It's sometimes good to leave one's own small circles, to get away for a while. I think I'd usually want the getaway to be a trip out of the country, but it doesn't do me any harm to do a little bit of travelling within the country, too ( Read more... )

Came home from Jyväskylä last night. After having sat in the train for four hours listening to wailing babies for more than I would've cared, I felt more like a well-used punching bag than anything else. My feet ached from all the weekend's walking back and forth between the hotel, the shops and the university campus area, my back was about as ( Read more... )

Oh my goodness. I managed to put together a ridiculously yummy Persian kabab-meal.

I cooked some chelo (or polo) rice, which turned out all u-shaped. So funny, but at the same time very yummy.


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I'm too tired to upload pictures (as it would require me to turn on the old computer and it takes forever), I'll get back to that tomorrow ( Read more... )

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I thought I'd challenge myself with keeping a photo blog of sorts this summer. I have no idea what it may turn into, but I'll be posting pics and comments of my summer days here and/or over at the almost-long-dead Pool. It may turn out I will post often, it may turn I will post rarely. Who knows. Certainly not I. Make no promises, break no promises ( Read more... )