We did a night dive, a wreck dive, saw some black corral and many mostly complacent sea creatures. The most impressive was the pair of squid that were pulsating light rings through their bodies and changing colors. A few nice dive videos: Diving Trance ... http://blog.wookielabs.com/honduras-diving-in-utila This is the story of my adventure on the film sets of Mumbai (Bombay) or Bollywood. For two days I was on the film set of a movie called Chocolate. (film review) I was lucky to be on the set of this particular film, it was one of the top ... http://blog.wookielabs.com/mumbai-bollywood-movie-production-chocolate