Thursday, 14 September 2006 @ 3:38pm.
Nothing particularly exciting or unusual has happened as of late. I’ve been taking things easier this week. I have been working with a software program called “Endnote.” The program is really useful for organizing bibliographies and notes. I’m in the process of logging all of the books and materials that crowd my desk and cubical area. I feel like a librarian of sorts.
Here are some random observations that have popped into my head:
* The parking folks (usually men) who watch motorbikes sometimes put pieces of cardboard on the motorbike seats so that they do not get too hot from the sun.
* Mobile fruit vendors often have slices of melon, papaya, mango, etc. in small individual bags so passersby can get an affordable, portable snack.
* Poor children can play soccer without a professional ball; they shape lots of tied-up plastic bags into a makeshift ball instead. They also create pull-toys out of old plastic bottles, bottle caps (for wheels), and string.
* Feather dusters are made from real feathers here (ducks, chickens, and the like).
* Banana leaves and old newspapers are often used for wrapping takeaway food. Hopefully, this form of recycling doesn’t die out.
