Month: April 2005
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Current affairs
Do not expect intelligent conversation, especially between me and my friends: You know what’s the problem with Kryrgystan? What? Not enough vowels. That’s why got problem. Even better than the real thing? Surf stop: Cheeseen! (featured on 17 Jan, but under threat of death, I have to Surf stop her again) iTunes’ party shuffle is…
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Didn’t know that didja? Part IIb
What’s this? Nabeh, the ‘E’ in ‘E-filing’ stands for ‘Electronic’. ‘Electronic’ means it should operate 24/7. Right? Huh? Huh? Huh? I want to declare my corporate taxes! And you make it so hard? Nabeh, I get all my papers together, sit in front of the computer, all glad that this is such a connected city,…
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Didn’t know that, didja? Part IIa
Good thing my work doesn’t allow me to be cranky for long, even if the week gets really heavy. Because I learn something new almost every day: At the Lycee Francais, where I worked on Friday, the primary school kids stuck paper fish on my back, and when I took them off and looked puzzled,…
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Happy Birthday Curiosa Felicitas
A year ago today, I gave in to several friends‘ suggestion that I should start a blog. I had already registered a Blogger account the year before that, just so’s I could stalk some people and leave comments. But my friends, they were quite eager for me to start blogging, and I suspect it was…
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An evening soiree
1 April, and I can’t think of a single prank to pull on anyone. Me, Cowboy Caleb and mr brown had dinner and coffee and coffee and a darn good chat about who mr brown, Cowboy Caleb and Mr Miyagi really are. You could say we were getting a little ahead of ourselves here, but…