It is so, so odd to be coming back to this journal after almost three whole years. I am not even sure what to say -- so many memories. So much has happened in the last three years. I have changed countries, professions, lifestyles. Even my name. I wonder if I, I have really changed or not
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After more than 8 years of anonymous blogging (7 of them, on LJ), I've finally decided to close this blog and move elsewhere, out of the shadows. This almost-decade of anonymity and writing-in-seclusion has been good and bad. Hopefully, I learned from it things I wouldn't have learned otherwise. It has been a constant companion through innumerable
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Last night I dreamed that Mahmoud Darwish came to my house. He was sitting right here, right next to this makeshift bed I have slept on for years now. Although I do not understand a lot of the eastern european conflict, I told him I was sorry for all the mess. Mostly, I was sorry he was dead -- he would now never be able to see the end of a
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I've started working for NGOPost as a night-job. What is NGOPost, you may ask? Well, in short, quoting from the webpage: NGO Post is the people's platform for sharing and discussing various social welfare initiatives. You contribute to NGO Post by sharing new insightful stories, highlighting the best ones from all submissions, and sharing your
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5 years now. J, A and I climbed in the Adirondacks this May and talked about you. A is running the marathon this year; you would've liked to be there. Things are good, things have changed - without you, none of our treks are the same. I sometimes message you on YM!. No one has claimed your ID as yet :)
March was a good month. Month of music, photography and some travel. The concert videos finally came through a few weeks ago and I managed to edit+upload the second solo piece this past weekend. Not very happy about the poor audio quality here though -- the accompaniment sounds too bassy and some of the upper melody is lost in that deeper hum.
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