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.:: Sam Salek ::. » Books to read: Flowers for Algernon
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Books to read: Flowers for Algernon. November 16th, 2014. My rating: 5 of 5 stars. This review contains spoilers. This is perhaps one of the easiest books to write an outline for! A mentally handicapped person or as the book refer to, retard, goes through an operation that makes him intelligent, but the side effect is he will lose it all very soon with possible regression to a more inferior mental state than the beginning. Yet this outline reflects so little of how detailed and complex the story is.
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Good Design #2 : French Connection Folding Sunglasses. July 31st, 2016. I’ve been eyeing a second candidate for my Good Design series but so far I haven’t seen anything that special, so I decided to look back into the things I already use and that revealed my second Good Design award winner: a pair of sunglasses. Sunglasses; we love them, we break them, we lose them! A few months ago at the airport, when I was killing time by walking around the maze of shops, I saw a very interesting foldable design by F...
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.:: Sam Salek ::. » Life
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4 days in Stockholm: A travel diary. June 1st, 2016. Travelling is not easy! Chasing after the visa and all the admin aside, the stress/excitement of the night before and the usually tedious journey to the airport, only to face delays, don’t exactly paint a pretty picture. Once you step foot on a new ground however, it’ll be all worth it! The thrill of a being a total stranger in a new world with lots to discover and to marvel at is unlike anything other experience. Were next and off to Annecy. To be the...
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.:: Sam Salek ::. » beijing
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February 12th, 2012. A hot day in Beijing, in San Li Tun, I had Green Tea Frappuccino for the first time! And began an obsession which lasted for the rest of my stay with having at least one per day if I could get my hands on any! It tasted so refreshing with just the right balance of sweetness and rich taste of green tea. Wherever I was going seeing a Starbucks sign had become an invitation impossible to reject! But after returning to UK sadly this didn’t exist in Starbucks menu! 1- Green Tea Powder.
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.:: Sam Salek ::. » Movie Night: The Kingdom of Dreams and Madness
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Movie Night: The Kingdom of Dreams and Madness. November 15th, 2014. A few days ago I watched a very interesting documentary on the renowned Japanese animation powerhouse Studio Ghibli. I am a big animation fan and no other form of entertainment engages my imagination so vividly, but I can’t even begin to describe how I feel about Ghibli animations and especially the work of one of its founders and master animators Hayao Miyazaki. In a way it creates new memories! Sounds pretty insane I know! It’s kind o...
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.:: Sam Salek ::. » Moment Lens Review
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November 9th, 2014. And an important effort towards that goal, but not very practical yet. I can see a future not too far where interchangeable compact lenses are available for your mobile phone camera, and that future feels more feasible with products such as the Moment Lens. It’s a just a mobile phone lens after all! So needless to say I was pleasantly surprised when I was finally faced with this little beauty. You just tear away to the product. Not the case here. Everything is fitted inside a little b...
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.:: Sam Salek ::. » Books to read: The Little Prince
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Books to read: The Little Prince. November 15th, 2014. By Antoine de Saint-Exupéry. My rating: 5 of 5 stars. For such a short book, this was such a heavy read! Took much longer than I expected to finish this! I just couldn’t speed up and felt buried under layers and layers of hidden meaning . well! Maybe not so hidden! But metaphors and analogies that engage your thoughts and makes you wonder! Take you back to your younger self or show you a glimpse of what you may become. View all my reviews.
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Hand Styls; A Quick Review. January 3rd, 2013. Unfortunately Hand doesn’t perform as good as it looks and its main feature remains the design. The smaller tip means you need to press it harder on the screen to register, something that becomes rather tiring especially when you are drawing. The body made of anodized aluminium is durable enough but the nib tends to wear out easily feeling a little dry explaining the need for the additional ones! Happy Birthday John Williams! October 21st, 2012. I don’...