our water guy

this past year, we were not able to drink tap water, so we had to call and have some spring water delivered about every two weeks. we got to know our water guy pretty well over the course of the 6 months we knew him. we would see him on the street a lot, he would come over for short english lessons, we would give him little gifts from the places we traveled and he even brought his daughter over one time.

well, the night before we left, we got an unexpected knock on the door. who was it, but ding wen cheng, our water guy. he was so happy that he caught us before we left, and said he had a present for us.

he had this russian guy who lives across the street sketch his portrait for us, so that we would never forget him. isn't that the sweetest thing ever? now i know i will always remember him

also found this pic of my feets on a rainy day in berkeley, circa feb, 2008:

where his feets have been.

I just found this video the other day.

maybe after I've rested for a while I'll try this. anyone want to walk with me?

The Longest Way 1.0 - one year walk/beard grow time lapse from Christoph Rehage on Vimeo.

unpacking nightmare

i've been home for about a week and a half, and i still haven't made much progress in the unpacking department. my mom gave me her 'studio' room to unpack in and take all the sweet time i need. so that means i'm moving pretty slowly.

where am i going to put all of this little stuff??

more dancing

while we were in central asia, we showed the students we were working with the dancing video we made in east asia. They absolutely loved it, and since they all love to dance, they wanted to make our own, English Club version. One Saturday, we all got together and danced our way through the city!

candyland dance from jena hammond on Vimeo.

new moleskines

so, this 5-year diary that looks an awful lot like the one my grandmother used to keep and tell all about meeting boys behind the boat house, used to be on my wish-list.



but I think it was just replaced by the new 2010 daily 12 color 12-month diary by moleskine.



isn't it lovely?

it features 12 different colored volant notebooks encased in a black, hardcover to protect them all. Each page in the notebooks features a different day of the month, and each color is for a different month! its so cute! and it would be so much fun to change your notebook every month with a different color.

back back back

sorry for the delayed posting..

moving out of my east asian home and traveling back to the states was quite the ordeal. i've been in recovery mode for a while, which means a lot of starbucks and shopping.

mao baby made it safely home, and is now comfortably residing in an over-sized aquarium we got for FREE. He seems happy and is adjusting well. it took him a while.

the last few days i've been working with my mom on this huge project:
in a local church.. this is an in-progress picture from my mom's camera.

also, etsy find of this week, the charlie bag:




i wants!

east west east far west

hey, just a quick update to let you know i've arrived back in the east!

central asia was incredible.. the place is just amazingly beautiful and i can't wait to share it with you.

but, seeing as i am busy seeing friends for the last time, buying last-minute gifts and packing up my life, i will just give you a snapshot of my life for the past month. real posts w more pictures to come when i am not too tired, heh.

enjoy!

back in the states saturday!