Matters of life and death!

"Life is a series of natural and spontaneous changes. Don't resist them - that only creates sorrow. Let reality be reality. Let things flow naturally forward in whatever way they like." - Lao Tzu

It's funny to realize that we've been going to certain places (bars, restaurants, etc.) so much that some service personnel have taken to recognize us. We are reaching the point where we can have "the usual". While this is nothing out of the ordinary, it's just a funny remark I've made - especially since I never actually experienced this in Finland.

Today, we got to add a new place to this list. Surprisingly enough, it was our dear McCafe, whence we get our breakfast bread all-so-often. After making my order for my regular smoked salmon sandwich the girl behind the counter asks me whether I'll have the half size. I found that odd since the default is double. Not thinking more about it I corrected her and said, I'll actually have the double this morning (I indeed usually take the half). Markus comes next in queue and the girl asks automatically whether Markus is having crayfish mango sandwich, which indeed is what he usually has. We get our sandwiches, us two happy and perplexed customers.

Trivial matters but adding flavor to life. Hah.

After my previous post, I got feedback from two behind-the-scenes sources. I'll make amends to both comments by following:

1. Apparently I use the word "albeit" too much. I think the word is very practical but I will henceforth reduce it's utilization and substitute it with other facultative words. Albeit I do fear my semantical understanding of these new genteel words and phrases may prove to be misguided, thus resulting in their fallacious employment.

2. My short description of Onimusha (the game I'm playing on ps2) was apparently faulty and untrue. I will correct it by saying that, true, it is not like Final Fantasy series, but actually more like Kingdom Hearts. You run around and you chop up the evil 'genma' creatures (instead of those shadows-things). Instead of being a FF character helped by Disney characters, adventuring in various Disney worlds, you are a Samurai working your way around medieval Japan, helped by a number of different sidekicks. Granted, the whole basis of the game is different and it is targeted for totally different people, but as far as the game-play is concerned, it is very close to Kingdom Hearts. HA!

So, those there you have it. Thanks for the feedback.

One additional matter of life and death to be mentioned today is the fact that I hate wearing a suit. During hot summer days anyway. My tailor-made suit is like a tailor-made portable sauna. If you have you wear a long-sleeve collar shirt and a jacket, in a weather you would rather not even have a t-shirt, you know you're in for a treat. And yes, I had to wear a suit yesterday.

Can't wait for winter! It'll be so awesome with weathers below 25 degrees. See, I'm a big fan of jackets; and not being able to wear a jacket during summer is possibly the single most exasperating attribute of Hong Kong.

"Death is the solution to all problems. No man - no problem." - Joseph Stalin