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Khalil Gibran - The Prophet
22 June 2009
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Gibran's 1923 inspirational novel is a pleasant and quick read.
Gibran, of Lebanese origin, moved to New York as a child and though his early writings were in Arabic, from 1918 onwards, when he was 35, he primarily started writing in English.
This book is one of the bestselling books of the 20th century, in the US. It was followed by The Garden of The Prophet but Gibran was due to produce a third part when he died
An online version of the book is available.
Interestingly, my copy misspelled the author's name as Kahlil Gibran. read more
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Another birthday present
19 June 2009
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I know, I know, it's more of the same.
I actually had something else in mind, but when I mentioned this to Maiken (in the picture above), she made it very clear she wanted a mosaic. This, after seeing the one I did for Chai last week. read more
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Iranian elections
19 June 2009
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I've been quite surprised, and worried, while feeling ambivalent, about what's going on in Iran at the moment. As opposed to most other muslim countries, Iran has something of a facade of democracy. However, as the religious council has to approve every single presidential candidate, the people's choice is, obviously, still quite limited.
Now, with Mousavi, the defeated candidate in this year's election, being slightly more liberal and certainly more photogenic, the world at large seems to think that because Iran's middle class is very vocal and has an idea on how to use citizen media, Mousavi must be the answer to all Iran's democratic woes.
Mousavi's Wikipedia page puts him up as an extensive liberal, but this has to be... read more
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A quick Bangkok run
14 June 2009
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Just like that, Niamh and I decided to head to Bangkok last Thursday. Pretty much all weekends until the end of July are already somehow booked up, meaning there really was little choice.
A quick run to the train station meant we had one of the last few lower bunks on the train to The City of Angels. No, not Los Angeles.
The full, ceremonial, name of the city, given by King Buddha Yodfa Chulaloke, and later edited by King Mongkut, is Krung Thep Mahanakhon Amon Rattanakosin Mahinthara Ayuthaya Mahadilok Phop Noppharat Ratchathani Burirom Udomratchaniwet Mahasathan Amon Piman Awatan Sathit Sakkathattiya Witsanukam Prasit, which roughly translates to The city of angels, the great city, the eternal jewel ci... read more
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Manil Suri - The Death of Vishnu
12 June 2009
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Set in Mumbai, intertwining the lives of couples living in a lower to middle class apartment building, together with the visions of a poor and dying messenger, living on one of the landings of the staircase connecting the individual apartments.
Social and religious tensions between the families play an important role in the story.
Enjoyable and has a strong ending.
Suri is a mathematician, this book being his first novel, published in 2002. He's only written one novel since, with a third in the making, completing a trilogy with the Hindu gods Vishnu, Shiva and Brahma in their respective titles. read more
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Yet another birthday present
9 June 2009
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Chai, the owner of a local bar which we frequent regularly is celebrating his birthday tomorrow.
A few of us threw some cash together to print a nice mosaic and get it framed. This, for the resulting picture to be hung in his bar.
I had quite a few issues getting MacOSaiX not to crash, then for the local printshop to actually print the image. Apparently, the largest you can get a print done in Chiang Mai is 20 by 30 inch, which i... read more
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Nesting in Chiang Dao
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The weekend was spent in Chiang Dao, at the Nest, a lovely little collection of bungalows, where the owner makes the best Thai-European fusion food. Mostly, the weekend ended up being a collection of eating, drinking, smoking, sleeping and playing the name game.
In the name game, two teams take turns amassing points by one team member drawing a semi-famous individual, on a piece of paper, from a hat, then trying to explain who that person is without using the person's name. After we started games night at Tuskers on Thursdays, this has easily been proven to be a most popular game.
As tourists, we climbed the stairs to a nearby wat and visited the Chiang Dao caves, where the tour took us past the obligatory turtle... read more
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