Make Love




I thought of this news article when reading about the Sikhs in Chapter 20.

I first learned of Waris Ahluwalia when I saw him in Wes Anderson’s The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou. He is not only an actor, but a talented designer too. His company, House of Waris, has collaborated with many fashion heavyweights including A.P.C., Colette, and Illesteva Eyewear.

Cantor Museum visit 11/16/13

On Saturday the 16th of November, I visited the Cantor Museum in Palo Alto.

To my surprise there was a large collection of Asian area artifacts! If you've been paying attention in class, the collection is VERY relevant to what we've been studying this semester.

I urge if you get the chance, make a visit! Admission is free and parking is free on weekends it's a great experience.

 I thought these snuff bottles were really interesting, I recall my grandmother having a small collection of these.

The Chairman





Reading about Mao Tse-tung this week made me realize that I wanted research more about him for the paper we have to write for this class.

Here are some fun facts about Mao:

a. He was married four times and had ten children.


b. He was especially afraid of airplanes.


c. He and Trotsky are the only two notable Marxists who wrote autobiographies.


d. His Chinese Zodiac Sign is the Snake.


e. Like many of his countrymen, he refused to brush his teeth, choosing instead to rinse with tea and chew the leaves.

Somehow, I don’t think any of these facts will make it into my essay.

Typhoon Watch
Typhoon Haiyan has just been upgraded to a Super Typhoon: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/11/07/super-typhoon-haiyan_n_4232240.html

I keep hearing different news agencies trying to predict the extent of the damage Super Typhoon Haiyan will cause. Unfortunately, I think it’s only going to get worse before it gets better. This makes me think of the news coverage of Hurricane Katrina in 2005. To get a better idea of what might happen because of Super Typhoon Haiyan, I looked up some facts about Hurricane Katrina:

a. Hurricane Katrina was the largest and third strongest hurricane ever recorded to make landfall in the U.S.
b. In New Orleans, the levees were designed for Category 3, but Katrina peaked at a Category 5 hurricane, with winds up to 175 miles per hour.
c. The storm surge from Katrina was 20-feet (six meters) high.
d. Hurricane Katrina affected over 15 million people in different factors such as economy, evacuations, gas prices or drinking water.
e. An estimated 80 percent of New Orleans was under water, up to 20 feet deep in places.