It smells just like summer. That's strange. It normally smells like... jungle? rubber? burning, sometimes. But not summer. Maybe my nose is shorting out. That often happens when I have a cold.

I've had songs from Guys and Dolls and Once Upon a Mattress stuck in my head the past couple of days. What's up with that ( Read more... )

Hey good news. I figured out the cause of all wars and all violence ever in the history of mankind. It's the perception of divisions. What I mean is, looking at someone and seeing "A Hindu" or "A Sunni" or "A black man." When we should be seeing "Somebody (also, he worships Brahma)" or "a man (also, he puts faith in Ali as well as Muhammed)" or ( Read more... )

Hello everybody ( Read more... )

Direct quotes from the last twenty-four hours of my life ( Read more... )

Jubilation! The internet works! Now I can spend hours wasting ti-i-i-ime ( Read more... )

Yes! I'm still alive. the internet's not working in Mathen Mappilai's computer lab, and Ashley has restricted internet usage in the house on her laptop to email only. So sorry for the big time lapse there ( Read more... )

"Whenever a friend is traveling abroad, remember that any contact between he and his homeland will be deeply treasured, and in my humble opinion is needed.  Indeed, he may be having the time of his life and still pine for the colours and tastes of home.  The best way to comfort said traveller is by, for example, sending him a letter in the mail.  ( Read more... )

Last night, after we innocently came home from dinner and turned on the light, Ashely (the arachnaphobic) let out a shriek.  There was a hand-sized (including the legs) spider on the floor by the wall.  I told Ashley to hide in her room while Sadie killed it with a big brown sandal.  That, sadly, is not the whole story.  This particular spider's ( Read more... )

I'll give you three guesses as to which largest land animal in the world I rode on top of yesterday. Give up? An elephant! It was sweet. It was only for a brief time, but I have a picture of it up on my facebook account if anyone's interested.
Today is my birthday, and everyone at the hospital got all excited when I brought in sweets. I don't ( Read more... )