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Today is White Day

March 14th 2008 00:51
No, it's not some holiday celebrated by supremacists. Rather, it has been a month since Valentine's Day.

In Japan, women give men chocolates on February 14. March 14 is the day for men to return the favour and give chocolates back to the women who gave them chocolates. And the chocolates the men give should be more expensive than the ones they'd received and wrapped in of course, white.

I wikied it, but there doesn't seem to be a whole lot of information. Though I'd believe that a confectioner was responsible for coming up with it in order to boost sales, which is understandable since most Japanese don't celebrate Easter.


Incidentally, it's also Pi Day today - 3.14 being the approximate value of pi.
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Say these quickly!

January 17th 2008 04:32
When I was 8, a teacher got the class to say this:

She sells seashells by the seashore,
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New Year's Post

January 2nd 2008 07:28
I have no gripes about NYE, not the crowds, not the transport, not the weather, EXCEPT for the portaloos. WTF is wrong with some people? It was bad enough that there were no lights, but monkeys with dysentery would’ve left the loos in better condition. Seriously. Just thinking about it makes me want to hop into the shower and give myself a good scrubbing. Absolutely horrendous, it was. Makes me appreciate the real versions of Kenny even more.

But enough whinging about the disgusting habits of certain revellers


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"Love"

December 29th 2007 04:36
A buddy of mine is going through a rough patch at the moment and it made me think of this poem by Lola Haskins:


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My Boxing Day

December 27th 2007 06:35
After running around like a headless chook for the days leading up to Christmas Eve/Christmas Day, Boxing Day was pleasantly uneventful. My nails are still stained by herbs; my hands still smell faintly of garlic and they look leprous (on account of all the washing, cooking and cleaning that had to be done); the juices of various animals have been cleaned from my clothes and table cloths; the leftovers are slowly disappearing so it's getting easier to play Tetris in the fridge; and I’ve just noticed a small burn on my wrist, but Christmas is over for another year.

Went to see The Golden Compass yesterday and I swear I heard chipmunks sing and then Donald Duck singing (Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells, Jingle all the way... quack quack quack, quack quack quack, quack quack…) before they put the movie on. Weird


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End of a Fantasy

November 30th 2007 06:34
Staring at the top shelf of my bookcase the other day, I wondered when Robert Jordan was going to publish his next book in The Wheel of Time series. Imagine my shock when I found out he’d died in September.

According to Wikipedia, he’d kept working on his 12th and supposedly final book of the series while on his death bed. I guess he died doing what he loved and wasn’t just writing for a paycheck. How many people would keep working when told they have only a few years or months to live


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Hello everybody!

November 23rd 2007 05:42
Ah… a new place to write. Aren’t new things fun? Like kissing a new pair of lips – unless they belong to that creepy person who has been hanging around you more often than your own shadow… Ergh!

So. What can you expect from me? I like to learn a bit about everything, but I don’t really know about anything in great detail. It would kind of explain why I never got past the first lesson of this French CD I have or why my guitar is collecting dust and spiders under my bed. Well, I might give French another go, but the guitar really doesn’t sound so good (of course it’s not my fault). Besides, having to cut my nails so often is a real pain


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