Amsterdam: Monday evening, late for a meeting at 6.30pm. I ran from my office at Rockstart to my bike parked…
Tag: Helpfulness
Former strangers stepping up
Koh Phangan: First the bad stuff: I was attacked and bitten by two dogs on Koh Phangan a week ago,…
Life saver
TEDxAmsterdam’s 6th edition commenced at 5.30am on Friday-morning and went on until just before midnight that same evening. I caught…
San Francisco turns into Gotham City for Batkid
Writer: Carol Kuruvilla for NY Daily News. Miles Scott is a 5-year-old with leukemia who has always wanted to be Batkid….
Helpful neighbors
‘If you think you’re too small to make a difference, you’ve never spent the night with a mosquito.’ This is something…
Nyoman
Bali, January. 2015. In my life, I don’t recall being as sick as this weekend before. Ever. At 6pm on…
Warm welcome in the blistering cold
Amsterdam, December 2013. I got home late and was craving for some yoghurt but realised there wasn’t any honey left….
I got your back
Washington, October 2013: Landed in Washington DC tonight. We’re three hours ahead here and the plane touched down around 11pm…
Love being [wrong] here
Los Angeles, September 2013: Sending love and warmth from Venice Beach, Los Angeles. Where it really is lovely and warm. Landed…
The blind leading the blind
San Francisco, September 2013: Since moving to another room within my house last week, I’ve been looking for a comfortable…
Kind and generous people rock
Took a BART ride to Berkeley early evening, in the midst of after-work traffic. Having a leg handicap that’s invisible…
‘It ain’t bad, but it ain’t San Francisco’
How traveling makes you appreciate what you have at home. Whereas I thought New York and its amazing energy would…
We saw you do a nice thing
San Francisco, July 2013. I enjoyed a foamy soy latte in the sun during my break. A homeless guy walked…
Too fragile for the world
San Francisco, May 2013: My friend in Holland used to phrase it really well: “You’re too fragile for the world sometimes”….