Quotable:
“The teacher who is indeed wise does not bid you to enter the house of his wisdom but rather leads you to the threshold of your mind.” Kahlil Gibran
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NEW BOOK: My Life as a Squint-Eyed Chink |

Autobiography — 351 pages including: 6 pages of pictures & 8 pages of endnotes.
On the death of his eccentric soprano mother, Zak finds himself on a plane to rendezvous with siblings he hasn't seen in decades, the entire trip culminating in a black comedy at her funeral. He begins unearthing a past he didn't know he had, learning the truth about his parents' secretive lives.
My Life as a Squint-Eyed Chink reads like a psychological thriller or mystery novel — only the story that it tells is true. Unique insights into the human condition, fascinating vignettes from mid-20th-century China, and uncommon sanity amidst maddening events characterize this poignant, thought-provoking and beautifully written tale of a Brit forced to adapt to finding himself ‘not looking English.’ In pages filled with both gritty facts and almost-lyrical prose punctuated with wry humor, you walk with Zak, the journeyman, as he learns what it is like to bridge several different worlds with all their allure, beauty, pain and mystery; to survive the most unsettling of situations; to find sense in a baffling, sometimes terrible, past and setting out on the ultimate quest to put all the pieces together and find out who you truly are.
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Born in England and based in Stockholm, Sweden since 1988, Zak divides his time between his very separate worlds of being a Musician (multi-genre free-lance guitarist), Technology Consultant (software design, website management, HCI, UCD, Usability, SEO, IT-management...), Writer (research articles, educational books, non-fiction, editing services), Translator (for companies listed on the NASDAQ OMX), Traveler (escapist & curious by nature; a fan of interpersonal, cultural exchanges in faraway places) and Volunteer (abuse recovery, fundraising, community services)...
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ZakKeith.com is about things that matter to me, Zak It was launched on Nov. 26, 2008, but due to the fact that I lead a rather busy life, parts of it are still under construction. My original idea was to use the site to demonstrate my skills in creating a clean 'n' lean, robust, secure, interactive and standards-compliant web interface with up-to-date technological know-how behind it. I'm responsible for
what you can and can't see—every dot and pixel of the front-end design, as well as the back-end scripts that dynamically generate these pages, such as perl, PHP, databases, server scripts and CMS (content-management software), etc. All my scripts are custom-designed—I don't use out-of-a-can freeware. Many of my creative designs were a first on the world-wide web, but as the cliché about the perpetually changing Internet goes: you can only be the “first” for six months at best. If you happen to like what you do see, I'm available for hire as a site designer and software architect. For further information:
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| Jul 27, '11 | The Voice of Soul (21:00-24:00) | Stampen, Stockholm |
| Aug 06, '11 | The Voice of Soul (21:00-24:00) | Stampen, Stockholm |
| Aug 12, '11 | The Voice of Soul (21:00-24:00) | Stampen, Stockholm |
| Aug 20, '11 | Zak & Frenz | Rest. J, Stockholm |
| Aug 27, '11 | The Voice of Soul (21:00-24:00) | Stampen, Stockholm |
| Sep 09, '11 | The Voice of Soul (21:00-24:00) | Stampen, Stockholm |
| Oct 22, '11 | Hosting the Extended Jam Session (18:00-20:00) | Stampen, Stockholm |
| Oct 28, '11 | The Voice of Soul (21:00-24:00) | Stampen, Stockholm |
| Nov 05, '11 | Hosting the Extended Jam Session (18:00-20:00) | Stampen, Stockholm |
| Dec 10, '11 | The Voice of Soul (22:00-01:00) | Stampen, Stockholm |
| Dec 17, '11 | Extended Jam Session feat. Derek January (18:00-20:00) | Stampen, Stockholm |
| Dec 23, '11 | The Voice of Soul (21:00-24:00) | Stampen, Stockholm |
| Feb 17, '12 | Afterwork Jazz (17:00-19:30) | Stampen, Stockholm |
| Feb 18, '12 | Extended Jam Session feat. Derek January (18:00-20:00) | Stampen, Stockholm |
| Mar 16, '12 | Live recording at Afterwork Jazz, feat. Joyce Hurley (17:00-19:30) | Stampen, Stockholm |
| Apr 27, '12 | Afterwork Jazz (17:00-19:30) | Stampen, Stockholm |
| May 01, '12 | Guest appearance, Afterwork Jazz (17:00-19:30) | Stampen, Stockholm |
| May 02, '12 | Guest appearance, Extended Jam Session feat. Derek January (18:00-20:00) | Stampen, Stockholm |
| May 12, '12 | The Voice of Soul feat. Helena Johansson (21:00-24:00) | Stampen, Stockholm |
| May 18, '12 | The Voice of Soul (21:00-24:00) | Stampen, Stockholm |
| May 19, '12 | The Voice of Soul (21:00-24:00) | Stampen, Stockholm |
| Jun 15, '12 | Afterwork Jazz (17:00-19:30) | Stampen, Stockholm |
| Jun 22, '12 | Afterwork Jazz (17:00-19:30) | Stampen, Stockholm |
| Jun 23, '12 | Extended Jam Session feat. Derek January (18:00-20:00) | Stampen, Stockholm |
| Jun 27, '12 | The Voice of Soul (21:00-24:00) | Stampen, Stockholm |
| Jun 30, '12 | Extended Jam Session feat. Derek January (18:00-20:00) | Stampen, Stockholm |
| Jul 07, '12 | Extended Jam Session feat. Derek January (18:00-20:00) | Stampen, Stockholm |
| Jul 13, '12 | Afterwork Jazz (17:00-19:30) | Stampen, Stockholm |
| Jul 27, '12 | Afterwork Jazz (17:00-19:30) | Stampen, Stockholm |
| Jul 28, '12 | Extended Jam Session feat. Derek January (18:00-20:00) | Stampen, Stockholm |
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