All About Ms. World's World

HELP! I'VE LOST MY SARAH LAWRENCE COLLEGE YEARBOOK circa 1991, 1992, 1994 and I'D LIKE THEM BACK!

If the postman or post-woman recently delivered you a box that included a Sarah Lawrence College yearbook from 1991, 1992, or 1994 and you don't know who or what Sarah Lawrence College is (just the best and wildest liberal arts college in the U.S.), please contact me via e-mail at chilande2001@yahoo.com.

The post office lost my Sarah Lawrence College yearbooks and other items and delivered onto me a series of books about diplomacy, foreign affairs, and Islam which seem to be related to course(s) taught by
Dr. Mohammed Ayoob of Michigan State University. If this sounds familiar, please contact me at chilande2001@yahoo.com since I don't need any books that don't belong to me (I have enough books!).

Please note that I want my yearbooks back but I won't pay anyone a ton of money for them.

Sometimes I'm a follower instead of a leader, so I'm finally down!

I finally came to my senses and signed up for a FLICKR account. Please enjoy some of my photos of Hong Kong, Macau, and Vientiane, Laos. Please note I take tons of photos, so there is so much more to come!

Ms. World, Boston Spice & Cousin Irish Jo Get Their Purikura Groove On

 

I was walking around the Panarama House when I saw the purikura machine. I got so excited that I called my cousins. We just had to do some purikura on our trip. Here are photos! Don`t we look like happy cousins?

All about Ms. World

I`m desperately trying not to become an Internet/blogging fiend. I`ve been spending way too much of my time on Internet/blogging related things, such as reading blogs like newspapers or books, working on my blog, and listening to National Public Radio on the Internet.

I don`t like this behavior because it is making me a little anti-social. I always like my me time and make sure that I have enough of it. However, lately I`ve had way too much of me time sitting in front of a computer.

Last night, I made myself watch old episodes of the Apprentice TV show. I watched the episode when Ivana, the Asian-American chick, freaks out about an assignment. Then she solicits men to dare her to drop her skirt for $20 and a candy bar. I was completely horrified for her. Did she have a clue what image she was projecting of Asian-American women? Maybe I`m the only colored girl who thinks I`m representing the race in all of my interactions (because I know I am). It was painful for me to watch her.

Spring holiday, or break as it is known in America, is drawing near. Most of my friends are off on exotic excursions outside the land of the rising sun. I`m Toyama bound due to financial reasons.

I`m basically saving all of my money for my great Southeast Asia, India, & Africa tour commencing in August 2005. I`m motivated to hoard my money for a dream that I`ve nurtured for 26 years but sometimes delayed travel gratification can be a bitch! I have a little case of `I wanna go to!` blues. But I like to balance my whining with the fact that sooner than later I`ll be traveling so much that I might actually get sick of it. Is that possible?

I am going to take 4 days off from work and scamper around Toyama. I need a break from the school scene. I have no classes next week but I still have to show up and kill 7 hours. My Addictions/blogroll comrades may see a lot of comments from me about anything and everything. Is that possible?

I really want to watch some N.C.A.A. tournament basketball but I don`t know anyone with satellite TV in Toyama City. :(

Did I mention it is suppose to snow again? URGH! Yesterday, it was cold but I was able to leave my coat in the closet. I dread having to put back on my coat, gloves, thermal underwear, and snowboots.

What is the upside? There is always a lot of upside in my life because I`m Ms. World and I have a happiness gene. Hopefully, this evening I`ll drink up in honor of St. Paddy`s Day and eat yummy Japanese styled fried chicken with my Cousin Jo. I`ll get to watch more American TV with Chinatown Spice and the Miami Diva on Saturday. We will also get some writing done and break bread too.

I can do more work on planning my post-JET travels. China or Hong Kong? How long do I want to stay in Vietnam? Where should I get my Indian visa, Bangkok or in Japan? Should I really pursue my plan to travel to Iran or Lebanon due to the fermenting political situation involving the U.S.? Should I spend more time traveling around Japan?

I`ve been involved in some more food porn. Please enjoy the fray at Diva Saffron`s hot-spot!

Listening to NPR

I love listening to National Public Radio on the internet. I really like the Tavis Smiley Show.

The New York state (one of my favorite places) Rockefeller Drug laws have recently been revised. It's about time but more needs to be done! Any discussion about the criminality of drug dealers leads back to economics in my view. I actually hate the criminality argument because I think its a smoke screen. I think many people deal drugs so they can make lots of money, which is the American dream. America is all about the dollar bill or finding an opportunity to make money. If you want to stop drug dealing, either decriminalize narcotic drugs or offer poor and working people of color quality education and create some jobs through a federal job creation program. I think bringing poor schools up to middle-class standards would be cheaper than incarceration but I think the power-that-be prefer to lock-up colored people.

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"We live in a society especially, where Black women's contributions and ideas and identities and bodies aren't simply not taken as serious as they ought to be and that's not simply in the dominant culture but within our own culture."  Academic, writer, and minister Mr. Michael Eric Dyson on the Tavis Smiley Show

I could write an essay on this but I won't do that right now. I won't go on a diatribe about sexism in the African-American community. All I want to say is - preach brother!