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Eating
Some friends were impressed that I can eat with my fingers, although the truth is that I do it so infrequently that they sometimes ache a little, the underused muscles straining to recall. While travelling in Jogja and Solo, something in their food - possibly the sambal or lalapan - would give my hands, by the end of a meal, a light scent that ( Read more... ) -
Borobudur
I have been, I know, extremely remiss in posting up photographs on the blog. partly, it's because it's so much more efficient to do it on facebook - no resizing nor manual input of html necessary - and given my aged computer, it is nice to have very hassle free means to upload. compromise: some of the best shots here, and a link to the larger ( Read more... ) -
Bangkok 09'
Been a long time since I've posted pictures: in part because my old camera finally chose to rest its circuits, and also because facebook has an alluringly straightforward photo uploading system. but since i've already let the blogspot RIP, i suppose i should make a little effort keeping this one afloat.
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From the Serat Centhini
(Its interesting enough to cross post with my blogspot =P)
An excerpt from a condensed, translated version of "Serat Centhini", an 19th century Javanese epic which contains both sections of religious exploration and erotic activity. In the condensed version published in 2006, the epic is restructured into a journey where the travellers develop " ( Read more... ) -
Solo, [Surakarta]
So yeah. this and the two posts below are my very very overdue livejournal posts of my trip to Solo with the NUS Singanglaras Gamelan Ensemble. Totally zesty trip, and i'm glad i went with the group, since Solo is sort of a place where modernity hasn't really been kind, but luckily the unkindness takes place mostly along the bigger, dirtier streets ( Read more... )
