A couple of weeks back, I bought a wireless router, which worked fine for the first week, but inexplicably went on the blink after. This was followed immediately by another week of rebooting, resetting, restarting and invariably regret, the 4 stages of uninformed electronics purchases.

I decided to bring it back to the shop where I got it.

Enter turkish-swiss manager, face like f****** thunder (FLFT), obviously he was having a bad day. I explained my situation...
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As far as i know, most people outside of Russia and former USSR states require a visa to go to Russia. Visa applications need to be accompanied by an invitation to go there, typically made by travel agents, or if one has a friend there who can extend an invitation. the embassy is in Bern, visa application costs CHF140 and the whole process takes 14 days. bring a brolly, as you will have to wait on the pavement, because there is no waiting room.

i underestimated summer in Moscow, thinking...

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I’m writing this on the return flight from Singapore to Zurich, which is the only alone time I’ve had in the last 2 weeks; between catching up with friends, attending to administrative matters and overeating, my schedule hasn’t left me much time to ruminate on this visit, my first in 2 years, also my first Chinese new year in Singapore in 3 years. Then it all crystalised last night in a moment of retrospection: Paulo Coehlo’s little shepherd boy left home to seek the treasures of the world, only...

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i've previously posted some info for anyone who wants to get started on mushroom hunting. the info there was more or less all the info one needs to get one's hands on, before stepping into the woods.

i thought it made more sense to post my personal experience in a blog, since there isn't so much info, as much as a recounting of a practical experience. well, here goes:

my mushroom hunting efforts finally came to a head today, when i made my first foray into the woods of...

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