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Just some online fun. How many countries can you name in five minutes? What about colors? Give the following a go to find out.

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My answers can be viewed after the cut.

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I gots tagged by Joni to post 10 things that recently made me happy. So without further ado, here’s me list:

1. Tofu with soy sauce/vinegar/shallots.
2. Taho in the mornings.
3. Juneau by Funeral For A Friend.
4. Reading The Chronicles of Narnia.
5. Billy and Lilly!
6. Browsing through The Cellar’s Image of the Day archives.
7. Finding adorable pictures of pigs on The Cellar. (Such as the one at the end of this entry.)
8. Long weekends.
9. Nubs.
10. Bramble.

And I’m tagging… you! Yes, you. Don’t look behind you. I’m tagging YOU.

Photo source: The Cellar

Look at those cute little noses!!

Ze books I’ve ordered from Amazon.com at the beginning of the month have arrived yesterday. Yippee! I’ve already started reading the first one. I must say, shipping costs and customs duties are a huuuge pain in the ass. Yes, they cost me more than the books did. But I really really really wanted those books and they’re not available here - I’ve looked and I’ve asked.

I didn’t really mind paying extra for shipping - I opted for a courier service because our local post office really puts the snail in snail mail, and I wanted to receive my order ASAP. But come on! The customs duties made me want to cry. Well, not really. I was more annoyed.

If only ordering stuff from other countries weren’t so costly. And if only we had a local Amazon site like China and Japan do. I’d be ordering stuff online all the time. Oh well.

If you have any online shopping experiences that you’d like to share, I’d very much like to hear them. =]

Oh by the way, I’ve updated the site a bit, particularly the sidebar and the About section.