Archive for July, 2007
The Dervish and the Vending Machine
3 Comments Published by hasan July 29th, 2007 in dorm, fictional-entry.A dervish woke up after a sleep that lasted half an eternity. He looked around him to see that much has changed. The lodge he shared with the others in the fraternity and all its occupants seemed to have moved or - even worse perhaps- disappeared entirely. He immediately knew that the times have changed, […]
Can train stations be metaphoric in a blog entry?
10 Comments Published by hasan July 21st, 2007 in daily life.The sun wasn’t out today either, but at least it wasn’t raining.
My feet led me to Kokubunji Station, where I was to switch trains to go “somewhere else” (I hadn’t decided which stations I’d get off at yet). On Kokubunji Station’s Takao-bound platform (which is in the opposite direction of Tokyo and Shinjuku Station), […]
When the general says “I came, I saw, I conquered” and you say “So what?”
0 Comments Published by hasan July 15th, 2007 in daily life.It all started a few days ago.
I was on my way to another Macroeconomics lecture when I caught a glimpse of a student passing me by with a t-shirt that had - in capitalized bold font, in a style similar to that of that tv series M.A.S.H. - B.A.G.H.D.A.D., with the picture of a soldier […]
I knew I had to write a blog entry when I was on my way back to my dorm room this evening. It ‘happened’ while I was in Kunitachi Station (the closest station to my university and about 20 minutes from where I live). In the train station, there was this woman who must have […]
Sometimes - when stress from daily life and classes get to me - I wonder what it would be like for me to “take off” and choose a completely different path in life.
Many of my friends (real and imaginary) and family are sick of me and my “fads”. Here are some of the jobs I […]