I was thinking of watching the magic show that's part of the Winter City festival, but it rained all day today. Gloomy skies and cold winds are really not fun! I headed out anyway to watch a pay-what-you-can show at a theater on campus: Federico Garcia Lorca's "The Love of Don Perlimplin and Belisa in the Garden."
It is a story of a love so strong that it ends in death, a favorite theme of playwrights (and pretty much everyone else) carried off with a touch of comedy. I figured out how it was going to end halfway through, and cried a bit even before the actors played it out. Yes, I'm such a softie.
Good experience. I should keep my eyes open for other plays.
I can't believe I decided not to watch Ong Back in the theater. It's hilarious! It's a lot bloodier than the other martial arts films I like, but the chase sequence in the first half of the film is comedy gold.
Heh. I remember Sean's blog post...
The free fireworks show at Nathan Phillips Square was totally awesome, and dragging friends out there was a terrific idea. Thanks to Steve, Stefan and Mike for humoring me on such short notice! =) Too bad James couldn't make it, but he definitely wanted to join us next time.
(I really, really should make a password-protected wiki to help my friends and family back home keep all these people straight in their heads. =) )
Wish the JGL could've been there. I miss my friends from home! But it's nice making sure that the other students enjoy Toronto as well. I've figured it out. I might just stay in my room and surf if I'm by myself, but now that I know that people out there are like that and won't get to experience Toronto well unless I drag them out... <grin>
I prepared some hot chocolate for my friends as we chatted in the common room. I showed them the airmail packet and told them how my mom sent me the chocolate with hankies and lots of love when she heard how homesick I was. They all went "Awwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww..."
And my reading is going well, too! Now that I've figured out that I'm interested in "communities of practice", I've turned up a _gazillion_ papers to read about knowledge management and the spread of information... I really like writing my thoughts down in that notebook, and I'm starting to get enough material to want to write a blog post or mini-lit-search on knowledge management in communities of practice. Another interesting topic would be inferencing communities from bookmarks and other shared resources. Anyway, we'll see.
The temperature may be going down, but life is looking up.
My oatmeal returned sans receipt and note. I feel mildly justified. =) I want my receipt back, but I think that leaving another note would be silly.
Sacha Chua
enterprise social computing consultant, storyteller, author, geek
sacha@sachachua.com136
http://sachachua.com137
Currently: Toronto, Canada
Originally: Manila, Philippines
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