may i feel said he

e.e. cummings is a genius.
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may i feel said he
(i'll squeal said she
just once said he)
it's fun said she

(may i touch said he
how much said she
a lot said he)
why not said she

(let's go said he
not too far said she
what's too far said he
where you are said she)

may i stay said he
(which way said she
like this said he
if you kiss said she

may i move said he
is it love said she)
if you're willing said he
(but you're killing said she

but it's life said he
but your wife said she
now said he)
ow said she

(tiptop said he
don't stop said she
oh no said he)
go slow said she

(come? said he
ummm said she)
you're divine! said he
(you are Mine said she)

the traffic in jakarta is stooopidly insane

somebody with a motorcycle just shouted repeteadly announcing something that i could only catch 'warga pondok indah..', but the voice sounded fierce. it's 11pm now and i bet it has something to do with the construction of the new busway lanes on the main road of pondok indah - which means that all the 25-30 year old palm trees that stretch for around 5km (or more, somebody do the math here) must be cut down. some of the residents do protest but it seems that the pemda jakarta (that is, jakarta local govt) care none.

but then you go, so what do you expect, build new lanes in tanah kusir? or jalan fatmawati? de facto, pondok indah is less trafficky compared to the other two streets. but do you really think that building new busway lanes in pondok indah would solve the problem?

na-ah.

mi amiga really wants to go

one of the hardest things that you do in friendship is when you had to tell your friend stuff that he/she doesn't like - but you said it anyway because you think you're correct - and you know that your friend knows that you're correct yet truth can sometimes be sucky. hence.

so we are leaving without mi amiga. she really wants to go.

writing in spite

i am writing in spite.

am taking two days off - today and tomorrow - as i have 17 days of leave before mid december (and mid december is supposed to be the start of my so-called sabbatical). today went unmeaningfully as i spent most of the time watching mtvindia (ranbir kapoor is h-o-t) so tomorrow i have listed very important and urgent things to do:
1. finish the translation
2. clean-up handover notes
3. buy new birdcage for nduty
4. do 45 minutes jogging in the morning
5. wake up at 6 and do 45 min jogging

oh dean and sam is on already. be right back.