A Journey to the Levant
Found this ticket and the memories overflowed me.
Wow! It was great and just after I saw them in Reading Festival.
Was a bit worried going to the venue as I remember the entrance was not very clear. But it was great!!!
It has been a while since I used fountain Pen. Ever since I lost my Nakaya pen.
But since enjoy them so much, I decided to try again.
The first step is of course a pen case. Decided to create a pen case for 3 pen.
Why 3? Because standard pen cases are usually for 1,2, or 4 (or more.
The result is very satisfying, but it adds weight to my bag.
To complete my previous post . (as I don’t like editing past posts)
Just finished reading the book, but could not find more to write about it .
The book, just ended. More happenings, deaths, but no conclusion. No hope for improvement. Life goes on in the same way.
What I remember vividly from the last part of the book is the mother’s attempts to look attractive and capture the heart of the real milkman as well as discussions about “wrong marriages”. I feel it is intentional that the writer chose to write more about the being human. At 50, having lost husband and children, the mother is keen on rekindling a lost love. Simple, human, and has nothing to do with the conflict.
I hope all conflicts in the world will be forgotten and stopped for Love and friendship.
Reading the book “Milkman” by Anna Burns .
Takes me a while to read it, but want to share my first thought and impression of reading it.
I am obviously aware of the struggles and conflicts in Norther Ireland, but I guess I never really understood what it meant on a daily basis. Thinking about it, I guess this what the entire world knows and feels about Israel.
And as such, it makes it even a more interesting read. Not only the story of a young woman being harassed by the “Milkman”, but an important story of the conflicts, deaths, the 10 minutes zone and much more.
Did not finish yet, but I think I can already recommend it.
Still wondering what is the reference to Japanese in the song “Pure Morning”.
Tried to find some guesses, interpretations, but they all seem so far fetched.
Any Idea?
A friend in need’s a friend indeed,
My Japanese is better,
And when she’s pressed she will undress,
And then she’s boxing clever,
I just love how Rimowa designed their receipt.
Shows a location in the world and weather in different time zones.
So simple, so lovely.
Was thinking about writing this for a while, but an experience I had gave me the motivation to finally do it.
While on a business trip to Singapore, I went to Black Tap at the Marina Bay Sands for Lunch. Sitting on the Sofa, the (Korean) guy in the table besides me kept bouncing his leg. Had two options: to tell him to stop, or to move to a chair. I moved to a chair and started planning what to write this blog post.
In Japan, it is considered a bad habit, one that shows “bad education”. The wiki page for 貧乏ゆすり is not linked to a page in other languages and mentions
多くの場合において品を欠く行為・悪い癖だとされる
Which means vulgarity and bad habit. The literal translation of 貧乏ゆすり is “poverty fidgeting”.
Did not research, but not familiar with such contempt to fidgeting in other cultures. If we look at the English wiki page for fidgeting it tries to explain the condition and reasons for it, not judging it
Fidgeting is considered a nervous habit, though it does have some underlying benefits. People who fidget regularly tend to weigh less than people who do not fidget because they burn more calories than those who remain still, which is called Non-Exercise Activity Thermogenesis (NEAT).[13] It has been reported that fidgeting burns about 350 extra calories per day.[14]
Living in Japan, I got used to thinking the same way. I notice when people bounce their legs and show nervousness. Was surprised when at a meeting a Japanese customer was bouncing his leg and even discussed it with our partner.
On both my iPhone and Mac, cannot see updates from Friends, just publishers and subscriptions.
This is not the reason I am using Facebook, so too me less than 30 seconds to close it.
I follow Nikaido Fumi on Instagram , and I love her recents posts of “15 seconds Runway”, sometimes serious, sometimes comical in different locations. From indoors to bowling alley, Train and more.
Since there are instagram stories, they are not kept, but found people posting them on Twitter and adding their own versions: