Archive for January, 2008
Snow, Spaghetti and Musical Instruments Sprouting Legs
6 Comments Published by hasan January 23rd, 2008 in daily life, Dream, fictional-entry.I’m afraid of spaghetti. It’s too easy to prepare and the directions that come on the side of the packet it comes in are virtually foolproof. Every time I browse the isles of the local grocery store, I usually make sure to stock up on spaghetti. I have a favorite brand here in the local […]
In Kunitachi:
The fortune-teller that disappeared a while ago is back, now that the weather is a lot colder. Mind you, she did move a few meters away from her original spot for reasons unknown. I wonder how easy it is for her to read people’s palms during the winter because many people don’t leave home […]
I was walking on campus here in Tokyo a couple of days ago when I overheard a conversation in passing between two local students. I assume they are both taking a course together in the Arabic language as an elective.
Student 1: The one thing I’d really like to know is whether native speakers of the […]
Tomorrow night, I’ll be performing in my first concert for 2008 here in Tokyo with Kawol’s Harmonic Motion (click here for his youtube site, or here for his myspace). The music will be a mix of blues, rock, middle eastern classics and taqasim (improvisation), and plenty of experimentation in between.
Venue: Cafe MURIWUI
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Telephone: 03-5429-2033
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Date: Jan 13, […]
The sudden cloud of sand that curtained yesterday evening in Bahrain was quite something. The silky sand the wind carried in its robe must have come from some neighboring country’s desert. For I am very familiar with this type of sand: You don’t realize that your world is being buried in it until half the […]