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Already?

I’m not even within a week’s radius of landing in Israel and already I’m pissed at Israelis again. Why? Because while sitting at the airport waiting for my flight I hear that every time they page for late passengers there are always Israeli names included, always. Do you realize how small the percentage of passengers [...]

Waiting for my flight…

Sitting here in Sydney’s airport, waiting for my flight to board in about an hour and a half.  These days with Gabe were great, and I should definitely arrange to visit more. Bangkok, here I come! To be continued… Bookmark to:

A chip and a chair

Just came back from a lovely night with Meg and Gabe, which started with an amazing meal at a restaurant called the Red Lantern and ended with me tying a game at the PokerDome, winning $85 having re-built my stack from 125 in chips to most of the chips on the table. Truth be told [...]

Melbourne again

Melbourne is a beautiful city, well laid out and relaxed. To me, Sydney was much like Los Angeles — seedy and unkempt, with some exceptions such as the Circular Quay, The Rocks area, Annandale, Sydney University and King St. in Newtown. One could enjoy touring the urban decay, but I would not like to live [...]

Observation: iPods in Sydney

Well, everyone has them. I can get that, it’s a good product, I had one myself. But here — they are a status symbol, not just a good MP3 player. I finally got it when I saw a guy, he had an iPod but he didn’t have the trademark white earphones, so he was walking [...]