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Note to everyone: I AM leaving the country in about 3 weeks (September 2), which means get your phone calls/Malaya time in now. Incidentally, you can still reach me via cell. I'm pretty busy, working full time, getting my rabies shots (Only funny if I don't get bitten by an animal in India and when we don't consider the statistic that one person ( Read more... ) -
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i have traveled by plane, bus, boat, cart, jeepney, van, motorized scooter, and pedi cab in approximately 24 hours, but i am finally here. and it is good. i have been fed mango shakes, shrimp, pansit with chicharon (the only way to make it), and we know we judge a place by its food. of course, i somehow caused my foot to bleed, but hopefully ( Read more... ) -
Yay!
I got the NSEP and will be going to the Philippines in June! And my roommate, who applied, also got one and will be going to Jordan. *happy dance* -
News articles I will not be showing my parents.
Manila Says Peace Corps Worker Is Dead.
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/18/world/asia/18filip.html
Philippine authorities found the body of a missing American Peace Corps volunteer in a northern mountain town where she disappeared.
I've started having nightmares about not getting the NSEP. I still have to get my visa, which I believe I missed the ( Read more... ) -
Random Headlines
Flu vaccine grown in insect cells:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/6541041.stm
Scientists hope a technique to manufacture flu vaccine in insect cells could speed up production.
London Journal: The Perfect Bacon Sandwich Decoded: Crisp and Crunchy
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/11/world/europe/11bacon.html
After testing 700 variations, British ( Read more... ) -
Sasquatch?!
Bjork, M.I.A, Interpol, Black Angels, Ozomatli, Neko Case, Jesse Sykes, Minus the Bear, Spoon, Aqueduct, Dandy Warhols, yes please ( Read more... ) -
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Just in case you didn't see it in the news:
'Naked ambassador' recalled
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/world/middle_east/6441461.stm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/6441461.stm
Israel recalls its envoy in El Salvador after he is found outside by police, drunk, wearing only bondage gear. -
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Time to share some I Saw Yous:
You deliver a lot of things up here on Cap. hill. You delivered a lot to me that night, romance, passion, lust, organisms, 'the clap' …..
Here's one entitled Salacious carrot of raging desire: On Friday night you were hot enough to caramelize the sugars in any root vegetable. Things will never be the same in my hole ( Read more... )
