Hi folks, I'm counting down to India and a week in Thailand on the way. After working hard for the last year or so I'm ready for a spell on the beach eating...
Hi folks, This is it - this is the moment I've been waiting for and working for for the last 2 years and maybe much longer. Tomorrow I fly to India for an...
Hi folks, Sending this a second time 'cos it didn't seem to go through the first time... This is just a short note to say that I'm now using a new email ...
Hi folks, At last I find myself at a computer with an empty inbox and the mood to write a message to the world... I've now been in India for almost 3 months...
Hi folks, Something I should have put in that last email... My postal address is Shen Flindell c/o Uma Pati Pandey B14/60 Narad Ghat Varanasi 221001 U.P. INDIA...
Namaste, Konnichiwa, Merry Christmas & a Happy New Year!!! I hope you're having a great New Year season and doing whatever you wish to be doing. I've had quite...
Hi folks, In the last few weeks, I've done a lot of work updating the EthnoSuperLounge website. If you have time, or are looking for some new sights on the...
My respected and beloved Guru-ji of tabla, Pandit Kaviraj Asutosh "Asu Babu" Bhattacharya passed away last night at 2am after a month long illness, at the age...
Hi folks, TAKE CARE WITH MESSAGES WITH ATTACHMENTS!!! I'm very sorry to say my email address has been picked up by some email worm which is going around these...
Hi folks, I'm sitting in Bangkok Airport waiting for my flight to Osaka and at last I have the time and motivation to report to you all on my experiences since...
Hi folks, Here is my new keitai (mobile phone) number in Japan : 090-9868-1213 (from inside Japan) +91-90-9868-1213 (from outside Japan) It is a prepaid mobile...
Hi folks, Once again Bangkok Airport, once again typing away to all you lovely people! My first "tour" of Japan (as opposed to a working residency) is now...
Hi folks, Bangkok has become my interlude between chapters. Yesterday I was in Brisbane, tomorrow I'll be in Tokyo, and now I'm in Bangkok, city (for me) of...
Hi folks, I'm now settling in to my new place in Tokyo (actually just outside Tokyo proper), and have had one of the most interesting couple of weeks in my ...
Hi folks, Another chapter closes, another begins. Must be in Bangkok! I'm staying in Tu's Place, like Varanasi's Munna House a word-of-mouth oasis for ...
Hi folks, My website and email server were down for a few days recently (Feb 13-15), so if you sent me any mail during that time I wouldn't have received it. ...
Hi folks, This is it, the big event I came to India for this time around... I'll be performing with Jimi-san (Setsuo Miyashita - santoor) just before Pt. Debu...
Hi folks, This is my last night in India. Tomorrow morning I fly from Kolkata to Bangkok. I'll be spending the next week or so on an island with my beloved,...
Sitar Wars Episode 19 - Tabla and the Dark Side Hi folks, Back in Bangkok, chilling out in Tu's Place again, and it's time for another round-up of the...
Hi folks, It's been a while since I've written. I've been setting up blogs at blogspot.com recently - 3 in all, a Brisbane events page, a Japan events page,...
Hi folks, Merry Christmas, Happy Solstice & New Year, and general good festive-season vibes to everybody! I'll be heading off to do a 10-day Vipassana...
Hi folks, Thank you to all who have sent concerned messages following the bomb attacks in Varanasi on Tuesday. I'm OK, as are all my friends! One bomb went...
Hi folks, I've had a very busy month with lots of interesting news, which I've been writing about as part of my weekly events announcements to Brisbane and ...
Hi folks, I have found that my laptop was infected with the following viruses: I-Worm/VB.GG I-Worm/VB.DV It has sent emails with the following subject...
Hi folks, My, my, I have been a slack journal-writer. It's been 4 months since I've sent any kind of diary out to the world and more than 7 months since I...
Hi folks, I've now been back in Australia for a month after a highly successful Japan trip. I've been far too busy working to save some cash and also ...
Hi folks, Happy New Year to you all! I hope you are well and looking forward to an exciting 2007. I have just finished a tour with Taro Terahara, a fantastic...
Hi folks, Writing to you from Kolkata, same as ever... crowded and polluted. I have a few things to do before I escape to Varanasi, where I'll be taking part...
Hi folks, I've just posted some photos of my new room in Varanasi <http://shenflindell.blogspot.com/2007/02/my-new-varanasi-room.html> on my blog... *SHEN'S...