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the journal of Michael Werneburg

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Kokubunji, 2022.07.31

The three of us went out early this morning and found a bakery that was open in the neighborhood where we're staying. It's the (dying?) Chinatown at Gerrard and Broadview, and the place had all kinds of goodies. Mari selected some things for her and Emma and I had a sticky rice ball wrapped in banana(?) leaves. It was a nice touch; it reminded me of Taipei.

rand()m quote

It has always seemed strange to me...The things we admire in men, kindness and generosity, openness, honesty, understanding and feeling, are the concomitants of failure in our system. And those traits we detest, sharpness, greed, acquisitiveness, meanness, egotism and self-interest, are the traits of success. And while men admire the quality of the first they love the produce of the second.

—John Steinbeck, Cannery Row