Things of interest? Eggs in KL are sold by 10, not by the dozen. Traffic lights work differently; they go North->East->South->West rather than North+South then East+West. I think it works because they never run out of people who want to turn right. It means that crossing the road involves going halfway then waiting. Um. Cans are 325ml not 375 ( Read more... )

5am Melbourne time. On a plane to KL. Tired. Can't sleep - cold, uncomfortable. Considered buying a blanket. Seemed like a rip-off? Instead decided to forego sleep entirely and write this instead ( Read more... )

Fire-proof
Withstands temperatures up to 850° C

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Pat Barker - Regeneration
Salmon Rushdie - Midnight's Children
Anne Enright - The Gathering
James Kelman - How Late it Was, How Late
J.M. Coetzee - Disgrace
Maurice Gee - In My Father's DenJohn Steinbeck - Of Mice and Men ( Read more... )

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Pat Barker - Regeneration
Salmon Rushdie - Midnight's ChildrenAnne Enright - The Gathering ( Read more... )

Ambitious summer reading list: the pile of books next to my bed ( Read more... )

Haha I just reread the TAQ issue I was writing in first year. Man, past-me was pretty funny.

Elise was kind of funny too, somehow she has spent all her funny but TAoC lives on?

Speaking of which, I was laughing at how much I tell people to read TAoC in that issue. If I could go back in time...

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