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| Hitmap coloured by country (or subdivisions of certain large countries), 8 October 2023 |
I. Writing from: Kunming + London + Paris + Vienna + Bandar Seri Begawan + Kaohsiung + Kanchanaburi + Christchurch + Listvyanka + Helsinki + Colombo + Ecublens + Crissier + Dublin Airport + Reykjavik + Siem Reap + Nepean, Ontario + Waitara, New South Wales + Abu Ghosh, Israel
II. Travelogues: Temburong District, Brunei + Taiwan + Jakarta and Banten + Baltic States + Helsinki + Luxembourg and its neighbourhood + Ångermanland region, Sweden (Urkult festival) + Irkutsk Oblast, Russia + Canton Vaud: a long walk from Crissier to Lac de Joux + Lincoln, Nebraska (1) (2) + Prague and Ostrava + World Youth Day 2016 at Kraków + Spain and Portugal + Tehran + Train ride from Beijing West Station to Jining, Inner Mongolia + Canada (Visa Run)
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| Hitmap coloured by top-level (Roman/Alexandrian) Catholic Church divisions, updated 8 October 2023. For Mainland China, the de jure map is used, using largely pre-1949 jurisdictions (except the Diocese of Chengde). |
III. Visitations to the Global Church:
A list of dioceses (Bold: archdioceses) where I went to pilgrimage or attended mass:
Trans-continental: Harbin of the Russians 哈爾濱 [Russian] + Holy Cross + Belarusian Greek Catholic Church
Americas: Spokane (Baptism) + Los Angeles + Lincoln + New York + Cleveland + Saint Josaphat in Parma [Ukrainian] + Our Lady of Lebanon of Los Angeles [Maronite] + Ottawa + Gatineau + Chair of St. Peter [Anglican Ordinariate] + Kingston + Toronto + Marquette + Fort Wayne-South Bend + Pittsburgh + Joliet in Illinois + Bridgeport + Pittsburgh [Ruthenian] + Brooklyn + Lexington + Cincinnati + Youngstown + Greensburg + Columbus + Newton [Melkite] + Parma [Ruthenian] + Knoxville + Wheeling-Charleston + Syracuse + Manchester + Boston + Providence + Our Lady of Nareg [Armenian] + Scranton + Harrisburg + Baltimore
Asia-Oceania: Singapore (Confirmation) + Bandung 萬隆 + Surabaya 泗水 + Kuching 古晉 + Melaka-Johor + Imus + Foochow 福州 + Taipei 台北
Europe: Helsinki + Lausanne, Geneva and Fribourg + Galway and Kilmacduagh and Kilfenora + Lyon + Milan + Copenhagen + Reykjavik + St. Andrews and Edinburgh + Warszawa + Częstochowa + Katowice + Kraków + Šiauliai + Madrid + Santander
IV. Language Proficiencies:
"How many languages do you speak?" is a question that friends ask me all the time. This is from my habit of visiting places that speak unfamiliar languages and trying to learn the language before the trip. I am often unable to nail it down to an exact number, because everyone's idea of knowing a language seems to be different, and frequently languages can be dropped as easily as they are picked up, due to lack of use. Here, I get into the details:
Native proficiency: Mandarin Chinese and English
Conversational proficiency: French, Spanish, Malay/Indonesian
I have tricked people into thinking I speak these: German, Russian, Portuguese
Beginner proficiency: Hokchia
