Tuesday, June 30, 2009

Home sweet home...

Aaah... Such a pleasure to come home after having been away for a few weeks to inhospitable foreign countries. There is really no place like a home. Thanks to the local authorities for making sure I was not going to get too emotional when coming back, by placing a sweet welcome note on my door that says "no hot water for the next 13 days" and "no electricity today" (by the way, don't waste your time trying to find the Russian equivalent of "apologies" or "sorry" on the picture below). My attempt at getting any water out of my pipes had me conclude that the term "hot water" was loosely defined and really stands for just "water". Myself, I may have to define more loosely my criterion for 'dirty laundry' and screen again the content of my suitcase for decent smelling clothes for the next few days if I can't get any water soon.


Sunday, June 7, 2009

Resourcefulness

I was going to go kayaking today, but it was too cold, too windy, too cloudy, too wet, and the lake had too many waves. It would not have been reasonable, so I just stayed on the shore and watched other people have fun. Good opportunity to realize I was not the coolest kid on the lake. These guys below were cruising along the beach with an engine powered pedalo. A nice demonstration of engineering and resourcefulness. I bet on a nice day they must pick up girls easy...



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