Boy in the Trash Can

#16 - Robbed at Gunpoint! & A General Visits! Welcome to Episode 16.  This episode marks the 3 month anniversary.  As we continue my time at RED HORSE, and my experience in my new job learning mobility and logistics planning.  I meet a general officer for the first time and learn that I cannot change the oil in my car! Some troubling events at Pizza Hut brought more purple rain.  Seems I was l...

#ST8 - Breakfast with Koalas & Wine Country! This episode keeps us in Australia,  finishing up Sydney and share a bit about the wonderful wine country. Also included a cute song by Don Spencer. This week's travel tip is getting ahead of things when there are unavoidable delays!   #Australia #Sydney #Wine  Thank you for listening.  Please share and your rating is greatly appreciated. Princ...

#15 - Mom Flies! & Tough AF Decision. This episode continues my experienced at my first base. I get some surprise visitors, establish a dairy goat herd name, and become very busy with learning my job in the Air Force, a part time job, and starting my education. While things start off well, a tragic event happens that became an early decision point in the Air Force.    Listener caution: This ep...

#ST 7 - The Land Down Under! Short Takes share travel experiences. This week we are exploring Australia, and specifically, Sydney. Australia is a wonderful country and has some of the friendliest in the world. So much to see and do and of course, the wine country is amazing. Most of all, the koalas are my favorite animals! This week's travel tip is on creating your itinerary.   #Australia #Sy...

#14 - Viva Las Vegas & Where's the Bus? This episode brings technical training to an end after my first Christmas. Then, off to the first base, Nellis AFB, NV. Named Airman of the Year the first year, and adjusting to the "real" Air Force.   Saving abandoned children is important and the Safe Haven Baby Boxes are creating safe options in several states and are working to expand....

#ST 5 - Kiev in 2005.  Short Takes share travel experiences from my visiting 18% of the world and 49 of the 50 states to compliment my journey through life episodes that are published on Thursdays. I was in Kiev, Ukraine in 2005. This episode shares some of my stories of a visit to a remarkable city.    #Ukraine #Kiev #Travel #TravelTips Thank you for listening.  Please share and your rating is gr...

#13 - First Lesson in AF Leadership! This episode finishes my training at Basic Military Training at Lackland AFB and moves on to technical training at Lowry AFB. My first role in leadership comes.   Thanks to my special guest Colonel Ken Bryson (ret) who was a Training Officer at BMTS and shares a poignant perspective.   This episode is dedicated to my Training Instructors, SSgt Louk and Sgt Hick...

#ST 5 - Visting Singapore.  Short Takes share travel experiences from my visiting 18% of the world and 49 of the 50 states to compliment my journey through life episodes that are published on Thursdays. This is a great destination in Southeast Asia and one that is very different from other Asian countries. The history is very interesting and there are sights that you won't see anywhere else i...

#12 -The Other Left & Did I Really Nap? This episode has my arrival in San Antonio and the start of a packed six weeks of Basic Military Training. In addition to sharing my journal, it will also give you a perspective of how military training was in the 1970s for a fairly naive farm boy from rural New York. While it was rewarding and shaped my Air Force career, there were some mis-steps to be...

#ST 4 - Korean Shopping & Customs. Short Takes share travel experiences from my visiting 18% of the world and 49 of the 50 states to compliment my journey through life episodes that are published on Thursdays. This short take includes experiences with shopping, experiences, and some of the customs that make up the traditions of the Korean people.   A giant thank you to my special guest, Joanne...

#11 - Goats Like Beer and Leaving the Nest . This episode wraps up life on the farm and getting ready to enter the United States Air Force. The adventure continues with reflection of the last six years.   This episode is dedicated to the memory of Ragochi Bend, from two rabbits, two goats, and 50 chickens on the bend of a road in Ellenburg Center, NY and an experience never to be forgotten.   #Far...

#ST 3 - Sights in Seoul and the DMZ . Short Takes share travel experiences from my visiting 18% of the world and 49 of the 50 states to compliment my journey through life episodes that are published on Thursdays. This Short Take continues our look at travel around the world and we are still in Korea continuing sights in Seoul and the DMZ. I have two special guests and you’ll hear their stories as...

#10  - Poking Cheese & More Purple Rain  The episode my journey through high school. While things get a bit rough, there is a rainbow. I also get my first paid job and my brother shares a poignant perspective of farm life. As a listener caution, there are some experiences that some may find troubling.      Thanks to Markus for being my guest in this episode. Look for him on YouTube and Soundcl...

#9 - Pails of Water, Rats! &  Was That the Bread Truck? This episode has a special guest, my brother Markus. The episode includes my lack of ingenuity with my chores, even more animals, and shifting to school life. Sadly, we have our first family death. I also explore my perspective on growing up in America as an Asian American.    Thanks to Markus for being my guest in this episode and you’ll...

#ST 2 - Seoul and the Olympics . Short Takes share travel experiences from my visiting 18% of the world and 49 of the 50 states to compliment my journey through life episodes that are published on Thursdays. This Short Take continues our look at travel around the world and we are still in Korea exploring Seoul and sharing my experience at the 1988 Olympics and Paralympics. We end with a travel tip...

#8 - My DNA and Just How Many Potatoes Can We Eat? This episodes starts with a look at my DNA, how we finally harvested hay almost normally, gardening the Terwilliger way, and is a half dump truck of potatoes and carrots really that much? The episode finishes with another authored poem, Was that Me?   This episode is dedicated to Mrs Hotchkiss, the librarian at Chateaugay Central School, a mentor,...

Short Takes are a short addition to the regular podcast on exploring the world.  I’ve travelled to 49 of the 50 US states and 18% of the world and thought I would integrate a shorter episode each week to add to the podcast. Short Takes will generally be posted on the weekends with the regular episodes on the current schedule. For listener convenience; Short Takes will start with #ST so you prefer,...

Episode 7:  Goats Need Hay!   First, A listener caution: this episode contains content that some may find troubling.     This episode continues the adjustment to life on the new farm and the continued growth of the animals. Farming on a budget and without experience meant “entertaining” the locals! We meet new people and one resulted in the first tragedy that cut to my core.   This episode is dedi...

This special episode jumps ahead and shares where I was on September 11, 2001 as we remember the anniversary of that day when America was attacked. Let us always remember those who lost their lives and those who lept into action.   Episode photo from PatriotIcon.org with permission.   Thank you for listening.  Please share and your rating is greatly appreciated. Princess Kona! invites you to visit...

Chickens and Rabbits and Goats, OH MY! This episode continues the story about how our backyard was transformed into a hobby farm, the addition of rabbits and dairy goats to our flock of chickens, and a few more of our experiences as a family. With these additions, the family could rely less on stores for grocery items and at the same time, the growth would result in a move to a real farm.   The ep...

This episode is Family in Transition…and Here Come the Animals! Continue the journey as the family becomes complete, a couple of school stories, my time in band, one especially crazy family trip. Then, how did 50 baby chicks find their way to our home, the start of what was to come. Each experience shaped me just as your experiences shaped your own story. You’ll also hear one of my poems written d...

Episode 3, Welcome to the United States and Off to School. This episode finishes background information foundational to the podcast through going off to school.   Explore a little background on my parents and some early reactions to being an Asian American kid in a fairly homogeneous community. Find out what I did with food I didn't like and what I snacked on in the yard!     Thank You to eve...

Welcome to Episode 2, Where it all began.    This episode lays the foundation for the podcast by illustrating some background and the early days of my life.    As a listener caution; this episode contains material that some may find troubling.  This episode tells the story about how the boy was found and a bit of background on the Holt Organization as well as the background of how the boy was adop...

This is an introduction to the Boy in the Trash Can Podcast.  This podcasts is about a boy discarded at birth far away, a long time ago and his journey through twists and turns along the way.  Through stories, oral histories, and a bit of humor; this story unfolds for this boy in the trash can to where he is today. I hope this podcast will shed light on an important issue as well as tell a story -...