http://rkartstudio.com/blog The Art of Losing My Tail Tue, 19 Jan 2010 11:58:05 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Simply put, the bed collapsed. Well, I haven't been sleeping on a bed in my apartment for the last six months, but rather a borrowed air mattress. The other morning as I was rolling over, the mattress's shell popped and the air expelled as I clambered to wake ... http://rkartstudio.com/blog/2010/01/19/the-unfortunate-sleeping-experience/ I can't remember the last time I had cable TV. I think it was 1996. But in 2007 I also got rid of the box when I left the US for overseas travel. Since coming back, I haven't yet bought a television set. I've been holding ... http://rkartstudio.com/blog/2009/09/17/the-no-tv-experiment/ I got to enjoy a golden hour sun this evening in the field behind my apartment complex. During the day construction on two sides fills the air with the clammer of drills and engines. In the evening as the sun passes, the den of cicadas drowns out even the ... http://rkartstudio.com/blog/2009/08/25/end-of-the-day/ I don't mean just traveling to the same haunts, the same beach resort year after year. I mean returning to live in a place you've lived before, once you've lived away, once your life has changed. After living for a year and a half in Asia, I returned ... http://rkartstudio.com/blog/2009/07/20/returning-to-places-youve-been-before/ When we arrived in Hong Kong, we ate at the Chinese restaurant attached to the hotel. In the hotel lobby the sign above the door simply said, "Chinese Restaurant." So we entered because we were hungry and weren't ready to venture into the city. We drank green ... http://rkartstudio.com/blog/2009/05/23/hong-kong/ A journey with no initial destination still may have side tracks, back tracks, or even a change in purpose. After a year of being in the tropics, I'm having to reconsider where the next destination should be. In other words returning the US and reentering the job market. ... http://rkartstudio.com/blog/2009/03/10/a-journey-with-no-initial-destination/ It's been more than a year now since I've owned a television. I don't miss it. I mean the box. My viewing habits have shifted to watching content via the internet. If it's free and it's good, then I've been giving it a try. And ... http://rkartstudio.com/blog/2009/03/09/a-year-without-tv/ We recently attended the 18th birthday party of a classmate of Juvy's. Later in the evening, after the celebration -- giving of roses and candles and singing happy birthday to the girl and eating chicken barbecue, we found ourselves out in the back bamboo party house. It was ... http://rkartstudio.com/blog/2009/02/05/the-drink-master/ Close to where we live there's an ultra-modernist house with 15-foot walls surrounding most of the compound. The wall is topped with meter-long knife-point steel bars. These people are obviously rich. Painted white, the two-story house is composed of squares and glass, and one top window is ... http://rkartstudio.com/blog/2009/01/25/ironic-postcard-5-juxtapositions/ Sinulog is bigger than Christmas here, while it is essentially still a celebration of the Christ child. It's called the festival of colors, and while the costumes that parade contingents wear are certainly colorful, it seems to me, the festival is more about the people of Cebu. It's ... http://rkartstudio.com/blog/2009/01/19/sinulog-2009-the-festival-of-colors/