it's been so long...

... I don't even know where to begin. a few days ago I passed a year of being here, and I can't be more amazed by how fast it has gone and how much has happened. I thought I wouldn't change much, but looking back at myself I just marvel and how different my life is now than it was when I got here; how differently I'm looking at things; and how much my goals and focus have changed in life.

my parents came and left, and it was a beautiful experience to have them here. a little bit strange, as I'd gone almost a year without them, and have pretty much gotten used to it... but it was really nice, most of the evenings I got to see them, had some lunches at times, and of course went to the Shrines and so on. having one's parents here really is a blessing :)

life has gotten quite busy over the last month or so... there's not so much free time available to just sit around and chill, which has become rather apparent looking at the infrequency of my blog posts. this also has led me to not have all that much time to post any useful stuff, but it's basically just random updates as to what's going on. I wish I could get back to the old days with that...

we'll see if I can be bothered continuing or if I'll just let this slowly fade out...

sliver of silver

managed to capture this just as I was heading out of the office... a lucky shot? perhaps, but it's still all about being there :)

blog action day: poverty

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in memory of shamim

today would've been shamim's 31st birthday (see my post from last year). since I couldn't make it to the one in sweden, yesterday evening we had a small devotional for him at home. it was really nice to be able to be here and say prayers for him. later on in the evening I also went up to the Shrine to say a few prayers for him there too.

this is me and him, almost four years ago now:


shamim, you will always be with us.

world art collective

check out worldartcollective.org, and the video on the front page.

does anyone read this anymore?

- knock, knock
- who's there?
- ...
- who's there?
- ...

yeah, that pretty much sums up my blog in the past week or two... there's been a hectic amount of things going on at the same time, and there's not really all that much time to sum it all up. I turned 25 (!) last tuesday, my parents came the same evening, and there hasn't really been all that much spare time since. I've been here and there, doing this and that, and I think there's going to be even more coming up.

in true borna-style though, here's a picture from last monday evening. I took this picture after a small birthday dinner we had, and then walked down the terraces and chatted for about an hour:

pilgrims finally coming tomorrow! yay!