Mists of aroma,
drenching auras with umber,
silken aged ghazals.
I’m still recovering from last week’s conference and did manage to see some of Bandung in the process, particularly a very quaint coffee store on a side street. They keep the beans for eight years and roast them using an old rubber-wood fired contraption. I didn’t [...]
Yesterday was a black comedy. The electricity went out (not unusual) around 2p. The electricity came back on around 7p, but only for 3/4 of the flats in my building. I ask around and one tenant tells me it’s because the voltage is too low. I don’t really understand how [...]
Keys to expulsion:
dreams, temptation, affliction—
hard-won carrion.
Yeah, I know it’s obtuse, but indulge me.
This weekend I caught up with an old colleague who still pounds the pavement in the Big Durian. He’s a bit older than me with a great story to tell about his worldly travels, his ups and downs. The point is this: while talking to him, I realized that looking for a job [...]
I haven’t posted in a while because not a whole lot is happening. I bought a cheap bike to start riding on since my mornings runs just aren’t enough for me anymore. I received an email asking me to determine my return date on my ticket–which I have no idea of as I [...]