This is my personal blog. Opinions and thoughts are my own.
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I hate driving
I hate driving. I hate the act of driving, I hate the thought of driving, I hate everything around driving a motor vehicle on the road for any length of time. What annoys me is other road users, other human beings, also engaged in the act of guiding a few metric tonnes of metal, plastic…
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Fountain Pens – a love reinked
School systems back in the day recommended a transition of writing implements, from pencils to fountain pens. “Ink pens” was the name in the Indian school system and this sounds odd in hindsight. Ink as opposed to what, given that all pens use ink in some form. My childhood experience with fountain pens was horrible.…
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Nanoblock “Space Invaders”, Character Collection Series – Review. Also, rant on the pains of recording videos
I love building blocks and I purchased a discount (50%) set from Kinokuniya in New Jersey, Estados Unidos de América earlier this year. This was a four-character set from the space invaders video game. Space Invaders is a 1978 arcade video game developed in Japan and was quite popular in les États-Unis d’Amérique. This is…
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Build Review – Liverpool FC Anfield Mini BRXLZ Stadium
I am a bandwagon fan of the English football club Liverpool FC. I watch some matches, I recognise a few players and am moderately emotionally invested in the club’s success. I do not live in the city of Liverpool or in the UK and have visited the place only twice. Why I support this club,…
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Wooden puzzles – Rolife
I purchased a wooden puzzle in Japan on a whim. I saw these previously, somewhere on the interwebs and was fascinated – how sturdy are the finished models, how easy is assembly and is it fun? I can now answer all these questions since I built my first, albeit with some difficulty. The model I…