By bluerasberry on 2018-07-29
Fabian and I visited Kruger National Park. On Wednesday 11 July we flew from Johannesburg to Skukuza Airport, which is in Kruger Park. We picked up a rental car and drove 2.5 hours to Satara Lodge where we stayed 2 nights. The night of the 12th we took a nighttime tour to see nocturnal animals […]
Posted in animal, South Africa, tour, Wikipedia | Tagged monkey, zoo
By bluerasberry on 2008-08-14
I was in DC from Tuesday August fifth through Sunday the tenth. On the sixth and seventh I was in training for my job; NIDA is in DC so they do their Clinical Trials Network (CTN) training there. The training was boring and hardly anything that could not have done by webcast, but I was […]
Posted in animal, art, museum, religion, work | Tagged capitol, church, library, panda, zoo
By bluerasberry on 2008-05-30
I really like pudus, which are a type of miniature deer from South America. The exhibit has been off exhibit for about six months due to the installation of a flamingo exhibit, and Lee and I went to see both pudus and the flamingos when it opened. We were surprised to find out that the […]
Posted in animal | Tagged flamingo, pudu, zoo
By bluerasberry on 2008-01-20
I did great on my GRE. I made 740 on the comprehension section (top 1%), 720 on the math (top 23%), and 5.5 on the writing (top 12%). I am still anxious about applying for and getting in school. My grades in college were lackluster. I do not have any regrets about my coursework, because […]
Posted in animal, education | Tagged grades, pudu, test, university, zoo
By bluerasberry on 2007-07-01
I came left Benares the night of the 28th and arrived in Delhi Friday morning. It is too hot for touts this time of year. I walked all the way through the train station and no one spoke to me. Nandan told me that I could walk to Connaught Place from the station and I […]
Posted in animal, health, India, museum, religion | Tagged Baha'i, delerium, Delhi, dinosaur, food, map, police, sickness, zoo
By bluerasberry on 2007-06-06
At Woodland Park Zoo in Seattle there is this type of minature deer called a pudu. I watched a pudu baby grow up there and I like the animal a lot. I read in the paper about the baby having been born and that is when I went to the zoo for the first time […]
Posted in animal, Nepal, religion | Tagged Buddhism, delerium, pudu, tiger, zoo
By bluerasberry on 2007-05-15
Dr. Ambedkar sits in Glory Originally uploaded by bluerasberry. …that means “Mayawati has returned.” Today is Tuesday. Mayawati, the Dalit (untouchable) leader of the Bahujan Samaj Party (the swastika elephant party) in Uttar Pradesh came to office as the equivalent of governor in UP on Sunday. This is her second time in that office. For […]
Posted in India, legal | Tagged bribe, capitol, government, Lucknow, otter, park, zoo
By bluerasberry on 2007-05-02
As I was saying, we left Varanasi on Friday. We bribed someone at the train station Rs 40 to get tickets for us from beyond the counter so that we would not have to wait in line. Nandan gave the guy Rs 200 and said that he would be back. Even though he looked like […]
Posted in animal, India, museum, religion | Tagged ghost, giraffe, Islam, Lucknow, palace, peacock, sickness, tiger, zoo