“> Google honors humorist Mark Twain with a panoramic doodle of Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn seen whitewashing a fence or rather doodling google on it. The two are characters of Twain’s most famous novels The Adventures of Tom Sawyer…
Archives for November 2011
Dance With My Father
It has been two years and a half since my dad passed away. Here, listening to this song is like rubbing salt on open wound. Perhaps doing that would make the wound heal faster but then the scar would always…
At the Albertina
I went with little boy’s kindergarten class to the Albertina, a museum at Vienna’s first district which holds one of the largest print rooms and contains a vast number of art. One of the more famous is Albrecht Dürer’s young…
Norwegian Wood (Murakami, 1987)
Unlike Murakami’s other books which will leave your head spinning for an illogical world setup, bizarre concepts as mackerel rains, talking cats, dried-up well, Norwegian Wood touches more on human emotions. The story centers on Toru Watanabe, the narrator…
School Hunting or Fishing?
That time flies by so fast is so true, my daughter would be finishing grade school soon so we were into school hunting this month. The Austrian school system is very different from what I was used to so I…
Keeping the House
The home can either be a place to relax or a place of chaos. All depends on how the homemaker keeps it. It’s not an easy task especially if you have 3 kids to look out for, feed and teach;…
Turtleneck
Seldom, I could count with one hand the amount of times I posted a photo of myself here. ^_^ That’s because I prefer being behind the camera as the camera doesn’t like me being in front. Anyway, here is a…
College Thinkers
Wouldn’t you be proud to see that one of our own is featured in this graphic about the Colleges of our (worldwide) top thinkers? I am, and because I went to the same University too! Philippine national hero Dr. Jose…
Mixed Martial Arts Stats
Admittedly I don’t have interest in any form of martial arts but I got introduced to Taekwondo by hubby who used to practice it. That’s why I’m surprised about Mixed Martial arts….though it was established as a competition with the…
Bargain Hound Giveaway Winner
Congratulations to: Entry #3272 : Heidi Champagne Entry #2440: Aline Smith —- Thanks to everyone who joined, see you until next giveaway!
Lantern Festival
Like China and Thailand, Austria has a Lantern Festival celebrated on November 11 (along with Belgium, Germany and Netherlands, other European countries have theirs too in a different form). It is the the Feast of St Martin of Tours or Martin…
Love Actually
“Whenever I get gloomy with the state of the world, I think about the arrivals gate at Heathrow Airport. General opinion’s starting to make out that we live in a world of hatred and greed, but I don’t see that….
