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Chopsticks
Marseille scares me. It’s not the people, it’s the buildings. Buildings that look as if they’re about to crumble and fall on you. And it’s not just the buildings, it’s the never-ending work going on around the city, for the tramway, for the train station. Bulldozers, everywhere. Men in hard hats and steel-toed boots, shouting.…
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The Force is Strong Here
Let’s start with this fact : I know nothing about Star Wars. Okay, that’s not entirely true. It’s set in space, right? And they use light sabers. Also picked up from Toy Story 2 that “I am your father” is totally Star Wars-y. A few weeks back, Julien and I watched the third… well, the…
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A Few More Beats – And Maybe A New Sound
The sky was dark yesterday morning. These last few weeks I’ve been waking up to sunshine. Yesterday I knew it would be a different day. During the afternoon the sun picked up. Jumped into 28°C pool water. And I dove and I dove into the water trying to touch the bottom. The pool is an…
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Funky Town
Funky Town by Lipps Inc came on the radio, that irritatingly catchy song, where the singer keeps on singing about wanting to get to funky town and how it’s the town that’s right for her. When the song ended, Jul, irritated, turned to me and said, “She doesn’t even say what she’s going to do in funky…
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Nekkid
There were two girls by the poolside slathering each other’s backs with lotion, and I was thinking, “Wow, wonder where they got swimsuits that perfectly match their body colour…” And then I went for a swim and they were facing me and I thought crossly, “Well, they should’ve at least bought matching bikini tops/bottoms, flesh…
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How to Survive Returning to an Empty Room After Seeing Someone Off at the Airport Departure Area
I should be used to this by now. After all it’s been two years. And yet saying goodbye at the airport is still as fresh as a new wound. Last night, amidst aimless chatter and throbbing music, the hands on my watch hit 11 and then there was a curious rush in my stomach, as if fueled…
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Major BooBoo
During the Spanish revolution, Emilio Aguinaldo held court for Filipino freedom in Cavite, and Andres Bonifacio in Manila. Since it was inevitable that these two powerful forces joined, the two leaders set a date, a time, and a plan for the First Revolutionary Battle of the Philippines as a whole against the Spaniards. The plan…
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Waterlily in her Left Lung
“THE MANAGEMENT gave Colin plenty of money – but it was too late. Everyday he had to go and see people. They gave him a list and he had to bring bad tidings a day before they were going to happen. Everyday he went out into the crowded streets or into society. He went up…