I haven't written in a while - have been extremely active and busy.

I only have a little bit of time before this internet cafe closes, but basically, I had a complete blast in Hong Kong. Went to the wedding of Frederic Ture (an old family friend), met up with Dawn, ate, ate, shopped, ate, shopped, visited macau, ate, ate, and ate. It was wonderful. Six days (or so) later, we stopped over a night in KL (again), and have been in Bali for a few days now. Beautiful Island. Tomorrow, I'm waking up early (hopefully) to go surfing, and then taking a late(ish) flight back to KL. The next day, will be parting with Amy (sniff sniff =(...) who is going back to Texas for an Architecture summer program.

As for myself, I'll be heading off to Burma (otherwise known as Mynanmar). I just read the Dept. of State travel advisory on Burma, and read:

"The military government has banned general Internet use in Burma. As of February 2002, Internet connections are illegal except to the government and a few favored businesses. It is illegal to own an unregistered modem in Burma, and tourists have had their laptop computers taken and held at the airport until their departure. Limited E-mail service is available at some large hotels. All e-mails are read by military intelligence. It is very expensive to send photographs via e-mail. One foreign visitor was presented a bill for $2,000.00 U.S. dollars after transmitting one photograph via a major hotel's e-mail system."

I guess I won't be updating until I'm back out a week later. Í'll try to get an update while I'm in KL before I leave, but if not, you'll get all the juicy details plus elaboration on the Phillipines, HK, and Bali after I'm back in the states.

On a slightly different note, I've been "short-listed" on a pretty cool sounding Research Assistant position in DC.