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…
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….
Prague-tically
One of our recent trip was to Prague, early October — a somewhat confusing month for the weather. ^_^ Normally, October is a cold month as autumn has begun in September and rain sometimes pour along. It has been like…
Old School and My Style Icon
For the sake of Girls Talks’ theme last week, albeit late, I’m digging out this photo – a 14-year-old photo of my bestfriend and I. That’s also when we were into the 40-45 kilos range. (lol) I was the first…
Louis Daguerre on Google Doodle
Louis Daguerre, father of Daguerreotype and co-inventor of the Diorama was honored by Google with a doodle. It is a vintage photo frame with the google letters dressed in clothes of an earlier period, say 1800s, set in black and…
Scrat on Second Short for Ice Age 4 (Continental Drift)
Our beloved and tormented Scrat continues his quest to retrieve an elusive nut in this short film, sort of a teaser for the 4th installment to one of filmdom’s most loved animated franchise, Ice Age. The fourth part, Ice Age:…
