In this city, it often rains. Geography demands it. For beyond the islands scattered west roll endless miles of ocean, while northeast at the city's back jut jagged mountain peaks. With the slate-gray skies of autumn come the cyclone westerlies, raging winds and boiling clouds that sweep in from the sea. In waves these bloated clouds tear open on ( Read more... )

I just remembered these crazy soft drinks that I had a long long time ago in a land far far away.

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Why do "immigrant" authors have to write about "loss and alienation" all the time? Even when the actual immigrants were their parents? Although, sometimes their experiences can be funny. For example, I heard this bit on an NPR story

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It's about 3 PM CEST - been a long summer day. St Peters Basilica. Sistine Chapel. Scam artist1. Metro. Spinach sandwich. Colosseum. Fake Gladiators. Self snapshots. 2 Euro water bottles. I got back to Roma Termini. I saw some backpackers lounging about in front of the station. Below one of those giant flower pots.

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Kos, GreeceI took the airline shuttle from Kos Airport to get to Kos Town intending to take a taxi from the town to my hotel. I almost got down at the wrong stop were it not for a fellow passenger. He told me where to get down, walked along with me to the town center from where I could take a taxi. Along the way he told me he was visiting his ( Read more... )

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As the weather in Suwon became warmer through January, I predicted we had seen the last snow of the winter. But to prove things otherwise it snowed again on the 7th. I left Korea on 9th morning (a painful day because :- I hate travelling + I hate getting up at five o'clock in the morning + I barely manage to get out my warm bed in the cold, cold ( Read more... )

How do Fanta - Blueberry blue and Mirinda - Green Cream sound ? What about Red Mirinda? vanilla Coke ?
If Pepsi Blue is CuSO4, blue fanta corresponds to Robin blue. The Green one is quite similar to Pudin hara.
Taste? Almost like Colgate Gel!!

Saw Matrix. Alone! And while I sat through the 9-minute long credits, waiting for the Revolutions trailer, I found only 5 people giving me company. Obviously anybody who waits to see the full credits at 12:15 AM must be crazy! And when I came out the escalators were not working, so I took the elevators to the floor marked "G" which turned out to be ( Read more... )