Niniane's Blog

I'm climbing with Aff and his friends in Red Rocks. Climbing on slab sandstone is much better than I expected.  I've attempted ten r...

This is uplifting and hilarious.

I'm very impressed by people who can do interior design. I've read many books and watched videos, and I'm still unable to do it....

I've been talking a lot about the Camino. Finally I decided to do it.  I bought plane tickets to walk the Camino Portuguese this May. Ho...

During the pandemic, I read " Class Acts: Service and Inequality in Luxury Hotels ". The author went undercover and worked at two ...

Me: "So many work leaders like to say 'We're not just a work team, we're a family.' That's just a way to manipulate...

I listened to an audiobook " The History of Sugar ". I had no idea that sugar plantations were even crueler than cotton and tobacc...

I am having a good day.  I'm 66% through "A Wizard of Earthsea", which I'm reading for a book club. I first read it in 200...

Me: After reading that Twitter thread about people who feel an impending sense of doom and then die shortly after , I really feel aware of m...

One unexpected cool thing about Antarctica is knowing there are almost no other humans around, as far as the eye can see.  It is quiet. Ther...

Antarctica is making me appreciate snow.  Snow in cities is inconvenient. Shoes track sludge into the house. Going inside or outside require...

I'm going to Antarctica in a month! I previously tried to go in 2009, but that boat sank before my trip. (All the passengers were resc...

I made mint chip ice cream from real mint leaves!  It's good. 

I am visiting NYC after a work trip to Connecticut.  NYC is so noisy! There is movement from all directions, honking and talking and sounds ...

I am increasingly captivated by the Camino de Santiago. It is a walk across Spain that was started in the 9th century by pilgrims. The most ...

Aff got a CO2 monitor, so that we can see the ventilation levels of indoor spaces, for covid safety. It's quite convenient!

Aff and I have been programming together in GoLang. It's a well-designed programming language! I'm still taking covid precautions by...

It took many years, but I'm finally starting to get interested in rock climbing. It's mainly because we met a woman Jane who is a Ch...

Aff and I visited Rio de Janeiro. I had a feeling of awe as soon as our plane circled the tree-covered hills and landed on an airstrip next...

Aff baked me a birthday pie!  It is a coconut cream pie. I am very happy about it!