So for our Indonesian section of class, we've been learning about the genocides that happened in 1965-66, and for this coming week I've been reading "This Earth of Mankind" by Pramoedya Anata Toer. I have to say, I'm only about 65 pages in and I. LOVE. IT. There are so many philosophical insights to be gained from a fresh and radically different ( Read more... )

Today just got better and better.  This is who visited me today:


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Alright. Maybe a few months is too long. Maybe I need to update this more often... *hangs head in shame* Okay, alright. I've been a bad girl. NO COOKIE. I'm keeping my brownie points though. :)

Though to be perfectly honest, these last few months have been blissfully uneventful. However, with the coming of the new academic year looming over my head ( Read more... )

The Koffurt. It's an Icelandic tradition, similar in respects to the idea of a dowry. However, the Koffurt itself is a box, wooden, made by my great-great-great-great-great etc. Grandfather for his daughter to take with her wherever she went. The idea of the Koffurt is to travel with, to store your most precious items, and differs from the dowry ( Read more... )