Sleep is for the wicked

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Besides the obvious jet lag - body: it's time to sleep! brain: NO! - my lips feel like two pieces of bak kwa most of the time now.

Sometimes we take something as simple as humidity for granted.

I'm virtually eatin' my chap stick.

Temperature was 111ºF when i landed - that's 43ºC, my friends - but amazingly, didn't feel too bad - more like walking into a dryer room with 173 dryers running at the same time. According to V, 111 is considered LOW, this time of the year. Haha.

But apparently it's been raining - caught sight of this flooded (!?) piece of land beside the highway:

"What's up with the water here?"

"Oh it rained last evening."

"[insert random statement about greenhouse effect]"

Will post pictures soon - stay tuned!

Comments

  1. AnonymousAugust 19, 2007 at 11:32 PM

    Glad to know you have landed, my fren. Try some green tea to soften the bak kwa lips. It works. Damn that weather is hot. My sympathies to you.

    Go get settled and update us regularly or I'll be sending you some bananacake in your mail for real! :

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  2. VimsAugust 19, 2007 at 11:34 PM

    Thanks bananacake - will check out if there's green tea here at walmart haha

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  3. yellowdaffodilsAugust 27, 2007 at 12:21 AM

    Who's Banana Cake ah?

    Mr Veems - can get or not? if not gimme your snail mail addy and i send you some. :)

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  4. dualityAugust 30, 2007 at 8:41 PM

    Yo bro,

    Glad to know that you've landed safely...

    Eating Chapsticks eh? Sounds like skinny british blokes to me...Is that what they are calling it nowadays?

    Take care and do keep in touch

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