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    29
    Nov

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  2. 13
    Aug
    Of all the monuments that made me want to go back to Germany, it wasn’t the usual art museum or fancy restaurant. It was this column. It’s called the Victory Column commemorating the victory(ta-da…)the Prussians had against the Danes. Yet before its completion, Prussia also won the wars against Austria and France and the cannons surrounding the column were added as well as the lady on the top. Mind you, I don’t know much about Germany and Prussia, but our trusty tour guides Boris and Carlos were basically walking encyclopedias gushing German history like a wound without a tourniquet. So I’m reiterating what they said in a nutshell.  So what makes this monument the key thing I want to go back and see in Berlin? It’s the very fact that this column withstood and still has the battle scars of World War II. Every place we saw, including the Reichstag, to an extent has been remodeled or patched up in one way or another while this column bears the tangible reality of war. Even from a few meters away, on a moving bus, the column is pockmarked and fully visible of bullet holes and scrapnel from the air raids. One of these days, sooner more than later, I want to go back and look at it up close. It’s a reminder that one can touch, not just imagine from a history book.  Pardon for the crookedness of the picture. I really had to put this one up just to share my thoughts before I forget the details. (Thanks Kuya Raymond for straightening it.) I also have to find a better way of putting this particular photo out so you can actually zoom into it and see the various dents and scars….go to flickr for the hi-res: http://www.flickr.com/photos/84894877@N04/7775267000/

    Of all the monuments that made me want to go back to Germany, it wasn’t the usual art museum or fancy restaurant. It was this column.

    It’s called the Victory Column commemorating the victory(ta-da…)the Prussians had against the Danes. Yet before its completion, Prussia also won the wars against Austria and France and the cannons surrounding the column were added as well as the lady on the top. Mind you, I don’t know much about Germany and Prussia, but our trusty tour guides Boris and Carlos were basically walking encyclopedias gushing German history like a wound without a tourniquet. So I’m reiterating what they said in a nutshell. 

    So what makes this monument the key thing I want to go back and see in Berlin? It’s the very fact that this column withstood and still has the battle scars of World War II. Every place we saw, including the Reichstag, to an extent has been remodeled or patched up in one way or another while this column bears the tangible reality of war. Even from a few meters away, on a moving bus, the column is pockmarked and fully visible of bullet holes and scrapnel from the air raids. One of these days, sooner more than later, I want to go back and look at it up close. It’s a reminder that one can touch, not just imagine from a history book. 

    Pardon for the crookedness of the picture. I really had to put this one up just to share my thoughts before I forget the details. (Thanks Kuya Raymond for straightening it.) I also have to find a better way of putting this particular photo out so you can actually zoom into it and see the various dents and scars….go to flickr for the hi-res: http://www.flickr.com/photos/84894877@N04/7775267000/

  3. 14
    Jun
    We live half a mile away from a bonafide farm. There’s no way we can pass up the summer having a fresh veg CSA. Me thinks we’re going to spend our Saturdays in farmers markets and finish up our June picking strawberries. 

    We live half a mile away from a bonafide farm. There’s no way we can pass up the summer having a fresh veg CSA. Me thinks we’re going to spend our Saturdays in farmers markets and finish up our June picking strawberries. 

  4. 4
    Jun

    “Il me dit des mots d’amour
    Des mots de tours les jours
    et ca me fait quelque chose”

    (Source: Spotify)

  5. 12
    Apr
    Ever since we’ve moved to our new place I find myself often singing Feist’s Mushaboom song on the way to work. It further exacerbates when I find myself planning a nice walk in the park and planting some flowers for our front stoop. It’s been 10 months since we’ve gotten married and the honeymoon hasn’t ended. 

    Ever since we’ve moved to our new place I find myself often singing Feist’s Mushaboom song on the way to work. It further exacerbates when I find myself planning a nice walk in the park and planting some flowers for our front stoop. It’s been 10 months since we’ve gotten married and the honeymoon hasn’t ended. 

  6. 25
    2
    Mar
    quesitostop: :O :) ♥

    quesitostop:

    :O :) ♥

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    10
    Nov
  8. 2
    20
    Oct

    Time to blog and the start of our honeymoon

    Chris and I got married about 4 months ago and one can say that a honeymoon starts off your newly married life together – its full of pleasure and it’s synonymous to the journey that lies ahead. Most people take a honeymoon shortly after they get married, but we decided to hold off on it mostly for reasons of it will be the low season in Indonesia.

    So why Bali?

    No, it wasn’t Eat, Pray, Love – I’ve never even read the book. I remember perusing a guide to where to have weddings, given to me by a friend named France, and briefly reading about Bali. It was on the back of my head when I had asked Chris if he had any urge to go anywhere. At that time, New Zealand trumped any place – I think my selling point to Chris was that we can pretend it’s the Lord of the Rings and that the number of sheep in New Zealand outnumbered the amount of people.  Chris was “down for anything” and yet we didn’t think much about it after the cursory “what about New Zealand?”

    However, it was almost like a whisper that turned into a yell. Bali. We kinda new what to expect in New Zealand from the few friends that have traveled there. There’s sheep and fantastic views, yet everything would be expensive and there’s just too much to see in a few weeks. Also, money was a little bit of an issue. Yes, we can travel there, but the cost of the airline ticket was expensive and on top of that we’d probably break our newly jointed bank accounts on the place just for one tour. Where could we go that wouldn’t really hurt the wallet?

    We could have gone to the Philippines again, but both of our sense of adventure kicked in and that’s when we both decided, Bali would be it. This country had everything we were looking for: food, culture, relaxation, with a side of the ability to find an adventure if we needed it.

  9. 122049
    2
    Aug

    zambicandy:

    qaitlin:

    First world problems.

    XD OMGGGGGGGGGG

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  10. 1
    26
    Jul

    Last night was the first night we read in bed together. I loved it. It’s the little small things isn’t it? 

    I’ve been reading a book called The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks. It’s about this woman back in the 50s who had cervical cancer and died. That’s really not the amazing part of it, back then, cultured cells almost always died except Miss Henrietta’s. Out from all of her immortal cells (it’s still around and alive) came a lot of scientific advancements not only in the field of cancer research, but also medically, vaccines and a way of understanding how certain illnesses work. On top of that, lots and lots of ethical issues when it came to patient consent and confidentiality arose from the whole thing. 

    I can’t put it down. I usually go through a 400-500 page book in a month, enjoying it leisurely and with a slow pace, this one I tore through the whole weekend. My brief synopsis doesn’t do the history of these cells justice. Perhaps a little tune in on my favorite radio show will bring to light how truly intriguing this story was to me:

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