The latest Journal Entries from Clara at Footstops.com en-us Wed, 26 Aug 2009 04:20:31 -0700 Copyright 2012, Bryan Rite @ Footstops.com Wed, 26 Aug 2009 04:20:31 -0700 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 240 http://www.footstops.com/cmwille/ <p>So. Here's the thing. <em>I really don't like change. </em></p><p>This is pretty inconvenient, as you can imagine, as I find it nearly impossible for me to stay put. And also since I decided to move to ... Read More at Footstops.com http://www.footstops.com/cmwille/blog/8416/ http://www.footstops.com/cmwille/blog/8416/ Wed, 26 Aug 2009 04:26:58 -0700 <p>I found this ad while surfing the web (again. What? It's 5:54. I was supposed to leave work 54 minutes ago but I have to wait for my supervisor to get out of a meeting. This puts the proverbial icing on the proverbial cake which is made... Read More at Footstops.com http://www.footstops.com/cmwille/blog/8415/ http://www.footstops.com/cmwille/blog/8415/ Tue, 25 Aug 2009 03:54:35 -0700 <p>I'm just at surfing the web at work (the handbook is 2 corrections away from being finished, but the person I need to speak to about them isn't here today). Just wanted to share this piece of work. I really like his stuff, he works... Read More at Footstops.com http://www.footstops.com/cmwille/blog/8408/ http://www.footstops.com/cmwille/blog/8408/ Mon, 24 Aug 2009 00:51:50 -0700 <p> Let me introduce you to my friend Joy. Most of you have heard many stories about her, but I promised that I wouldn't take any photos of her until she took her law exam. After her exam, she went home for a couple weeks and then met... Read More at Footstops.com http://www.footstops.com/cmwille/blog/8387/ http://www.footstops.com/cmwille/blog/8387/ Tue, 18 Aug 2009 00:13:04 -0700 <p>So I had to make an emergency change of plans earlier this week. My friend wanted to take me to Ipoh but couldn't go on the only weekend I was free, so I had to re-arrange. I went to the travel agency office and inquired whether there w... Read More at Footstops.com http://www.footstops.com/cmwille/blog/8351/ http://www.footstops.com/cmwille/blog/8351/ Mon, 10 Aug 2009 02:02:24 -0700 <span><div><p>When I first saw this blog assignment, I was a little disappointed. I didn't really get it. I've been saying forever (please imagine Clara, mouth wide open, blah blah blahing self-righteously at some poor cow... Read More at Footstops.com http://www.footstops.com/cmwille/blog/8340/ http://www.footstops.com/cmwille/blog/8340/ Thu, 06 Aug 2009 07:11:43 -0700 <p>I've been reading online comics all morning. And not doing my work. </p><p> Today I was supposed to have one of the final meetings on the Youth Volunteer Handbook with my supervisor and the program director. My Sup... Read More at Footstops.com http://www.footstops.com/cmwille/blog/8335/ http://www.footstops.com/cmwille/blog/8335/ Tue, 04 Aug 2009 23:12:20 -0700 <p>Thailand. is. amazing. Everything you would think it would be. Gorgeous, fun, relaxed, friendly. I didn't get to actually dive into Thai culture and speak to people very much, so I got a very very superficial view but man it was awesome... Read More at Footstops.com http://www.footstops.com/cmwille/blog/8334/ http://www.footstops.com/cmwille/blog/8334/ Tue, 04 Aug 2009 19:34:10 -0700 <p>Woot woot positive blog entrrryyyyy</p><p>So Singapore was ah-mazing. I was pretty excited about it and it pretty much fulfilled all of my expectations, and then some. We stayed in this swanky hotel which was kind of like gothic-... Read More at Footstops.com http://www.footstops.com/cmwille/blog/8307/ http://www.footstops.com/cmwille/blog/8307/ Tue, 28 Jul 2009 06:30:50 -0700 <p><span>So, I should have seen this coming. I jinxed myself in saying that I would not get the lonerz. What I'm about to describe is, I think, a kind of mix between the lonerz and culture shock. It's really personal, but I deci... Read More at Footstops.com http://www.footstops.com/cmwille/blog/8306/ http://www.footstops.com/cmwille/blog/8306/ Mon, 27 Jul 2009 22:30:53 -0700 <p>Hey all...still in singapore. I've been stealing internet all week and thats why I haven't updated. I'm staying in a swanky hotel (actually swanky, not like the fake swanky hotels we have in the US). The rooms are beautiful, t... Read More at Footstops.com http://www.footstops.com/cmwille/blog/8300/ http://www.footstops.com/cmwille/blog/8300/ Sat, 25 Jul 2009 20:53:24 -0700 <p>So I passed my half way mark a couple days ago, and I've been thinking about how I've felt during the past month and a half. Before leaving Canada, Larissa and Natasha (hey guys!) told us that we'd have a honeymoon phase in th... Read More at Footstops.com http://www.footstops.com/cmwille/blog/8284/ http://www.footstops.com/cmwille/blog/8284/ Sun, 19 Jul 2009 10:05:50 -0700 <div><br /></div><div><span>To change or not to change? My assignment is to describe how I've adapted or how I've managed to not adapt to my new surroundings, both in a superficial way, in terms of customs and ... Read More at Footstops.com http://www.footstops.com/cmwille/blog/8261/ http://www.footstops.com/cmwille/blog/8261/ Thu, 16 Jul 2009 04:20:50 -0700 <p>I know I haven't updated in a while. Basically, Chris was around for a week and we just hung out together for a week which was really really nice for me. I don't get a lot of like kick-back-hang-with-the-gang type of time here but ... Read More at Footstops.com http://www.footstops.com/cmwille/blog/8257/ http://www.footstops.com/cmwille/blog/8257/ Tue, 14 Jul 2009 18:49:03 -0700 <span><div><p>Oh Penang. I can't even tell if Penang is just fabulous, or if the people I was with just made it all seem so sparkly and friendly. I think it's a combo of both. </p><p>Before I went people k... Read More at Footstops.com http://www.footstops.com/cmwille/blog/8209/ http://www.footstops.com/cmwille/blog/8209/ Mon, 06 Jul 2009 19:44:23 -0700 <p>I am procraaaaaaaaastinating at work. </p><p>I'm supposed to be organizing a huge amount of information into impossible categories for a hand out and I just can't deal with it. Which is fine, because, of course, I ... Read More at Footstops.com http://www.footstops.com/cmwille/blog/8208/ http://www.footstops.com/cmwille/blog/8208/ Mon, 06 Jul 2009 01:36:00 -0700 <p>Hello! Just wanted let you know that I am going to Penang until Sunday night. I won't have my computer so I probably won't be on the internet, only way to reach me is phone. I am staying at:</p><p> Hutton Lodge&nbs... Read More at Footstops.com http://www.footstops.com/cmwille/blog/8200/ http://www.footstops.com/cmwille/blog/8200/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 18:15:32 -0700 <p>There's a certain irony in my internship project. Basically, as you may know, I am required to draft up a handbook for youth (18-25). The first month of the drafting has taken place internally, which has meant a lot of meetings with my ... Read More at Footstops.com http://www.footstops.com/cmwille/blog/8194/ http://www.footstops.com/cmwille/blog/8194/ Wed, 01 Jul 2009 00:04:39 -0700 So, broke my camera. Dropped it while the lens was out. So, I'm going to go try to get it repaired, but it will be camera phone pictures until then. ... Read More at Footstops.com http://www.footstops.com/cmwille/blog/8190/ http://www.footstops.com/cmwille/blog/8190/ Tue, 30 Jun 2009 03:44:30 -0700 <p>Just wanted to add some photos of the fruit that I am encountering. I don't know what the small purple fruit is, but it is delicious. The other one is a rambutan that is local, and is kind of like a lychee but less sweet.Yesterday I saw... Read More at Footstops.com http://www.footstops.com/cmwille/blog/8164/ http://www.footstops.com/cmwille/blog/8164/ Sat, 27 Jun 2009 06:40:09 -0700 <span><div><p>So, I learned an interesting thing this week. Well, really, I should have known it already. When I wrote the first draft of the Youth Handbook, Jaya came back to me and said "listen...people here, well, I mean, th... Read More at Footstops.com http://www.footstops.com/cmwille/blog/8158/ http://www.footstops.com/cmwille/blog/8158/ Fri, 26 Jun 2009 05:46:55 -0700 <span><div><p> </p><div><p>It's still rainy in KL, which comes with a certain relief in addition to the relaxing pit-pat of rain on the roof. When the rains comes, it means it will cool down for a lit... Read More at Footstops.com http://www.footstops.com/cmwille/blog/8147/ http://www.footstops.com/cmwille/blog/8147/ Wed, 24 Jun 2009 08:53:54 -0700 <p>One of the most distinctive qualities of being in Malaysia during the rainy season is the predictability of the rains. Every single day, at 4:45, too early to try to sneak out of the office preemptively, it starts to rain. Just now, at 4:55 ... Read More at Footstops.com http://www.footstops.com/cmwille/blog/8146/ http://www.footstops.com/cmwille/blog/8146/ Wed, 24 Jun 2009 02:03:02 -0700 <p>Uggghhhh, AGAIN I wrote the longest blog entry ever, and had it erased....words cannot explain my frustration...</p><p>On the upside, my internet works (two weeks later), so I am able to use skype etc. in my home. I will also hav... Read More at Footstops.com http://www.footstops.com/cmwille/blog/8141/ http://www.footstops.com/cmwille/blog/8141/ Mon, 22 Jun 2009 01:01:29 -0700 <p>Can't write a description for the pictures right now as I am at work and have a fair amount of things to do since I have been away. I am feeling dramatically better now though, since I had a full lunch of bread and fruit. I really have ... Read More at Footstops.com http://www.footstops.com/cmwille/blog/8116/ http://www.footstops.com/cmwille/blog/8116/ Wed, 17 Jun 2009 00:11:25 -0700 <p>So! With this posting, I bring you not the beautiful photos I have of Meleca, because I have not been in to work for the past few days. I have not been into work the past few days, because upon arriving back in KL I soon discovered that the ... Read More at Footstops.com http://www.footstops.com/cmwille/blog/8112/ http://www.footstops.com/cmwille/blog/8112/ Tue, 16 Jun 2009 04:15:24 -0700 <p>The misadventures of Clara in KL continue....</p><p>I managed to make rice last night with my electric burner. The manual is really hard to understand because its all in Engrish but basically there is no mechanism for different h... Read More at Footstops.com http://www.footstops.com/cmwille/blog/8094/ http://www.footstops.com/cmwille/blog/8094/ Thu, 11 Jun 2009 18:50:34 -0700 <p><span>So I've just found out yesterday for sure that I am, indeed, going to Singapore for the Youth Forum. I found this out when I was forwarded an Agenda for the meetings in which I am scheduled to facilitate a workshop with the ... Read More at Footstops.com http://www.footstops.com/cmwille/blog/8088/ http://www.footstops.com/cmwille/blog/8088/ Wed, 10 Jun 2009 23:02:57 -0700 <p><span>It is Sunday Morning, 10 51 AM.<span>  </span>I am keeping my computer at your time, (PM) so that I remember that its different there. I've decided that today I will just try to take it easy, pick up some st... Read More at Footstops.com http://www.footstops.com/cmwille/blog/8066/ http://www.footstops.com/cmwille/blog/8066/ Mon, 08 Jun 2009 18:17:33 -0700 I would also like to say that a part of my culture is TAKING CARE OF THE ENVIRONMENT. They don't even <em>recycle </em>here and it is driving me nuts! Do you know how hard it is for me to throw away a plastic bottle?!!??!!? It's... Read More at Footstops.com http://www.footstops.com/cmwille/blog/8056/ http://www.footstops.com/cmwille/blog/8056/ Mon, 08 Jun 2009 01:44:33 -0700 <p>So I failed and wrote a super long blog about the past few days and even took PICTURES, but then I saved it all on my password protected flashdrive and now it won't work on the computer I'm using because I am not the 'privileg... Read More at Footstops.com http://www.footstops.com/cmwille/blog/8050/ http://www.footstops.com/cmwille/blog/8050/ Sun, 07 Jun 2009 19:55:18 -0700 <p>I just wrote the longest entry and it got deleted. I hate these things. I will try to recover what I have lost....</p><p> My culture is big. Go big or go home. Big servings, big cars, big farms, big people, big tanks. Most o... Read More at Footstops.com http://www.footstops.com/cmwille/blog/8039/ http://www.footstops.com/cmwille/blog/8039/ Thu, 04 Jun 2009 00:18:43 -0700 <p>So, it looks like I will be staying at the YWCA in China town. Right next to the Y building, there is a Youth Vocational Training building which has flats that are furnished but with no stove for 1,000 ringgits a month. I'll have to buy... Read More at Footstops.com http://www.footstops.com/cmwille/blog/8036/ http://www.footstops.com/cmwille/blog/8036/ Wed, 03 Jun 2009 01:50:29 -0700 <p>What a difference a day makes! I am not going to write a very long entry, just want to say that everyone at my job was extremely friendly and are trying to find resources for me to find an apartment. I feel very comfortable with my assignmen... Read More at Footstops.com http://www.footstops.com/cmwille/blog/8017/ http://www.footstops.com/cmwille/blog/8017/ Mon, 01 Jun 2009 05:52:25 -0700 <p>Well well! I can see from the 43 views of my last journal entry that some of you would really like an update! It has been my first full day in KL, and already I have seen a man's wang. It was my security guard's. He whipped it out ... Read More at Footstops.com http://www.footstops.com/cmwille/blog/7997/ http://www.footstops.com/cmwille/blog/7997/ Sun, 31 May 2009 00:50:43 -0700 <p>It is 8 O clock in Abu Dhabi, and 35 degrees celcius.Everyone from my flight is trying to find their connecting flight, hardly anyhave this as their final destination. I am staying put because my plane doesnot leave until 2 AM. "A 6 hou... Read More at Footstops.com http://www.footstops.com/cmwille/blog/7963/ http://www.footstops.com/cmwille/blog/7963/ Fri, 29 May 2009 12:10:51 -0700