16:30: OK so I was off to the post office to dispatch a middle-sized mountain of winter presents. Walking the bike and balancing the stuff on it, as the Spar post office is on the way to the bike library and as I go home on Friday my issue needs returning. Post office closes at [...]
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So what do you do? [Icebreaker phrase alarm! Aight, I know what's coming] -Biochemistry. (The degree is really called Biotechnology, but biochem more/less covers it and saves some definition of terms to someone who’s not terribly interested anyway. Also, it’s easier to pronounce.) -Whoah! *drawing slightly back* Science is so hard! Why do you do [...]
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I want to share with you my childhood hero Peter Rabbit. It’s of the very predictable and safe tales that children love, where the naughty get punished, mom’s love knows no end and everyone is safe and warm in the end. The romanticized and neat picturing of the English countryside absolutely enthralled me, still does [...]
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In the rest of the world, November 30 is known as All Saints’ Day. Here it is devoted to one saint alone, how gracious. St. Andrew was a holy man who lived everywhere else than in Scotland, but after his death another holy guy named St. Rule had a dream saying Andrew’s remains were to be [...]
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Birthdays: Generally a rather enjoyable concept. I did not have too high hopes for this one, being away from everyone and all, but today’s been a blast. I’ll take you through it: * Sleep in (no classes. What a pleasant coincidence) * Discovering there’s been a heavy snowfall during the night! (Aggy is a sucker [...]
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