Iraqi trench in the Kuwaiti desert Nineteen years? Really? Every year on the anniversary of the liberation, I am astounded by the passage of time. Today is Kuwait’s Liberation Day. (Yesterday was Independence Day.) I can’t help but think of Kuwait this week!
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Not your typical travel photo… Visiting Kuwait’s Fairgrounds, 1992 After the Gulf War ended, Kuwait was left with a huge amount of discarded Iraqi weaponry. Much of it was left in the desert for later recovery. Some was moved to the Kuwaiti Fairgrounds where it was on display to the public. My guess is that [...]
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*Today is Kuwait’s Liberation Day – the day that Operation Desert Storm, the First Gulf War, successfully restored Kuwait’s sovereignty, eighteen years ago! Wow, I feel old. Yesterday was also Kuwait’s National Day. During my time in Kuwait, I remember these two days as being a time of jubilant celebration! (Lots of colored lights strung up on [...]
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So the DH was in Beijing last weekend, and he ate out at Hooter’s with a few friends. I don’t condone Hooter’s. I think it is a bit tacky and it isn’t exactly my idea of an upper-class family restaurant either, but in Beijing apparently that is what it is. The DH reports that in [...]
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Every year, I pause and give a few moments thought to what occurred on this day, 17 years ago. Seventeen years ago? How is that possible? Children who were born that year will be graduating from high school soon? To think that 15 years ago I landed there, in Kuwait, in the hottest place I [...]
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The day I heard about the invasion of Kuwait, August 2nd 1990, I was 14 years old and I didn’t want to be a nerdy kid who cared about world politics. In my school that got you nowhere. I wanted to care about the latest band, the latest song, shopping and hairstyles. (Like how to [...]
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Strange things always happen on August 2nd. Today a plane crashed here in Toronto. Luckily, everyone survived, but it still looked pretty scary. I have flown a million times, but crashing is still always in the back of my mind. A friend of mine sub-let her apartment for the next couple of months to a [...]
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I'm an American expat living on the fringe of Chinese society. Thanks to a lifetime spent moving around, I often feel like an outsider. This blog explores life in Beijing, China, the occasional aviation topic, expat issues, random travel experiences and interesting things I see, read and hear. If you want to know more about my latest hobby, visit Sewing on the Fringe, where I blog about learning to sew in Beijing. And for daily documentation of Beijing's ever changing air quality, visit My Beijing Window. And, yes, I do wear my santa hat year-round. ;)
