By bluerasberry on 2014-01-03
I am interested in India and this post contains a perspective on a story happening in India and Manhattan. There is a news-making diplomatic argument happening now and for some months, but it has gotten more tense lately because of many Indian politicians seeking to escalate it. I wanted to write about this because I […]
Posted in New York City, rights, service industry, work | Tagged women's rights
By bluerasberry on 2013-08-17
Sou and I visited the Grand Palace in Bangkok on 14 August 2013. We were returning back from Wikimania and were able to arrange a flight which passed through Bangkok and let us stay overnight, so we did. The night we arrived Sou wanted to visit the gay sleazy district. When we were in Hong […]
Posted in Bangkok, gay stuff, service industry, Thailand | Tagged palace, sex
By bluerasberry on 2013-02-21
On perhaps February 12 Sou and I went to some mall to exchange a broken suitcase of his. Sou has, and Indian people in general can have, attitudes about service workers that I rarely see in Western culture. Sou pushes my limits for detecting how suave a person could be, and if he had any […]
Posted in gay stuff, India, love, service industry | Tagged Sherwin
By bluerasberry on 2013-01-31
When I arrived in Dhaka I went to a cell phone store nearby and asked if I could use a phone. I called him, the people at the store described where I was, then he came and retrieved me. He took me to a hotel (Hotel Givenci Int. 76/A, Kazi Nazrul Islam Avenue Farmgate, Dhaka […]
Posted in Dhaka, service industry | Tagged hotel, Tanvir Rahman
By bluerasberry on 2012-11-20
I had and passed a kidney stone last Saturday night. It was a trippy experience characterized by feelings of extreme pain, panic, urgency, defeat, restlessness, helplessness, and dependency. I know that I did not like the experience but once it was over I felt as if I could remember it objectively without any traumatic memory, […]
Posted in health, New York City, service industry | Tagged hospital, kidney stone, Marcus
By bluerasberry on 2012-05-26
In this post I give some background about coffee in Seattle, tell horror stories about New York Coffee, and talk about early explorations about New York City coffeehouses. I like coffee and for years have enjoyed coffee in Seattle. I made an effort to visit Seattle coffeeshops when I heard they were fun and I […]
Posted in New York City, service industry | Tagged coffee
By bluerasberry on 2011-08-24
Nandan had told me that he was working with a British documentary crew and that things were cool. He has worked with with film crews before and he seems to enjoy it and some good work has been done. The day before the shoot they say, “Oh, Richard Dawkins is hosting this. You are his […]
Posted in India, service industry | Tagged celebrity, science
By bluerasberry on 2011-02-17
At the railway station in Agra we ate at Comesum, which is a restaurant chain at railway stations. They offer Western-style fast-food service with both Indian and Western food. Also they advertise that anyone on a long train journey can call their central phone line and order food delivered to them on the train when […]
Posted in India, service industry | Tagged food
By bluerasberry on 2011-02-17
Nandan and I took a taxi in Agra and the driver wanted me to visit some shop. I asked Nandan what he thought and he said let’s check customer service in a tourist capitol. In the front of this shop there were marble workers toiling on the floor with all kinds of complicated equipment. I […]
Posted in art, India, service industry | Tagged service industry
By bluerasberry on 2011-02-16
On February 13 Nandan and I visited the Taj Mahal. The architecture and the building’s history are very interesting and many people have produced media about these things. I want to write about four problems I saw during that visit: Monument entry Boy beating Queue control Filthy grounds I want to preface my stories by […]
Posted in India, legal, rights, service industry, tour | Tagged filth, police, violence