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Suffering from culturephilia

Tuesday, April 26th, 2005

London rocks. I have taken to the streets with my sister. We went to The Tate Modern Gallery and tagged along with the tour of different areas of 20th century art: body, landscape, history, still life, and an exhibition of degenerate art. Most well-known works are Rodin’s life size sculpture ‘The Kiss’ and Monet’s ‘Waterlillies’.
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Bangkok: 99.9% germ-free

Sunday, April 17th, 2005

Touchdown
Arrived to the dawning sun over Bangkok and an assault of already thick oppressive heat. Met some fellow kids at the baggage claim and we shared a cab to khao san rd while we debriefed India and shared mutual awe at how EMPTY and CLEAN Bangkok is. Where are the people? the animals? the traffic? the rubbish? the life? Bangkok feels oddly sterile and dull in comparison to the frenetic pace of India.
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The final countdown

Monday, April 11th, 2005
Sadly left Rishikesh after saying heartfelt good-byes to my coffee-wallah, thali-wallah, fruit-wallah. Spending weeks in one place certainly gave me more of a sense of the people, the pace and the way of life there. It was also much more ... [Continue reading this entry]

“All these bullshit ideas you must give up”

Wednesday, April 6th, 2005
Hindu philosophy course A favourite saying of my Hindu philsophy teacher. Another rhetorical question said with a balance of power and humour "you think you understand these things? you know nothing!" The opportunity to attend these classes has been one of ... [Continue reading this entry]