Before the Coffee Gets Cold
I bought this book yesterday in a nostalgic impulse. I didn't think I'll read it so soon, but last night after I went to bed early, I woke up around 0200 and then couldn't go back to sleep. So I decided to read this book. It's pretty heartwarming. I was able to imagine the scenes…
Japanese nostalgia
I went out to eat today. I took a metro train, and then walked for 20 minutes to reach the eating place. The walk seemed like as if I was walking on the flower bed, but instead of flowers, it was the dried leaves, due to the heat, just before the spring. And I felt a nostalgia fo…
Making friends
To find a friend one must close one eye; to keep him — two. (Norman Douglas) I'm not sure what does it mean by closing one eye when making friends. Does it mean that one should lower their expectations when looking for friends, or be a bit more amenable, or accomodating ? I've …
What business is it of yours?
If I love you, what business is it of yours ? (Johann Wolfgang von Goethe) I came across this quote today, when I was reading, The Dark Forest by Liu Cixin. It's an amazing book. The quote is pretty simple, and yet pretty profound. It felt Stoic to me in that, one is mentioning…