February 3 was the Tamang New Year (and also my sister's birthday and the approach of spring something or other in Celtic calendar). Week before that Amdo and Chinese New Year. In a little over two weeks it will be Tibetan New Year and then the Sherpa New Year. All following Buddhist calendars proclaiming this year to be the year of the Dog ( Read more... )

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last week of my trip here to manila and I can't bloody remember how on earth i got home last night which scares the heck out of me because i don't think i did anything i regret-what fucks me up is the fact i can't remember anything i did, how i got home etc. I can never be regretting stuff no matter how stupid they were because whatever comes out ( Read more... )

HOUSING: homelessness really really sucked. Summer very busy being distracted trying to experience thing and constantly making fifty strategies in head as to where to stay for next few days constantly. HOWEVER-good things come to those who wait.

I have a set of keys now and in my new home. Still needs cleaning but I have something to call my room ( Read more... )

You will be famous for taking over a small country


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this is how i know how i have been lost:

i can't remember the last time i talked to a bee

embrace the sunlight's kisses as they work their way through the leaves, massaging them into gold like the hands of old lovers who stroke the gentle creases of their partner's face, waiting gently for wrinkles to appear and their fingers telling them what way they will be ( Read more... )

walking away from an awkward yellow shirt down a hill another thought crossed my mind when random violent movie rehearsals play in my head on easy days with perfect weather: blue skies with enough clouds to gaze at, cool gentle winds but nevertheless warm and sunlight soft but bright enough to make everything glow- i figured if i ever get the ( Read more... )

k so from a few weeks of oversocialising and getting constant laryngitis-back to some lj writing. I've been meaning to do this for ages and was tagged by angat_sa_batas

list 5 reasons why you are a geek. and make them good reasons. justify them. explain them. be loud and proud about how big of a geek you are! then pick the 5 biggest geeks you know and have them ( Read more... )

i was planning all week to go to this discussion on the role of the international community on the situation in Nepal led by the former british envoy to the place-not because of the guy because I'm sure I'd fall asleep at what I assume would have been a speech riddled with redundancies like -Nepal needs democray, Nepal needs peace -no duh. I ( Read more... )