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		<title>Inception</title>
		<link>http://www.stanfordsfinest.com/2010/08/inception/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 29 Aug 2010 09:33:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jingjok</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Bangkok]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I am walking along Gloucester Road, Kensington. I just met a hero in my profession and she likes me. She smiled warmly and we spoke at length about my hopes and fears. I met her colleague and he escorted me to a pub in East London. Inside people laughed and drank and sat around relaxed on this late August Friday afternoon. We laughed as we spoke for some three hours about our profession. I waved goodbye and got the tube home. I walk down a tree lined street where badge cars and young families jostle with tourists as shops and cafes sprawl into the arteries of London a warm brezzy air encapsulating the whole scene. I will be working with this lady. I know it. This will be a chance that I will not get again. 

KICK 

I am in Bahrain. I sit at my desk my head cloudy with frustration and broken promises. I have been here almost two years. The Isolation. The Frustration. I am working in the south of the island and my days are endless and repetitive. Somehow my family is with me but sometimes they disappear. I am frustrated. I want to go but the worlds economies have gone to shit and I will be fired here. There are no new jobs. There are no new options. I must sit it out here alone. Every day the same. The weather the same. The long drive. The covered ladies. The scary locals. No drinks. No pork. No rights. No fun. Nowhere to go, Nothing to do. No culture. No signs of life apart form a pool. And a big car. That’s all. That’s life. I get up and I want to go back to sleep again. 

KICK

I am in Asia. I live in a small box with my wife and our young son. Sometimes I am in China but mostly Hong Kong. I am out of place. I miss London. I love Asia. I walk along the MTR station and go back to our home. The streets teem with life. The air thick. I am happy here. Work is different. The people are cold but I love them. This is a new world. This is a new dawn. My wife asks me how my day was and I explain my frustrations but there is something to keep me here. My friends and my closeness to Bangkok. This is my life. 

KICK

I am in London. I am walking along High Street, Kensington. I meet a friend and we go to pub. Inside people laughed and drank and sat around relaxed on this late August Friday afternoon. We laughed as we spoke for some three hours about our  lives. I waved goodbye and got the tube home. I walk down a tree lined street where badge cars and young families jostle with tourists as shops and cafes sprawl into the arteries of London a warm breezy air encapsulating the whole scene. I will miss my friends. I know it. This will be a chance that I will get again. One day. 

KICK

I awake. I am in Bahrain. I fly to London in September. The dream is over. 
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		<title>wierd scenes</title>
		<link>http://www.stanfordsfinest.com/2010/06/wierd-scenes/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 12 Jun 2010 12:05:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jingjok</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[blah blah blah]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[desert]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fire]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[weird shit you see driving through the desert part one. Look at this fire, a ruptured pipe line or some such burning away some oil. Oil is like water out here so nobody gives a hoot so it&#8217;ll get repaired whenever or when it blows up. Whatever.]]></description>
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		<title>Something In The Air Tonight</title>
		<link>http://www.stanfordsfinest.com/2010/05/something-in-the-air-tonight/</link>
		<comments>http://www.stanfordsfinest.com/2010/05/something-in-the-air-tonight/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 31 May 2010 18:03:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jingjok</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today, Israel stormed an aid convoy and killed 19 people. Bahrain reacts by burning things as shown in this picture taken from my phone. Its really real in the field.]]></description>
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		<title>litter problem</title>
		<link>http://www.stanfordsfinest.com/2010/03/litter-problem/</link>
		<comments>http://www.stanfordsfinest.com/2010/03/litter-problem/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Mar 2010 20:13:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jingjok</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Normal countries have litter which consists of fag packets, dog shit and McDonald&#8217;s (or a combination of all three) whereas Bahrain has discarded motors on the roads and streets like London has chewing gum on pavements. Smashed up motors like the one shown are everywhere. Why? Because they are rich and they cannot drive is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Question of Sport</title>
		<link>http://www.stanfordsfinest.com/2010/03/a-question-of-sport/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Mar 2010 18:00:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jingjok</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Middle East. Not noted for its sporting prowess in the arena of the any competition. Camel racing maybe. They can also kick a ball and run a bit but what are you going to do stuck out in the desert? There is fuck all to do when its so hot every day. If sitting [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Road to Hell</title>
		<link>http://www.stanfordsfinest.com/2010/03/road-to-hell/</link>
		<comments>http://www.stanfordsfinest.com/2010/03/road-to-hell/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Mar 2010 18:35:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jingjok</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is the view driving to work at 7am in thick fog. Thick fog in Bahrain. Who would believe it.]]></description>
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		<title>Protected: Cycles</title>
		<link>http://www.stanfordsfinest.com/2010/03/cycles/</link>
		<comments>http://www.stanfordsfinest.com/2010/03/cycles/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Mar 2010 18:26:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jingjok</dc:creator>
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		<title>Protected: The Gladiators</title>
		<link>http://www.stanfordsfinest.com/2009/10/the-gladiators/</link>
		<comments>http://www.stanfordsfinest.com/2009/10/the-gladiators/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 18 Oct 2009 19:04:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jingjok</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[blah blah blah]]></category>

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		<title>Protected: Was it a Dream Come True?</title>
		<link>http://www.stanfordsfinest.com/2009/09/was-it-a-dream-come-true/</link>
		<comments>http://www.stanfordsfinest.com/2009/09/was-it-a-dream-come-true/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Sep 2009 18:29:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jingjok</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Bangkok]]></category>
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		<title>Protected: war is over</title>
		<link>http://www.stanfordsfinest.com/2009/09/war-is-over/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Sep 2009 18:45:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jingjok</dc:creator>
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