By Cari, on October 22nd, 2007%
yeah, that sounds a lot better in Japanese….I no naka no kawazu taikai o shirazu.
I remember when I first learned the proverb from one of my students the first time I was in Japan, but I forgot about it until I read it this morning in The Blue-Eyed Salaryman.
Cover included because I can’t even begin to tell you how much attention it garnered this morning on the platform waiting for the train. I love the “salaryman” font myself. I haven’t gotten too far into the book yet, but in many ways it reminds me of The Accidental Office Lady, which . . . → Keep Going: A frog in a well knows not the ocean…
By Cari, on September 10th, 2007%
So I’m not totally crazy in that I wouldn’t love to live within spitting distance of work and school, however commuting by bus/train has its benefits. Namely I have my reading time back, something rarely seen last year. Today I read 106 pages between the morning and the evening commutes and loved it.
Much like For Love and a Beetle, Unlikely Destinations/Once While Travelling tells the story of travel in days long gone. I’m finding it interesting to see how Tony and Maureen Wheeler got the idea to start up Lonely Planet and what their own early days of travel entailed. . . . → Keep Going: Commute Redux…
By Cari, on August 15th, 2007%
I realised after seeing it on another blog that I hadn’t updated my countries since June. Have remedied that:
create your own visited countries map
or vertaling Duits Nederlands
I also came to realise just how odd that sounds. New countries since June. Adding New Zealand is a bit of a technicality but no worse than Singapore or The Netherlands.
Although this has been a very different kind of visit than previous trips, it’s been a lot of fun. A lot of wedding stuff and some general catching up. Between the 30 hours travel time from New York to Melbourne as well as . . . → Keep Going: Cari, re-mapped / A very different kind of trip…
By Cari, on April 6th, 2007%
Last Sunday I was halfway through the book but as happens most weeks, especially this one when I had to go down to NYU x4, there was no time for reading. As a result, I finished the book this afternoon at the gym. It was definitely a journal as I went type of book because I was afraid of losing some of my thoughts. Some times I hate that, I have good thoughts while reading but then when I go to discuss, I draw a blank.
I expected to like it, both from some reviews I read and from others’ journals, . . . → Keep Going: Knockabout Girl: Review
By Cari, on March 23rd, 2007%
via West of Mars, I found out about Kailana’s Ten Books you Cannot Live Without…
Now I learnt back when I used to play the Relays that I had some weird tastes in books, so I’m not expecting this to be anything different…
1. Take Me With You – Brad Newsham – I love the idea of his trip. Being able to invite someone to come back with you – return the favour of hospitality.
2. Summer Sisters by Judy Blume – One of my favourite books of all time,
3. The Bells of Nagasaki – Takashi Nagai [review here] – there’s very little more . . . → Keep Going: Travel and Reading
By Cari, on March 16th, 2007%
Finally finished the write-up on Flight of the Goose for Front Street last night. I have to say I’m grateful to have found the site via BookCrossing and BookRelay because it has introduced me to a number of authors and genres who I might not otherwise have considered. Since starting with FSR last Summer, I’ve reviewed the following:
Behind the Yellow Filter and its sequel Blind Spot by Stuart Held
Beyond Peleiu by Peter D. Baird
The Voice in my Heart by Gilbert Tuhabonye
The last one, which coincidentally was the first title I reviewed for FSR, was by far the most interesting. I can’t . . . → Keep Going: On Reading and Travel
