from Travels by Michael Crichton: "Singapore [is] a city that has systematically destroyed every vestige of its own exoticism... Whatever its modern virtues, and they are many, Singapore has chosen to destroy its unique face, and replace it with skyscrapers and giant shopping malls so it looks like everywhere else." stuff from his many diving trips: he went diving in Tahiti and got to swim right into a whole school of sharks which were 9ft long, none of that small 1m long things i saw in Tioman. once he went down to 210 ft (abt 70m) and used up his air so quick (cos he was s'posed to stay at the bottom only abt 4mins but due to the depth and nitrogen narcosis he lost track of time) tt he was left with only 600 pounds of air for the ascent + 2 decompression stops! another time his camera strap caught the reg. and pulled it out of his mouth and he cldn't retrieve it even tho he tried reaching to his right like we're taught to do and also tried reaching for it behind him near the tank but still cldn't find it. meanwhile he was slowly blowing air out trying to conserve his breath but was panicking and kept signalling to his sister who was diving with him. his sis at 1st dint get wat he was trying to say but eventually realized, and then she took such a long time searching for the wayward reg. that he felt as if he were abt to die. random. just finished the pc essay. shld be starting on gp essay outlines but i doubt i'll actually be doing them. there is nth abt politics that interests me, so how can i be expected to write an essay on it? politics has gotta be one of the least interesting topics ever. if my dad read this he wldn't be happy, seeing as how he teaches political science and all. then again, if he were ard more often mebbe he cld influence me with his views and i wldn't have such a strong aversion to politics. i've always had the idea tt tiramisu was japanese. no reason, but it just seemed jap-like. the name, i mean. but last wkend my sis and mom went to learn how to make tiramisu and it turns out the name is italian for 'pick me up'. anyway they came home after the 'lesson' and attempted to make tiramisu. i nvr knew it was made using several layers of sponge fingers covered with thick cream cheese and egg, drowned in espresso and sprinkled with cocoa powder. i knew the cocoa powder part cos u always see the powder on tiramisu in the shops, but i nvr knew they involved using RAW eggs. the entire thing does not require any cooking or baking, unless u count the store-bought sponge fingers which obviously have to be baked before they're exported. i've nvr actually eaten tiramisu b4, and after seeing how it was made i dint feel like eating any at all. |
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