tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-83542995970447945192024-03-18T21:20:43.267-07:00Jamaican in China!Walthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13776584826097274824noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8354299597044794519.post-57808383874494049682010-08-26T15:14:00.000-07:002010-11-30T02:37:07.776-08:00Freedom Song Part 2: The road to China!<div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; ">Follow the adventure now at <a href="http://www.jamaicaninchina.com">www.JamaicanInChina.com</a></span></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqF7w2o_wu-S8FrnzVxPKsdERaLZkzgjCN5OyodVQV3ku7IgCTHc4euziUlUdR6FKpJWKIvhTaeIYh0YtHz27C2tmIMDZhG0kxUgDVroFht40o_R7hyMJ3mcQ5Ukj_xFFqk9pk1asJ1-c_/s1600/jic2forweb.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqF7w2o_wu-S8FrnzVxPKsdERaLZkzgjCN5OyodVQV3ku7IgCTHc4euziUlUdR6FKpJWKIvhTaeIYh0YtHz27C2tmIMDZhG0kxUgDVroFht40o_R7hyMJ3mcQ5Ukj_xFFqk9pk1asJ1-c_/s400/jic2forweb.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5509851390421104066" /></a><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Here's the email I sent to my friends and family.</span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Helvetica;"><div style="font-size:16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">A little over four years ago, I wrote the first "Freedom Song" just prior </span>to my escape from America and my move to Saipan. (If you weren't <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">on my friend's list then, you can read it at </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Arial;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal; "><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" font-style: normal; font-family:Helvetica;"><div style="display: inline !important; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Arial;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal; "><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" font-style: normal; font-family:Helvetica;"><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; display: inline !important; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Arial;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal; "><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" font-style: normal; font-family:Helvetica;"><div style="display: inline !important; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Arial;"><a href="http://www.passionprofit.com/escape" target="_new"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Walt's Escape from America</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">!</span></span></div></span></i></span></i></span></div></span></i></span></i></span></div></span></i></span></i></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Arial;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal; "><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" font-style: normal; font-family:Helvetica;"><div style="display: inline !important; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Arial;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal; "><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" font-style: normal; font-family:Helvetica;"><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; display: inline !important; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Arial;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal; "><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" font-style: normal; font-family:Helvetica;"><div style="display: inline !important; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div></span></i></span></i></span></div></span></i></span></i></span></div></span></i></span></i></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">My move to Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands, in 2006 ranks in the top 3 </span>best decisions I've made in my life! I've never been happier with the climate, the culture, and the cuties! I've met many great people, wrote several books, started a tourism business, and felt that I was contributing through my weekly column in the Saipan Tribune, which is now in its 220th consecutive week.</div><div style="font-size:16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-size:16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">One of my proudest moments was receiving an </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">official</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> CNMI </span><a href="http://www.discoversaipan.com/resolution.pdf" target="_new"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Senate Resolution No. 15-54</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span></div><div style="font-size:19px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">in recognition of my </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">contributions to Saipan, its residents</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> and economy.</span></span></div><div style="font-size:16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-size:16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Ah, but it seems it's that time again.</span></div><div style="font-size:16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-size:16px;"><div style="font-size:16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Arial;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal; "><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" font-style: normal; font-family:Helvetica;"><div style="display: inline !important; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Arial;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal; "><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" font-style: normal; font-family:Helvetica;"><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; display: inline !important; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Arial;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal; "><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" font-style: normal; font-family:Helvetica;"><div style="display: inline !important; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">As I said during the original Freedom Song,</span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> "</span></i></span></div></span></i></span></i></span></div></span></i></span></i></span></div></span></i></span></i></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Arial;"><i><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Helvetica;"><div style="display: inline !important; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Arial;"><i><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Helvetica;"><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; display: inline !important; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Arial;"><i><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Helvetica;"><div style="display: inline !important; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; font-family:arial, Verdana, Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Ever since leaving corporate America in the fall of 1995, </span></span></span></div></span></i></i></span></div></span></i></i></span></div></span></i></i></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Arial;"><i><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Helvetica;"><div style="display: inline !important; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Arial;"><i><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Helvetica;"><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; display: inline !important; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Arial;"><i><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Helvetica;"><div style="display: inline !important; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; font-family:arial, Verdana, Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">I've been executing a plan to create the lifestyle of a modern, minimalist, </span></span></span></div></span></i></i></span></div></span></i></i></span></div></span></i></i></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Arial;"><i><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Helvetica;"><div style="display: inline !important; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Arial;"><i><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Helvetica;"><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; display: inline !important; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Arial;"><i><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Helvetica;"><div style="display: inline !important; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; font-family:arial, Verdana, Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">nomadic, passionpreneur based on a passive-residual income stream!" </span></span></span></div></span></i></i></span></div></span></i></i></span></div></span></i></i></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; font-family:arial, Verdana, Arial;font-size:medium;">In other words, I want to be able to see the world and not have to worry about </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; font-family:arial, Verdana, Arial;font-size:medium;">getting a job in the places I decide to reside.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Arial;"><i><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Helvetica;"><div style="display: inline !important; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Arial;"><i><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Helvetica;"><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; display: inline !important; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Arial;"><i><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Helvetica;"><div style="display: inline !important; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; font-family:arial, Verdana, Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></span></div></span></i></i></span></div></span></i></i></span></div></span></i></i></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Helvetica;"><div style="display: inline !important; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Helvetica;"><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; display: inline !important; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Helvetica;"><div style="display: inline !important; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; font-family:arial, Verdana, Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Well, the nomad part is acting up again. </span></span></span></div></span></span></div></span></span></div></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">So, with that said, I offer you, on Sept 22, 2010:</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">(drum roll, please....)</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">FREEDOM SONG, PART II</span></span></div></div><div style="font-size:16px;"><div style="font-size:16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div></div><div style="font-size:16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">My Freedom Song continues</span></div><div style="font-size:16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">with a new exciting verse</span></div><div style="font-size:16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">A life afar has beckoned</span></div><div style="font-size:16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">and I want to tell you first!</span></div><div style="font-size:16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-size:16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">This nomad's bell again has tolled</span></div><div style="font-size:16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">I answer and take wing</span></div><div style="font-size:16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">I've set my sights on China!</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">and the city of Beijing</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">The ticket's bought, the visa's done</span></div><div style="font-size:16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">I've got a place to rest</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">I've minimized and digitized</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">reduced all I possessed</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div></span></span></div><div style="font-size:16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">They ask, "What will you do there?"</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">and, "What put you on this course?"</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">"A man named Lucas," I reply*</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">"Just going to the source!"</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div style=" ;font-size:16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:130%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:16px;"><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">I've learned the basic language</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">and I've made a friend or two</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Just waiting for the date now</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">and the day I bid adieu</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">So, wish me well and please stay tuned</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Me? Nervous? Nope. Well, kinda...</span></div></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">but you know me, I'll prosper</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">in my brand new life in China!</span></div><div><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">(thought I wouldn't find a rhyme for China, didn't you?)</span></i></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Walt</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Follow the adventure now at <a href="http://www.jamaicaninchina.com">www.JamaicanInChina.com</a></span></div></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:130%;"></span></div></span></div>Walthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13776584826097274824noreply@blogger.com0