Snippets: Kindness from a small Kyoto gyoza stall owner
How can someone bless many poor students? With food.
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Tradition can be beautiful – Lessons in Diplomacy & Innovation
I served as an NGO diplomat around 2004, under a Catholic Cistercian abbot who was an inspiring German gentleman. We served causes in Cameroon and Burkina Faso, providing supplies and used vehicles. I also raised funds through a Chinese music collection through the help of a Chinese orchestra.
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Snippets: Compass and Compassion
What does a sense of direction have to do with leadership in crisis? As it turns out, plenty.
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Snippets: Simple-looking is not simple, a lesson in soba and pasta
I do cook sometimes, whether it is soba, pasta, grilled meats, etc.
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Snippets: 10102020 – Taiwan, Happy Birthday
10102020，是蠻特別的。10102020 is numerically unique and memorable.
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Venturing up north to Fukuoka as a startup or business
As lockdowns and “work from home (WFH)” became the roller-coaster default in some countries that exact draconian and onerous measures to no end, it set me thinking on how best to create my business so that it it not only more sustainable, but more enjoyable in terms of lifestyle and well-being. Asia alternatives up north…
