The State of the Internet at Hale Manoa

The State of the Internet at Hale Manoa

This is a State of the Internet address I made by e-mail to the East-West Center participants in late 2005 in response to a number of people on the listserv complaining about the slow internet connection. If you don’t know what the East-West Center is and never...
Rice University Asian Studies Letter

Rice University Asian Studies Letter

[divider_header_h4] Preface [/divider_header_h4] Although my primary focus of study at Rice University was Mechanical Engineering, my fascination with Asia and my four study abroad sojourns there as an undergrad helped me to attain an Asian Studies degree as well. I...
Roots :: a poem

Roots :: a poem

Roots I had roots once… I hated them… They tied me down… They kept me in the same place…   I wanted to break free… I wanted to explore the world… I had places to go, people to meet… The world was mine to conquer… I didn’t need my roots…   I cut my roots… I...
2005 EWC Olympics Soccer Competition

2005 EWC Olympics Soccer Competition

I recently served as coordinator/referee for the soccer competition portion of the newly revived East-West Center Olympics. This is basically a recap of how things went down (in the form of e-mails I sent to the EWC listserv about the competition), with only slight...