This and that
Hello!! Today I'll write about some things that I found interesting in past 24 hours or so. Let me start with a great book. It's called „A House for Mr. Biswas“ by V. S. Naipaul. The book was first published in 1961. It is the tragicomic story of the search for independence and identity of a Brahmin Indian living in Trinidad. Main character Mohun Biswas struggles in variety of jobs, from sign painter to journalist. His dream comes true when he manages to buy a house of his own. Mohun Biswas, was partly modelled after the writer's father.
This not the first book by V. S. Naipaul. He's awarded with the Noble Prize for literature in 2001. I like his style a lot. He's a great storyteller. Reading of his books is a good way for someone to learn about local culture.
Hooliganism is a big problem of our society. Violence is so stupid, so bad. I think that modern media culture glorify violence. That's a sad fact. Two cities in Finland tried to fight hooliganism with music. In Tampere they put some classical music at places known for hooliganism...In Lojhi they used church music.
Because of climate changes draught is a huge problem. Water will soon get value similar to that oil or gold have today. Australian farmer have big water tanks at their fields...In town of Guandaroo (not far from Canberra) group of criminals started to steal water.
Let me end this post with very, very strange drink which is becoming quite popular in China. I hope you won't get sick...To prepare this drink...which is tought to be a very powerful aphrodisiac...you need a frog!!!! First you have to take its skin of....Put the skin in a blender and prepare a juice...Oh my God...how can someone drink this...
Well, that's all for today. See you next time. Bye!!!
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Hi, dear Mislav! How are you, friend? I hope you and your family are fine. Let me to thank you for the beuatiful song you´ve sent me by e-mail. I enjoyed it very much.
So, are you reading "A house to Mr. Biswas"? That´s great! I don´t know if you remember but I just mentioned this book to you. I started to read it (a half ), but unfortunately I didn´t finish it. I had to read another title, but I have it here and I´ll return to it as soon as I can. It´s a nice reading.
Have a nice day!
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