http://adi.ooboboo.com India, China, South Africa...Oh My! Fri, 09 Mar 2007 23:30:16 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Thanks to a fifteen minute free Internet portal, I can update my blog from the Changi Singapore Airport.  It is 5:30am local time, 3:30am India time, and our flight to Beijing will be six hours.  I am tired, a bit in culture shock...this airport is basically a giant duty-free shop, ... http://adi.ooboboo.com/?p=224 A school is a place where one learns about the totality, the wholeness of life. Academic excellence is absolutely necessary, but a school includes much more than that. It is a place where both the teacher and the student explore, not only the outer world, the world of knowledge, but ... http://adi.ooboboo.com/?p=211 "Strange but True" factoid: "When the movie 'Babe' was released in China, its title was translated as 'Happy Dumpling-to-Be Who Talks and Solves Agricultural Problems.'" Speaking of Babes in China...My baby is coming to visit me in Beijing!!!!!!  I am very excited!  Bob flies in on March 18 and is staying for ... http://adi.ooboboo.com/?p=124 I am back in Bangalore for two very busy days before our flight to Beijing. I'm about to go to bed and dream of the beautiful sights I am blessed to have seen... Lake in Wayanad District Dining (Studying) area at Green Gates Hotel, Wayanad. A peek at the moon. A sunset over ... http://adi.ooboboo.com/?p=202 It may look like the Blue Ridge Mountains, except for the occasional Palm Tree!! --> "Hairpin Turns" the signs read... My traveling partners down to Kannore, a small town on the beach... Janneli, Elaine, Bridget, me! http://adi.ooboboo.com/?p=192 http://adi.ooboboo.com/?p=121 I have been away from Internet access for over a week, and I forgot to post this, so I apologize for any needless worrying (sorry, Mommy!).  I have been with the group traveling and studying in Kerala, a state on the Western coast of India.  Beautiful!  The Western Ghats Mountains ... http://adi.ooboboo.com/?p=188 I was just about to start updating my blog when Poornima called for me to quickly come outside. I could the fireworks as I grabbed my flip-flops and my camera. There was a festival parade slowly crossing one of the busiest interesections in the neighborhood! Apparently there ... http://adi.ooboboo.com/?p=185 Hi Dad and Tom! I hope you have found your way to my website! I am posting this photo of a temple in Bangalore for you. These are as common as gas stations in the US. It feels like there is one on every corner. ... http://adi.ooboboo.com/?p=123 Wednesday after classes, I accompanied Laura and Jeannia back to their homestay, located in Hosakerehalli Village. This is a neighborhood in Bangalore now, although it used to be a separate village until Bangalore sprawl grew around it. There is a large hill there that offers amazing views of ... http://adi.ooboboo.com/?p=184