Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows was a really great read. I was again struck by the depth of the characters and great writer that JKR is. I practically inhaled the book on Saturday, and it was lucky it was Saturday because I  was so wound-up as I was reading that there was no way I would've gone to bed in time to get up for work the next day. ( Read more... )

I love this Micheal Buble song, it makes me so happy, especially the chorus. I got the audio of it from this person's cheesy blog entry. This is definetly the kind of song I would have at my wedding. As you listen to it, imagine me singing along off-tune. :) *it's you, it's you, your make me sing*

Everything - Michael Buble



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Since the subject came up from sufitom, here are some pictures I took at some of Romania's most famous monastaries.

This is Varatec, it's not painted but is still quite beautiful.


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The following story from today is pretty scary, since it's right in my neighbourhood on a walkway that I sometimes take (though of course not at nighht cuz it's completely deserted. It was probably not a random murder, but still, you can never be too careful :-( Anyway may he rest in peace.

Stabbing death at GO station
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I visited the church of the Patriarchate ( roughly the equivalent of the Pope for the Orthodox Church in Romania) but the Patriarch was not there, but the Bishop who was next in line was so we got to see them and get blessings, which was nice. We didn't catch too much of the Liturgy because we got lost on the way there and ended up at another ( Read more... )

Romania is pretty cool.  It didn't take me long to get used to the time difference, since I had a night flight and only slept 2-3 really uncomfortable hours on the plane from Friday to Saturday night. The next evening I was exhausted. Sunday morning I visited two churches and then hung out some more with my family. I'm staying for now with my aunt ( Read more... )

I am here at my aunt's and it's pretty fun and great. So yay!! I will probably update more later!!

Hehe this is a quote from Friends, Season 7, episode 11:

Ross: What? I can’t cancel on Joan!

Monica: Why not?!

Ross: Bec-Did you not hear me?! She’s an assistant professor in the Linguistics department, okay? They’re wild! Why do you want to come anyway?

I had a dream this morning I went to France and forgot my camera. I was wandering the streets of Paris looking for somewhere to stay (since I hadn't planned in advance) and I found this guy who let me sleep on a divan in the lobby of his parents' hotel. And in the lobby there was a decorative pond of sorts, which had GIANT turtles in it, and one of ( Read more... )

At my Ukranian friend's house yesterday:

Her grandmother: "Yeltsin died. Don't send any flowers."