how to be hella (/heli) cool.
One of the major perks of coming into the city is having the opportunity to catch up with the other volunteers. Here is one such volunteer, who I don't have the opportunity of seeing very often because he's in a different sector (education) and on a different island (Pentecost) but was fortunate to find myself in the good company of this very morning...
Meet Eric Lee Wong- here he is rocking a pirate 'do and a box of recently purchased snacks (prob from his store, read on) in the volunteer resource room.
He once lived in Seattle (something to do with huskies) and his parents own a house in the same 'burb as mine, although he's really from China. He's a funny chap, this Eric LW. First off, he has a namesake store in Port Vila just by happenstance and heavy Chinese influence on marketable goods out here (I have discussed this material monopoly before), which I think is pretty cool for him. He doesn't get a discount or anything (which I think is a bunch of bologna), but it still ups his celebrity status. Secondly, his Facebook profile picture is a red panda, which is cool without need for explanation. I could make a longer and much more detailed list about why Eric LW is cool, but I'm just going to cut to the chase here.
Here's how you can be hella (/heli) cool like this guy-
Travel to SE Asia during rainy season, visit Siem Reap (please see Angkor Wat temple(s), Cambodia, largest religious structure in the world, et. all.) during a flood and dub it a "cool sinking temple" rather than consider or much less curse an extreme excess of water covering up the very site you traveled so far to see as spoiling your plans, have yourself evacuated for aforementioned adverse weather conditions via military helicopter and shrug your shoulders like NBD.
If you've not heard much about the flooding situation in SE Asia, look into it. Word on the ground in Bangkok from my dear friend S. Pounds (http://sarahlbs.blogspot.com) is that it's been a little sticky. and slithery. or quite wet, in any case...
"Thousands of crocs roam Bangkok floodwaters"
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2011-10-24/crocs-loose-in-bangkok-floodwaters
Anyway, just picked up this little gem of a story in passing conversation with Mr. LW; I can only hope my travels to Asia this spring, as I will definitely be heading to this mecca of wonder and apparently water, will be as exciting as his. I want to be heli cool too.
I stole these pictures from the memory card of his camera, he's not managed to upload them to the interweb and share their hilarity (awesome-ity?) with the world yet, so I'm doing it for him. The other cool cat in these pics (shown from the 'copter in question) is Mr. Michael Wilson, a teacher on the great island oasis of Espiritu Santo.
Meet Eric Lee Wong- here he is rocking a pirate 'do and a box of recently purchased snacks (prob from his store, read on) in the volunteer resource room.
He once lived in Seattle (something to do with huskies) and his parents own a house in the same 'burb as mine, although he's really from China. He's a funny chap, this Eric LW. First off, he has a namesake store in Port Vila just by happenstance and heavy Chinese influence on marketable goods out here (I have discussed this material monopoly before), which I think is pretty cool for him. He doesn't get a discount or anything (which I think is a bunch of bologna), but it still ups his celebrity status. Secondly, his Facebook profile picture is a red panda, which is cool without need for explanation. I could make a longer and much more detailed list about why Eric LW is cool, but I'm just going to cut to the chase here.
Here's how you can be hella (/heli) cool like this guy-
Travel to SE Asia during rainy season, visit Siem Reap (please see Angkor Wat temple(s), Cambodia, largest religious structure in the world, et. all.) during a flood and dub it a "cool sinking temple" rather than consider or much less curse an extreme excess of water covering up the very site you traveled so far to see as spoiling your plans, have yourself evacuated for aforementioned adverse weather conditions via military helicopter and shrug your shoulders like NBD.
If you've not heard much about the flooding situation in SE Asia, look into it. Word on the ground in Bangkok from my dear friend S. Pounds (http://sarahlbs.blogspot.com) is that it's been a little sticky. and slithery. or quite wet, in any case...
"Thousands of crocs roam Bangkok floodwaters"
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2011-10-24/crocs-loose-in-bangkok-floodwaters
Anyway, just picked up this little gem of a story in passing conversation with Mr. LW; I can only hope my travels to Asia this spring, as I will definitely be heading to this mecca of wonder and apparently water, will be as exciting as his. I want to be heli cool too.
I stole these pictures from the memory card of his camera, he's not managed to upload them to the interweb and share their hilarity (awesome-ity?) with the world yet, so I'm doing it for him. The other cool cat in these pics (shown from the 'copter in question) is Mr. Michael Wilson, a teacher on the great island oasis of Espiritu Santo.
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