Comments on: Dispatch #1: Hong Kong, Karaoke Consulting, Coinus Interruptus and Dead Relatives http://www.jonathanfields.com/blog/renegade-dispatch-1/ Innovation, Creativity, Entrepreneurship, Personal Development Thu, 09 Feb 2012 21:15:40 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Bali Dispatch #4: Village People, Hidden Art and Selling Out | Home-Business-Essentials.com http://www.jonathanfields.com/blog/renegade-dispatch-1/#comment-17156 Bali Dispatch #4: Village People, Hidden Art and Selling Out | Home-Business-Essentials.com Tue, 20 Jul 2010 06:01:35 +0000 http://www.jonathanfields.com/blog/?p=4468#comment-17156 [...] if you’ve kept up with earlier dispatches, you already know that finding good internet connections, let alone places [...] [...] if you’ve kept up with earlier dispatches, you already know that finding good internet connections, let alone places [...]

]]> By: Bali Dispatch #4: Village People, Hidden Art and Selling Out http://www.jonathanfields.com/blog/renegade-dispatch-1/#comment-17141 Bali Dispatch #4: Village People, Hidden Art and Selling Out Mon, 19 Jul 2010 12:03:09 +0000 http://www.jonathanfields.com/blog/?p=4468#comment-17141 [...] if you’ve kept up with earlier dispatches, you already know that finding good internet connections, let alone places [...] [...] if you’ve kept up with earlier dispatches, you already know that finding good internet connections, let alone places [...]

]]> By: Joel D Canfield http://www.jonathanfields.com/blog/renegade-dispatch-1/#comment-16909 Joel D Canfield Wed, 07 Jul 2010 05:23:45 +0000 http://www.jonathanfields.com/blog/?p=4468#comment-16909 Spending half my childhood in Tijuana I always thought I'd gotten numb to the street vendors, but looking back I realise that the constant pummeling still bothers me years later, and I know the street vendors in Mexico are not nearly as insistent as they are some places. I'm still trying to grasp the business thinking that says "This isn't working; I'll do more of it, louder!" Spending half my childhood in Tijuana I always thought I’d gotten numb to the street vendors, but looking back I realise that the constant pummeling still bothers me years later, and I know the street vendors in Mexico are not nearly as insistent as they are some places.

I’m still trying to grasp the business thinking that says “This isn’t working; I’ll do more of it, louder!”

]]> By: Brandon Sutton http://www.jonathanfields.com/blog/renegade-dispatch-1/#comment-16907 Brandon Sutton Tue, 06 Jul 2010 18:11:01 +0000 http://www.jonathanfields.com/blog/?p=4468#comment-16907 Nice post J - sounds like a whirlwind trip in the works. :) Thanks for the tip on the noise canceling headset. Great advice there. Looks like you have something else to add to your 21 pounds of technology for the next trip. ;) Enjoy the rest of your trip! Nice post J – sounds like a whirlwind trip in the works. :)

Thanks for the tip on the noise canceling headset. Great advice there. Looks like you have something else to add to your 21 pounds of technology for the next trip. ;)

Enjoy the rest of your trip!

]]> By: Heather Holm http://www.jonathanfields.com/blog/renegade-dispatch-1/#comment-16906 Heather Holm Tue, 06 Jul 2010 16:59:56 +0000 http://www.jonathanfields.com/blog/?p=4468#comment-16906 I'm completely with you on the comparing vs compassion issue. Being in a foreign culture and location requires a total paradigm shift before you can comfortably function there. Most tourists never get there for lack of time to adjust or for the inability to shift gears - or vehicles, so to speak. What a gift it is to be able to do so. Modern culture is about change, so I believe that developing an ability to get out of your own culture and truly experience another prepares you for what may happen down the road. Consider that you are future-proofing your daughter. I’m completely with you on the comparing vs compassion issue. Being in a foreign culture and location requires a total paradigm shift before you can comfortably function there. Most tourists never get there for lack of time to adjust or for the inability to shift gears – or vehicles, so to speak. What a gift it is to be able to do so.

Modern culture is about change, so I believe that developing an ability to get out of your own culture and truly experience another prepares you for what may happen down the road. Consider that you are future-proofing your daughter.

]]> By: Tom Bentley http://www.jonathanfields.com/blog/renegade-dispatch-1/#comment-16905 Tom Bentley Tue, 06 Jul 2010 15:58:19 +0000 http://www.jonathanfields.com/blog/?p=4468#comment-16905 Jonathan, I loved my short time in Bali, but I was startled at first how many people leap at you on the streets trying to get you to buy something. The guys shouting "Transport?" (wanting you to hire them to drive you somewhere) were crazed. And in one of the open-air marketplaces, a woman vending some tourist trinkets literally dragged me, with power, into her booth, shouting "You buy! You buy!" But the rest of Bali makes up for it. Just keep seeing that serene Buddha... Jonathan, I loved my short time in Bali, but I was startled at first how many people leap at you on the streets trying to get you to buy something. The guys shouting “Transport?” (wanting you to hire them to drive you somewhere) were crazed. And in one of the open-air marketplaces, a woman vending some tourist trinkets literally dragged me, with power, into her booth, shouting “You buy! You buy!”

But the rest of Bali makes up for it. Just keep seeing that serene Buddha…

]]> By: Linda Gabriel http://www.jonathanfields.com/blog/renegade-dispatch-1/#comment-16904 Linda Gabriel Tue, 06 Jul 2010 15:47:54 +0000 http://www.jonathanfields.com/blog/?p=4468#comment-16904 Looks like travel has awakened your muse! Great post. Looking forward to more reports from your living and working in Bali adventure! Looks like travel has awakened your muse! Great post. Looking forward to more reports from your living and working in Bali adventure!

]]> By: Hugh http://www.jonathanfields.com/blog/renegade-dispatch-1/#comment-16903 Hugh Tue, 06 Jul 2010 15:46:29 +0000 http://www.jonathanfields.com/blog/?p=4468#comment-16903 Haha the exchange from the Bali cabbie is too funny. Yet kind of sad too! I hear you about comparing your travel experiences to other places. Describing a destination in the context of other destinations is all too easy and we are all guilty of it. I found it pretty cool when my wife and I returned from our recent trip to Vietnam and tried to explain the country to our friends here in New Jersey. We couldn't compare it to anything. It was this amazing country with so many crazy, unique aspects that it was very difficult to explain to people without showing them photos. Haha the exchange from the Bali cabbie is too funny. Yet kind of sad too!

I hear you about comparing your travel experiences to other places. Describing a destination in the context of other destinations is all too easy and we are all guilty of it. I found it pretty cool when my wife and I returned from our recent trip to Vietnam and tried to explain the country to our friends here in New Jersey. We couldn’t compare it to anything. It was this amazing country with so many crazy, unique aspects that it was very difficult to explain to people without showing them photos.

]]> By: Leah McClellan http://www.jonathanfields.com/blog/renegade-dispatch-1/#comment-16902 Leah McClellan Tue, 06 Jul 2010 15:43:59 +0000 http://www.jonathanfields.com/blog/?p=4468#comment-16902 LOL on the big American thing...I've heard that one too though white/flashy sneakers is also a giveaway. Know what you mean about compassion shutting down when the buttons are constantly pushed--good way to put it. Thanks for the vicarious travel experience :) LOL on the big American thing…I’ve heard that one too though white/flashy sneakers is also a giveaway.

Know what you mean about compassion shutting down when the buttons are constantly pushed–good way to put it.

Thanks for the vicarious travel experience :)

]]> By: Jackie http://www.jonathanfields.com/blog/renegade-dispatch-1/#comment-16899 Jackie Tue, 06 Jul 2010 13:12:46 +0000 http://www.jonathanfields.com/blog/?p=4468#comment-16899 Thanks for the post you brought back some memories for me. My husband and I visited Lantau over 18 years ago, the Buddha was still under scaffold at that time, but still visible and the steps were partially under construction. As for a cable car, that was none existent. We had a bus journey that can only be described as a cross between a rollercoaster and a halo drop..what a ride. Hong Kong is an assault on your senses, and the contrast brings you a greater appreciation for what you have. Looking forward to your travel logs on your Bali adventure. Thanks for the post you brought back some memories for me.
My husband and I visited Lantau over 18 years ago, the Buddha was still under scaffold at that time, but still visible and the steps were partially under construction. As for a cable car, that was none existent. We had a bus journey that can only be described as a cross between a rollercoaster and a halo drop..what a ride.
Hong Kong is an assault on your senses, and the contrast brings you a greater appreciation for what you have.
Looking forward to your travel logs on your Bali adventure.

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