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It’s very interesting to see Iran’s oil port at Kharg island not being hit while military targets have been struck there. I heard Iran’s oil exports have gone on almost normally despite the war. Reminds me of the absurd situation where Russia was paying the Ukrainian government transit fees for using the oil and gas pipeline there even as it was invading the country and questioning its existence .
Alright, maybe it’s time to scrub my resume.
Finally it’s the weekend! This morning I’m making a gluten free cake ‘torta di riso ‘ to bring to a friend’s birthday party tomorrow.
Nice weather in Palermo, it’s quite warm and sunny here.
Last night I went to a local pub and we did a pub quiz and won 50 euros, which was good! There are some situations in which knowing obscure English language expressions, acronyms etc can be very useful 😉 We were very lucky with the deciding question in the final round.
It’s so rainy today, but I am still going out for breakfast, I don’t care. I am sure the rain will be good for the beans and peas I planted. It’s been a bit dry.
I am not the world’s biggest manga reader, but I love the work of Jiro Taniguchi, as I may have mentioned before. I have recently seen that the TV adaptation of my favorite manga ever, the Solitary Gourmet is on YouTube now. I love it! I watched two episodes. The manga is about a salesman eating in different restaurants in mainly Tokyo (sometimes in other cities). That’s basically it. It is a genre called “slice-of-life”, which I adore, but it only really works in a setting where the setting itself can also be a character. This is why it’s so common in Japanese literature, I think. There are soooo many slice-of-life anime and mangas.
Tokyo will never run out of small and interesting restaurants and it is so cool to see these places again! They shot the episodes in real restaurants (but with actors, of course) and a lot of scenes are just in normal streets with real people (the faces are blurred, so I guess they’re not extras). After the episode, the author of the manga (not Jiro Tanuguchi, who drew the manga. Sadly he passed away, way too soon) eats at that restaurant and shares his real time opinion of the food (which is very good). It’s just so cool and something not easily doable elsewhere. In Germany you wouldn’t be able to find so many small restaurants serving home cooked meals. Maybe you could do it in Italy? US? I think it would be possible in Turkey but it’s just not the same.
Anyway, I hope some of you check it out so that I have someone to talk to about it. My husband and friends think that a TV show where basically nothing happens is boring. But it’s not, I swear.
Yesterday, two workers in the cafeteria of the building my University is in asked me where had I been, since they hadn’t seen me since last month. The truth is that they are almost the only constant there, excluding the professors, because we students come and go.