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Abduction on Samal

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Hammocking in the balcony of the luxury villa resort on the Samal island, Davao Model: Angel The victims were composed of two Canadians, a Norwegian and a Filipina

Cul-de-sac vs Parkour Freerunning

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Consider starting my very own business again, as a comeback

Saigon Morin Hotel

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Huế, Thừa Thiên Huế, Vietnam There are only a few choices for good accommodation in Hue and this is one of the best in town

Let Light Shine out Darkness

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Don is out there in the vast nothingness of sand dunes again! For now, finding my way out and getting the peace (cliché, please eat a croissant for me!) I deserve back, also to leave everything behind, quietly, is the only thing matters

Urban Dictionary

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My left hand playing a G6 chord on the piano Cell phone picture by Don Schumann Urban Contemporary Dictionary: G6

Northern Thai Food in Translation

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Lanna food (Northern Thai Food) is a unique food set which presides in the Northern regions of Thailand #FBF  #Eatfamous   Feast on, guys!

Grapefruit Drug Interactions

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Florida grapefruit Cell phone picture by Don Schumann Fruit Reacts Dangerously with Expanding List of Medications, Study Says

Deathday 2015

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A cemetery in Central America, at the tail end of 1990's The deathday of my first dog, Ninety (a Border Collie mix), is just 12 days away which I adopted since he was born

Black Echo

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Life ten feet below -- Củ Chi American soldiers used the term "Black Echo" to describe the conditions within the tunnels

Happy Birthday 2015!

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Happy My Birthday, Capricorn! You will never believe how fatigue I was when this picture taken, 2006! That was my third landing that day, my birthday, in January, 2006

Point of No Return

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Butt Off! Leaving all of the mayhem behind The Aurora around has been on the verge of changing significantly. Weak and phony friendships will naturally fade into the winter air, and I should let them

Out of Cocoon

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Second chance? Death to a caterpillar is also the birth of a butterfly

Wheel No More

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Our luggage finally landed, after long delay, on El Nido the only small privately owned (by the owners of the exclusive offshore resorts) airport with daily flights to and from Manila in small planes operated by ITI (similarly owned) Venice (city in Italy, not SoCal) may seek to ban rolling luggage

Hard Landing and Bouncing

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Don flies C-Class on a VN flight, Hanoi One of another near miss incidents on air in recent year he had --  Gosh! Lightning Strikes My Aircraft Just as this giant air jetliner finally descending for coming in to land on at MLE, I felt immensely alleviating, around 4:45 am, local time. The cabin crew were ready for final touch down. The tension mounted without warning as I glanced out the windows. The shocking window views were nothing but murky rolling sea waves. The sight made me want to make a helpless silence outcry instantly. We were approaching either slanted too much or simply too low!

Bedouin Coffee in Deserts

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Don is all excited and bushed after probably a really good amount of time on safari! All my limbs feel heavy. And sand storm picking up after sunset making my eyes have difficulty to open up for the photo op, at the request of, nicked named Lone Wolf, a famous veteran journalist who is accompanying our airlines VIP FAM tour “One cup of coffee for the guest, one for enjoyment and one for the sword” is an old Arabic proverb and one integral to Bedouin culture

My Beat

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Edinburgh new town basking in Fall sunset This is a great moment to recognize and celebrate my own uniqueness

Young Professionals Program

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Don against the (sunsetting) light in one of Palawan remote islands YPP - UN Careers The United Nations is looking for highly qualified candidates who are ready to launch a professional career as an international civil servant

Les Misérables, tant pis!

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Cell phone picture done by my shaky hands I am a dormant high-end commercial/fashion/glamor photographer, school teacher/instructor, syndicated journalist/columns/books author/image builder/endorser/promoter, occasionally live event audio mixer/DMX lighting technician, makeup artist & stylist, record producer, entertainment manager, ... all at once, you just name it, for 27+ years now

(A Postcard in) All Seasons

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A postcard, I did not expect, from a remote memory I didn't get a chance to have a real family, I didn't get a chance to make close friends.

Dyslexia and I

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?iom nodraP  Pardon moi? ¿ıoɯ uopɹɐd Ԁɐɹpou ɯoı¿ Cell phone self-portrait by Don Schumann Noun. (neurology) A learning, reading disability in which a person finds it difficult to read and write

Confessions of the Week

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You see the light? Cell phone portrait in Tien Mu, Taiwan, by Don Schumann I imagine sharing the apostle Paul's view that being in heaven was his heart’s desire, but staying where he was needed was God’s present purpose

Barbarossa

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Rote Spitzen of Augustine monastery Bihaltan (Behold), I was a Barbarossa in the Barbarossa city!

Earthquake Risks in California

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One of the earthquake-prone cities built near fault lines in California--San Francisco, USA Marina del Rey and the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach, that are particularly vulnerable to flooding because of their low elevation and lack of protection from waves

Facts about Sausages

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Taciturn  This original post was written and lain pending for years due to pictures of Chinese sausages were unattainable. Until last month a friend's wife handed me this, please refer to the picture on the top of the post, Cantonese preserved pork sausage over a gathering 

Chinese New Year's Couplets

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All are cell phone pictures in this post Lunar New Year’s couplets written in golden ink may harm your health!

Out of a Clear Blue Sky

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Das Schloss in Steinau an der Straße Deutsche Lufthansa Airlines had approached me and voluntarily sponsored me 35,000 US Dollars (equivalent to 62,615 Deutsche Marks in 1998) worth of free air tickets annually, for three consecutive years since 1998!

Piano Piece

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Don standing by a grand piano on the top floor lounge of Pan Pacific Hotel Photo by assistant L. "What would you like to hear?" Wu asks behind me, "piano pieces!" without thinking I reply. Satie's piano flows in the air, and then it brings me back...

Black Friday Shopping Spree

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Shopping on Rodeo Drive in Beverly Hills, California, USA Are you ready to shop for Black Friday holiday?