November 2, 2005

• at the internet cafe...

  
  

  i forgot to say that i finished the 'chasing the dragon' book by Jackie Pullinger, i found the narrator a rather dodgy 'heroine' as she was single all her life and only ever chose to cure men. she would refer to them as 'her boys' and repeatedly in the book she made reference to how she had fallen in love with one of them. the few times that she was required to cure a woman, she gave up and referred them to...god. *rolleyes* needless to say, these women failed to find god's help. however, the book was remarkable in that it describes the slums incredibly well, makes you feel as though you were there with her.

  
  

  now i've picked up 'memoirs of a geisha'. it started out really well, i was even using a marker to underline phrases (i try not to ruin books normally). but now the main geisha is turning out to be really nasty and is ruining my mood.

  
  

  books like that really open horizons. i don't know much about kowloon walled city, or about the history of women in japan, and i'm really hungry for this knowledge. i am dreaming of one day drawing less and reading more.

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