Live Spherically

This photo by Ryan Lao Cai is a town (where I am standing) in northern Vietnam. It is on the border with China, adjacent to Hekou (city right behind my back across the river in the picture).

City aerial at late night The serious incident on the Air Nippon flight appears to have been caused by the co-pilot flipping the wrong switch to unlock the cockpit door to allow the aircraft captain to return after he had used the bathroom causing the plane to dive and fly almost belly-up, according to the Japan Transport Safety Board 

5/2/2009, Vietnam (captions added) Panting and sweating (around 100°F or 40°C,) as we were finally aboard the overnight express and settling into our air-conditioned deluxe cabin with four bunks. The eight and a half hours' train journey from Hanoi to Lao Cai just about to set off.

5/1/2009, Vietnam

My personal view on nuclear power plants (on the geographic magazine assignments photography) At this moment, it's hard to tell how big this story is. One person was killed in the blast and four injured at a nuclear waste processing plant in southern France.

Color-blocking has permeated menswear as well in 2011 Look at all sides of a situation instead of focusing on immediate needs while destiny is at work in life.

4/30/2009, Vietnam

4/29/2009, Vietnam Exploring 1,000-year-old Hanoi in three days

4/28/2009, Vietnam Phong Nha - Kẻ Bàng National Park

4/27/2009, Vietnam The Truong Tien brigde crossing the Perfume river is a symbol of Hue city

4/27/2009, Vietnam NHA - DAD

Hooka/Hookah (Shisha), picture taken at Jumeirah Beach Hotel in Dubai, 2004 I am a nonsmoker. And I hate it when people smoke around me without showing concern

Desert Biome in California, U.S.A. The desert has very little rainfall, less than 0.79 inches (2 centimeters) per year. It supports little life. The life that is present in the desert has adapted to conserve water. The plants have tough, waxy coatings, such as the cacti, with thick leaves to store water.

Desert Biome in California, U.S.A.

I had been frequently staying at these hotels whenever I visited Manila for work since 2004. Both Edsa Shangri-La and its sister Makati Shangri-La Hotels

Desert Biome in California, U.S.A.

Desert Biome in California, U.S.A.

6/20/2011 I need coffee to wake me up every morning All are cellphone pictures Waking up naturally at 6:44 AM. With scents of coffee and coulommiers mingling and chatting in the house. Guten Morgen!

Image du jour by cellphone on 6/13/2011 With the daily self-portrait posted, never have to worry I might vanish in the sea of network world completely Drift netting is just not my style of social networking.

image: studioea.com Wing House in Malibu, California is a luxurious new home with views of the Malibu mountains, the Pacific Ocean and the islands in the distance.

Candle Festival Parade in Ubon Ratchathani, Northeast Thailand 烏汶蠟燭節 泰國東北 Don Schumann

Enjoying ice cream cone at SM Mall of Asia, Manila, Philippines 1904 The ice cream cone is introduced, at the St. Louis World's Fair, Louisiana Purchase Exposition

Hessen, Germany German health officials said they had finally determined the source of the outbreak, which began in early May. Interviews with patients, restaurants and suppliers allowed investigators to whittle their list of suspects down to bean sprouts grown on an organic farm in Lower Saxony, near the village of Bienenbuettel

All Cellphone pictures I look about the house I left 6 months ago, freshly aware of the roomy four-bedroom of a space that for the 18 years of being my Taiwan's home-base (of course, whenever I am not roaming between any hotels or other oversea residences ) I had taken for granted

Ancillary Revenue reported by airlines grew to €15.11 billion ($21.46 billion) in 2010 and has almost doubled since 2008

Here  are my new airlines' in-flight magazine featured articles, released, in June 2010 & May 2011 issues, with the hidden town in Vietnam's northern highland region, Sapa incisive reportage

El Nido, one of the best dive sites for underwater adventures Fish feeding or hunting by hands?

北歐美食 美國加州聖塔巴巴拉 Santa Barbara County, California, USA Interviewed accounts orally: Don Schumann Editor: Spencer Shih (My apologies to all English speakers for posting original published article in Traditional Chinese. Please make good use of your internet translator!)