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North America » United States » New York » Albany February 25th 2005

I have a helpful hint for you. You, being perhaps a sensible person, might have thought of this before I did. But in my haste to renew my passport I wasn't thinking clearly and thus got completely robbed by the USPS. There I paid $13 to have two photos taken to be sent along with my passport. Kansai Gaidai also requires ten passport-sized photos so before my classes this morning I went to get a money order for $150 at the post office and to CVS to get my pictures taken. I paid $8.65 for 16 pictures. I'm a wee bit irritated. But what's done is done, so I suppose it doesn't do any good to think about it. I handed in the red form and MO to the IE office, borrowed scissors to cut my ... read more

North America » United States » New York » Albany February 24th 2005

Well, sort of. I haven't really done any travelling, unless you count my trip to the post office to renew my passport a journey. Expensive buggers, passports. I'm glad this one will last 10 years instead of the meagre 5-year stint before. I received this huge packet of paperwork from the study abroad office today and if I had any doubt about going home this weekend before I think they've all since vanished. I have so much to talk about with my parents so I can get all this done and sent out. The classes look interesting, as I flip the Asian Studies Program leaflet. I'd really like to take some religion courses, as well as history and art ones. I'll have to ask around and see what people recommend. There's one entitled "Japanese Culture as ... read more

North America » United States » New York » Albany June 19th 2004

We had a day to mess around today as our next Phish concert is not until Sunday the 20th. We made our way to downtown Albany where we saw this crazy looking egg building. Upon further inspection, we found out that the building was in the center of this downtown park area. The “Egg” is a concert venue/stage. We wanted to get a look at the inside, so we walked in and pretended that we belonged. We ended up watching 15 minutes of a dance recital inside the egg. Downtown Albany was really cool with sweet architecture but was dead quiet on a Saturday afternoon.... read more




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