August 22, 2003

• yesterday, i made the most of what could have been a grisly day. after waking up in the early afternoon, belly still warm and quiet from the dol sot bibimbabb (butchered romanization) i had the night before, i caught a train for a day trip to Rotterdam. walking around in Rotterdam for the rest of the day, there was a strange familiarity to the city. it’s nothing like Amsterdam–i felt like i was walking around in L.E.S. in Manhattan. all the buildings in Rotterdam are post-1945, so maybe it was the obvious “newness”. now that i’m thinking of it, it reminded me alot of Providence, mostly. and right now, the weather is soothing–right around the time when the endless days and B.O. of summer wane, clearing the way for layered clothing and overcoats. living in L.A. for the last year, and Hong Kong the year previous to that, i’d forgotten what a true Autumn felt like. crisp breeze, lanquid sun, embraced by an appropriately comforting haze–a celestial lullaby. i can’t help but smell the air everywhere i go–i love the smell of this weather. simple pleasures, ladies and gents, for a simpler life. and as a finale before heading back to Amsterdam, i ate some long overdue bombass chinese food at “Chinese Muur”–ma pa tofu and spicy salted squid (reminiscent of Boston weekends). thanks to all my birthday well wishers. i appreciate it.

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