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Flying over Mongolia

Posted in April 1st, 2010
by Esther Garvi in Experiencing Asia

After we left Taiwan, we landed in Seoul. From there, we flew over mainland China, over Mongolia, across Russia and into Europe. The expanse between Mongolia and Russia was particularly beautiful, and showed a landscape totally new to me.

For more skies around the world, visit Skywatch!

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Involving the Media

Posted in March 11th, 2010
by Esther Garvi in Experiencing Asia, In the media, Personal

This morning started off ith an article in one of the local newspapers, followed by a press conference at 10.30 A.M. (GMT+8).

Prior to the press conference, the reporters called Joy Tang to offer her the chance of getting out her version of the story. Joy stated that this whole affair was nothing but a love [...]

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Angels & Demons - Healing Intentions or Draining Powers?

Posted in March 5th, 2010
by Esther Garvi in Experiencing Asia, Good & Evil, Personal

On Monday night, when we had our crisis meeting with Joy, she agreed that the best thing for my father would be to board the plane back to Europe and resolve the numerous things that have gone wrong in his life during the past six weeks. Her promise however did not hold much, as the [...]

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Angels & Demons - Raging Obsession

Posted in February 26th, 2010
by Esther Garvi in Experiencing Asia, Friends & family

On the day of the second anniversary of my mother’s death (after spending the night at the police station), my dad came to our hotel room to spend the day together with his family with Joy’s blessing.

We started with fresh juice,

…then went to a little café close to where my father was staying, and had [...]

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Skywatch Taipei

Posted in February 25th, 2010
by Esther Garvi in Experiencing Asia

It’s been raining almost constantly since I arrived in Taipei some ten days ago,

…a far cry from my usual hot & dry West African habitat.

As beautiful as rain can be, life under the umbrella gets restrictive after too many days of downpour…

I was looking long for a beautiful skywatch picture, and at one point, the [...]

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Meeting Joy in Taipei

Posted in February 14th, 2010
by Esther Garvi in Experiencing Asia, Friends & family, Ishtar travels

We didn’t meet Joy in Germany as she took her scheduled flight after the Transmediale.10 conference back to Taiwan on Wednesday afternoon. On Friday, my father arrived at the airport of Frankfurt and booked his ticket to Taiwan. We decided to follow him.

The flight was a wonderful opportunity for us all to catch up on [...]

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