Insulation

I didn't think it was going to make much of a difference, but boy, was I wrong.

Heating

Sunny

The Berlin winter makes you an optimist.

Sunday Walk

We finally got some snow in Berlin -- it's finally starting to feel like proper winter.

Italian Superstition

Way back when, I couldn't find any wood to knock on and an Italian girlfriend of mine told me that the Italian equivalent is grabbing your boob (balls for men)...and I've been doing it ever since.

Long Johns

Warm > Sexy

Suckerpunch

Never let your guard down in Berlin.

Saturday

A super-eventful Saturday!

Hat Hair

'Tis hat hair season.

Hoover

I bet someone's already thought of something like that...

Winter Run

We've started to hit the negatives in Berlin. Brr! Winter really isn't the best season for bespectacled runners. (ps. The featured scarf is the one that my Asian head is too big for...)

Purse-n'-Backpack

I'm not anyone to talk about fashion, but yeah. No matter how you do it, you look like a dork.

Zwiebelprinzip

Drew this on the U-bahn on the way to the zoo.

Izmit

I received the most amazing birthday present yesterday. I'll write you all individually to thank you properly, but I just wanted to say thank you and that I miss you all very much! And most of all, thank you to Mar and Zane who orchestrated the awesomeness. Thank you! You guys are amazing.

And onto the silly comic of the day.

Winter can be awesome. But why all the bodily hygiene comics lately? Hm.

sun sun sun

Ack! I missed yet another day. I've been really lame this week!

The sun was partially out today, and we actually got to see a patch (just a patch) of blue sky for the first time in weeks! Man, is the European winter ever depressing. But well, I guess it teaches you to, er, appreciate the little things in life, like a tiny patch of blue sky . . .

Oh man. I can't wait till spring rolls around . . . mmm, springrolls.

mehr Schnee

More snow! It was getting kind of ridiculous until it stopped a few hours ago. We got a good 25 cm or so of snow from last night and this morning, which is definitely enough for now. Some of the students were going berserk in the inner courtyard at school during break time and we had a 2nd-floor-window-to-courtyard snowball fight. Fun!

When I got home, there was plenty of snow on our balcony.

It's about -10C here, which is kind of cold for Berlin. But I remember calling my mom in Cambodia back when I was in university in Toronto. The conversation was totally nonsensical because I was all excited about the weather being wonderful and warm at 1C, while my mom was on the other end, unable to understand why I would describe 1C as "warm."

Warm is relative, indeed.