Tololy's Box

April 26, 2010
In Explorator, Picturesque
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The Pictorium

Sharing bits of my life over the past few months with you.

From Snow in York

From Whitby & Scarborough

From Leeds

From Durham

From Brighton

June 7, 2008
In Jordan, Picturesque
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City Colors

I went downtown today with my mother, to buy some books and other items. Threads and needles, brown paper bags, gift wrapping paper…

Downtown Amman

May 26, 2008
In Life, Picturesque
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Still Alive

I am still alive. Just positively busy, and thinking of something to write about.

From Give Me Nails…

April 19, 2008
In Picturesque
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Shush!

Shush! Silence
I’m breaking the silence
As I finish this sentence
Silence I demand
Give back to me my independence

- Sylvia Chidi

April 12, 2008
In Life, Picturesque
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A couple of weekends ago my dad taught me how to play Blackjack (21 in his words) and Poker, and we played for a couple of hours with my Victoria’s Secret The World’s Sexiest Playing Cards, mainly because I could not find the regular cards anywhere in the house. We played with imaginary money, while my dad kept lecturing me about how dangerous it is to get addicted to gambling, and about how the house always wins. I nodded all the way through, of course. It was cute because he was ultra excited about teaching me, and might I add, also about how quickly I was learning, and at the same time he was worried this play would get serious.

This weekend: (click on pics to see them larger in my Picasa album)

Briefly in Amman:

Lucky worm meets The Model Hand:

And we made Haleva, thin Circassian pastry stuffed with salted mashed potatoes and then fried to perfection:

C’est tout.

March 22, 2008
In Love, Picturesque, Quoting
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Lovetime

This is my heart-shaped clock. I bought it a long time ago, and discovered it recently still unused and in its package. It makes a loud ticking sound which I love, but I don’t love ‘time’ itself. Since the clock is heart-shaped, you get the irony. Nevertheless, it goes really well with some quotes on love and time, and my mood today.

I cannot promise very much.
I give you the images I know.
Lie still with me and watch.
We laugh and we touch.
I promise you love. Time will not take that away.

- Anne Sexton

From Visual Compen…

Love vanquishes time. To lovers, a moment can be eternity, eternity can be the tick of a clock.

- Mary Parrish

February 16, 2008
In Picturesque
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Chef Tololy

I made grilled shrimps tonight, complete with butter garlic dip. Why? Because I was bored enough to actually undertake cooking something other than a turkey sandwich.