london riots: be safe UK!

woke up to the news of the riots in London today. status updates of friends from birmingham and those in london and a message from Fran had me scurrying to school to get the deets on this issue.

let's all hope the problems in the Old GB gets resolved and that no one else gets hurt and no properties to be further damaged.

be safe, UK! BBC advises to just stay in. avoid the streets. 

a masochistic nostalgia or a nostalgic masochism

the other day, when i was procrastinating, very much like what i am doing today, i chanced upon the street view feature of google maps. i was trying to remember a place in Padova and how it was oriented in my mind.
and so i went trigger happy with my snipping tool. i went to town with it. literally, no digitally.
i was dying of nostalgia as i roamed the streets of Padova just like it was a closed door away.
a few clicks and i was back in Piazza dell'Erbe buying fruits and vegetables for tonight's feast, a few more and i'm at Owen's doorstep, too early for movie night and yet a few more i'm at franny's place, ready to trade files from our hard drives.