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The Wayback Machine
By Rem / in Tea Time with Rem, The Wayback Machine / September 13, 2017It’s been said that it takes a more than six months to reintegrate back into a society that one once left. And I must tell you — that’s true.
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Spring Festival Razzle Dazzle (Part 1)
By Rem / in Urban Studies / May 29, 2016The Year of Monkey Eve was the first Spring Festival celebration in recent memory which did not have Firework displays to bring in the New Year (and to scare off evil spirits). …In any case, as part of a way to celebrate the New Year, my wife and I decided to walk from our apartment all the way down HuaiHai Middle Road to People’s Square and see the sights.
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Reflections on 5.75 Years in China
By Rem / in Design Practice / May 22, 2016A good more than five years ago, I wrote a post about my experiences after 4 and a half months to date in China. I find it fitting to reflect on what I’ve experienced since then, or, as I wrote the following, how you might consider five years of your own time, as after more than five and a half years in China is quite an achievement in its own right:
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The Bayon
By Rem / in Voyages beyond Time / January 17, 2016The Bayon was the first Khmer Empire temple with which I felt both truly impressed and taken far back into time.
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A New Year and Playing Catch Up
By Rem / in Tea Time with Rem / January 17, 2016So the Year of the Monkey is almost upon us and I realized recently just how much I’ve traveled and have not shared such travels on here…
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By Rem / in Voyages beyond Time / December 7, 2015Angkor Thom South Gate with the 54 asuras on the right followed by the 54 devas on the left, framed by the Gate itself at the end of the road. The road, of course, doesn’t end there as it continues on to The Bayon…
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Phnom Bakheng
By Rem / in Voyages beyond Time / November 30, 2015This temple complex is most visited for its sweeping views of the setting sun as it located on a small hill.
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Angkor Wat
By Rem / in Voyages beyond Time / November 29, 2015Angkor Wat is the most famous temple complex in Cambodia, and, is also considered the largest religious temple in the world. It was also the temple I spent only one hour of time to visit.
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The Ravages of Time
By Rem / in Voyages beyond Time / November 29, 2015In the first week of October 2015, after becoming wonderfully married (woohoo!), I finally journeyed to a part of the world that was an influencing factor on my masters’ thesis six years ago: the ruined temples and cities of the Khmer Empire.
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Convenient Engineering
By Rem / in Design Practice / January 4, 2015There is often a disconnect between convenient engineering and engineering for convenience. I was reminded of this on a trip to southwestern Florida recently, where missed opportunities decrease lands...
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