Gustible - under the rubric of [$_SELF]

I have had a very busy two months - traveling, learning, and dealing with new responsibilities.

I have just returned from yet another two day trip to an unusual destination. This time it was Siberia - to be more precise, the city of Novosibirsk, or “New Siberia”.

Just after nine o’clock last night, Lindy and I remarked to each other that we can smell yet another veld-fire. Just before one we were woken up by the sirens, and the strong smell of smoke.

I visited China for the first time during the first week of March, 2009. It was a very short, business related trip but I managed to see a tiny part of Shenzhen. These are my impressions.

Ever since, I have imagined that I would live forever. One day the technology would arrive to let me go far far beyond three score and whatever. One day I would not be mortal, one day I will hold the universe in the palm of my virtual hand.

Our trip to South India as an Animoto video. Video rocks. The trip rocked.

Looking for Charda van Schalkwyk! Where have you disappeared to ?

If you were the PR/Marketing person for the United States of America, who would you have nominated to be elected as the next president after Bush ?

14 December, 2008. Arrival Chhatrapati Shivaji - Mumbai International Airport - after 9.5 hours flight, just after midnight. My personal flight experience was in shades of grey - unable to read, sleep, unable listen to music. Mildly entertained by the two drunken businessmen in the seats in front of us. We landed 2o minutes early [...]

I did hear Jingle Bells, twice, during our four week long holiday. But the enduring colour, cacophony, spirituality, movement and stillness to be found in India mitigated this.  Here is the first installment describing our trip to South India - I will write this as a travelogue, reference, rant and memoir - with plenty of [...]