Tuesday, July 31, 2012


I did it! "Rain on the meadow" (with or without quotes) made the first Google page. Not the first entry, but I am okay with top ten.
Rain on the meadow / Alighting with sound muted / Summer plume thistles 野の雨は音なく至る夏薊
Hate to brag... people are reading my & in Romania, Brazil, Colombia, Saudi Arabia, Finland, Netherlands...
Harmonizing scene / Feeble illumination / And common bulrush 蒲の穂の内合う薄き光かな
It blooms everywhere / Sleeping beauty wood sorrel / Adjusts readily かたばみや何処にでも咲きすぐ似合ひ
I *DID* have nannies growing up. And amahs. Sounds quaint now, but it was the norm in Asia. I do miss the good ones...
pageviews 181,487. I do absolutely no publicity campaigns. How is that even possible?
Étude, opus 10, no. 12 in C minor, Frédéric Chopin
About to watch Les émotifs anonymes, a feel-good movie
Tbilisi is enticing. Kiev is still my 1st choice due to Cyrillic usage. Deciding whether to avoid summer heat or brave it
Imperialist dreams die hard Ukrainian, Georgian athletes biographies on official London Games site listed as 'Russian'
Vitriol Against Chinese Newcomers Tensions in Singapore where most of the population is already ethnic Chinese
Wandered out to winter seas? Google it.
Supposed signs of spring? Google it.
The moon's whereabouts? Google it.
To think people's lives didn't involve the Internet a mere 2 decades ago. Pondering travel destinations is pure joy:
Honeysuckle blooms / Now butterflies droop down too / Having a good time すひかづら今楽し蝶も垂れ下り#haiku
Epilogue: it *would* have made history if he actually proposed on Twitter. When does our virtual life stop, where does reality begin?
"Why do you look like a kid, Sharon?" "I do? Well sometimes I do feel like I'm idling my 8-cylinder engine. Very little wear & tear I guess"
What is the opposite of Schadenfreude? Unhappiness at other people's misfortunes? Compassion, right? I need an antidote to that sometimes.