Month: februari 2011

Er, why I am not a tweeter-er
A new bird, revolutionary chirping? 
These days I - like most of us - make extensive use of social media to broadcast bold opinions, heartfelt compassion or stark disappointment, but unlike an apparent majority I don't opt for the tool twitter. That is, besides the automated "tweets" that my blogs, facebook pages, and community website ...
February 13. Damn you so much, consumerism.
There are still moments that we can have revelations. Seldom do they occur but all the more meaningful is the trace they leave behind in our minds. It is so powerful because of it makes us feel related to the very essence of being more than anything else, albeit in a negative way. The kind ...
February 7. Start Making sense O blind poet
Imagine a crowded market, piles of vegetables, leeks, turnips, potatoes, onions everywhere, a meager dog with a fishbone in its mouths slips under a shaggy table. The sharp smell of overripe pineapples blends with the dustclouds between the stalls. Coarse voices reiterate their merchandize and their mantras feel comforting. An old hunchback offers dried fruits ...
February 6. The Virtual Foodchain of Value Creation
This is a tricky one. Have you just read the title of this post? It has been designed to captivate your attention and hence to captivate some of your time, some of your thoughts, some of your being. It has its own minute place in what it denotes: the foodchain of value creation. Now what ...
February 1. Brief summary of a time seemingly lost
The timespan between the loss of my glasses in Kuala Lumpur and the now is a virtual vacuum. I don't have the time to write a detailed document about it. The reader could look at charitytravel.blogspot.com and transsiberian.kindmankind.net. Surely, there have been a few noteworthy anecdotes and I will intertwine them with my future writing ...
Presentation in Khabarovsk
Presentation in Khabarovsk
January 22th. KhabarovskFor an interested audience of young shipbuilding students at a technical college, we hold our presentation of Charity Travel. We are glad to see that our story inspires, and can become a modest part of a student's motivation to learn foreign languages.

On a beautiful freezing January day ...
Paths of Kindness
Dorogy Dobra (Paths of Kindness)
January 13th, 2011. Ekaterinburg.Operating an NGO in Russia, especially beyong the Petersburg-Moscow axis, is quite a challenge. Paths of Kindness is a remarkable organization in the capital of the Urals owrking with underprivileged children. They organize weekend excursions, special education, and facilitate responsible adoption.



Name:Camillus HouseAim:To eradicate ...