http://superfreakymemories.com Thu, 10 May 2012 04:41:39 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://superfreakymemories.com/2012/04/19/starting-early/ http://superfreakymemories.com/2012/04/19/starting-early/#comments Thu, 19 Apr 2012 12:02:37 +0000 Duncan Brook http://superfreakymemories.com/?p=1802 A Saudi father asked me to speak with his young son and daughter about how to make real their dreams (his dreams for them?) of attending a place like Duke, so I got down on my knees and talked with them. Here’s the little boy and his perspective. I like his shirt! With Andrea Mohamed [...]]]> http://superfreakymemories.com/2012/04/19/starting-early/feed/ 0 http://superfreakymemories.com/2010/10/09/isabelle-in-a-corner/ http://superfreakymemories.com/2010/10/09/isabelle-in-a-corner/#comments Sat, 09 Oct 2010 20:37:08 +0000 Duncan Brook http://superfreakymemories.com/?p=1457 ]]> http://superfreakymemories.com/2010/10/09/isabelle-in-a-corner/feed/ 0 http://superfreakymemories.com/2009/07/26/parental-gps/ http://superfreakymemories.com/2009/07/26/parental-gps/#comments Sun, 26 Jul 2009 10:25:41 +0000 Duncan Brook http://superfreakymemories.com/?p=1344 ]]> http://superfreakymemories.com/2009/07/26/parental-gps/feed/ 0 http://superfreakymemories.com/2009/07/08/at-the-nanjing-train-station/ http://superfreakymemories.com/2009/07/08/at-the-nanjing-train-station/#comments Wed, 08 Jul 2009 12:43:08 +0000 Duncan Brook http://superfreakymemories.com/?p=1351 This little girl was fascinated by my camera.]]> http://superfreakymemories.com/2009/07/08/at-the-nanjing-train-station/feed/ 0 http://superfreakymemories.com/2009/06/25/sprite/ http://superfreakymemories.com/2009/06/25/sprite/#comments Thu, 25 Jun 2009 11:27:10 +0000 Duncan Brook http://superfreakymemories.com/?p=1339 ]]> http://superfreakymemories.com/2009/06/25/sprite/feed/ 0 http://superfreakymemories.com/2009/06/25/back-alley-watermelon-dealer/ http://superfreakymemories.com/2009/06/25/back-alley-watermelon-dealer/#comments Thu, 25 Jun 2009 11:26:41 +0000 Duncan Brook http://superfreakymemories.com/?p=1332 ]]> http://superfreakymemories.com/2009/06/25/back-alley-watermelon-dealer/feed/ 0 http://superfreakymemories.com/2008/12/05/all-wrapped-up/ http://superfreakymemories.com/2008/12/05/all-wrapped-up/#comments Fri, 05 Dec 2008 06:17:41 +0000 Duncan Brook http://superfreakymemories.com/?p=679 In the Chengdu airport on the way to Hong Kong.  Our Sichuan Airlines flight to Shenzhen was delayed an hour & a half.  This woman was pacing around with her baby swaddled on her back, and Jenny helped me ask if I could take their picture. Mr. Cute Baby here is smiling at the gestures [...]]]> http://superfreakymemories.com/2008/12/05/all-wrapped-up/feed/ 0 http://superfreakymemories.com/2008/11/20/stay-calm/ http://superfreakymemories.com/2008/11/20/stay-calm/#comments Thu, 20 Nov 2008 03:00:54 +0000 Duncan Brook http://superfreakymemories.com/?p=742 These kids at the panda conservation center freaked out when they saw I had a camera…]]> http://superfreakymemories.com/2008/11/20/stay-calm/feed/ 0 http://superfreakymemories.com/2008/11/20/no-photos-allowed/ http://superfreakymemories.com/2008/11/20/no-photos-allowed/#comments Thu, 20 Nov 2008 02:02:33 +0000 Duncan Brook http://superfreakymemories.com/?p=781 Baby pandas! The guards in the hallway shooed away anyone who tried to take photos (something about protecting their baby eyes, even through the glass and though I wasn’t using a flash).  I had to get this one surreptitiously, so it maybe isn’t the most perfect picture … but look at all that cuteness!]]> http://superfreakymemories.com/2008/11/20/no-photos-allowed/feed/ 0 http://superfreakymemories.com/2008/11/02/waiting-whistling-watching/ http://superfreakymemories.com/2008/11/02/waiting-whistling-watching/#comments Sun, 02 Nov 2008 05:56:20 +0000 Duncan Brook http://superfreakymemories.com/?p=620 This boy seemed calmly abandoned. This “New Town Plaza” mall was the size of a small city.  The map even indicated a Ben & Jerry’s store (!) somewhere on the distant end of its vast reaches, but when the alternatives were, “The journey will be long and perilous; only some of you will make it [...]]]> http://superfreakymemories.com/2008/11/02/waiting-whistling-watching/feed/ 0 http://superfreakymemories.com/2008/10/26/hi/ http://superfreakymemories.com/2008/10/26/hi/#comments Sun, 26 Oct 2008 08:46:56 +0000 Duncan Brook http://superfreakymemories.com/?p=455 Ice cream!]]> http://superfreakymemories.com/2008/10/26/hi/feed/ 0 http://superfreakymemories.com/2008/10/26/why-so-serious/ http://superfreakymemories.com/2008/10/26/why-so-serious/#comments Sun, 26 Oct 2008 04:44:13 +0000 Duncan Brook http://superfreakymemories.com/?p=453 ]]> http://superfreakymemories.com/2008/10/26/why-so-serious/feed/ 0 http://superfreakymemories.com/2008/10/05/baby-steps-2/ http://superfreakymemories.com/2008/10/05/baby-steps-2/#comments Sun, 05 Oct 2008 11:27:10 +0000 Duncan Brook http://superfreakymemories.com/?p=388 Your erstwhile photographer has been spotted. This woman and her child are emerging from the Central City stop (at Tianfu Square) of the unfinished Chengdu subway.]]> http://superfreakymemories.com/2008/10/05/baby-steps-2/feed/ 0 http://superfreakymemories.com/2008/10/05/baby-steps-1/ http://superfreakymemories.com/2008/10/05/baby-steps-1/#comments Sun, 05 Oct 2008 11:27:02 +0000 Duncan Brook http://superfreakymemories.com/?p=396 Ok, see, that’s just cute.]]> http://superfreakymemories.com/2008/10/05/baby-steps-1/feed/ 0 http://superfreakymemories.com/2008/09/20/the-minivan-is-nowhere-near-as-awesome/ http://superfreakymemories.com/2008/09/20/the-minivan-is-nowhere-near-as-awesome/#comments Sat, 20 Sep 2008 08:21:55 +0000 Duncan Brook http://superfreakymemories.com/?p=252 ]]> http://superfreakymemories.com/2008/09/20/the-minivan-is-nowhere-near-as-awesome/feed/ 0 http://superfreakymemories.com/2008/09/11/chinese-children-find-duncan-hilarious/ http://superfreakymemories.com/2008/09/11/chinese-children-find-duncan-hilarious/#comments Thu, 11 Sep 2008 10:04:30 +0000 Duncan Brook http://superfreakymemories.com/?p=83 These two kids spotted me before I got on the bus and laughed uproariously.  Once I joined them on the bus, they giggled uncontrollably.  Half the bus chattered about how endlessly they were laughing at me.  When I took their picture, they laughed at me.  When I got off the bus, they laughed at me. 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