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I like the description. Coz I have never been such a cold european country. But I love to see and visit Finland someday.
What a peaceful country. I saw many nature pics of Finland. But I knowledged more from this lovely, description of this US boy.

I’ve always imagined other African countries as more “traditional” Africa (I think of Kenya first), so it’s interesting to hear it’s one of the least “morphed”. And that it’s green and has spicy food…I’ve never really put Ethiopia on my list of places I wanted to travel to until now.

As far as time, the sunlight has always had a strong and noticeable effect on me. I love waking up with the sun and, unless I close my blinds, I do. (But since I like it, I don’t generally close the blinds.) Anyway, I’ve always thought it curious, and especially the first time I went camping I woke up at 4:30 as it got light and I felt so rejuvenated and peaceful waking up with the sun. It’s made me wonder about pre-electric cultures and how they undoubtedly functioned dependent on daylight, and used candles sparingly, so probably went to bed a lot earlier than we tend to in our culture. I’ve heard that an hour of sleep before midnight is worth two after, and wonder how our erratic sleep habits effect our health in comparison to the older cultures. (Though our life expectancy is longer now than ever…) I learned that when light is received by the retina it switches of the production of melatonin in the brain which is naturally produced at night making us sleepy. So people who are blind often have sleeping problems because their retinas don’t detect light and their melatonin production is effected.(And unrelated but interesting–my mom loved studying health and the body–it’s tryptophan in turkey that helps the body produce niacin which helps produce seratonin which makes us feel calm and therefore sleepy after Thanksgiving dinner.)

Funny story for optional reading: I love the story my dad tells about getting electricity. (He was born in the 2-room house where his dad was also born, which was built by my great-grandfather in Almo, ID after coming from England. Don’t ask me why he stopped in brown, dusty Almo, Idaho coming from England. Anywho.) The family watched as the “electrician” installed a naked bulb in the center of the ceiling…and turned up the exposed wires before he left so when they “turned on the juice” it wouldn’t leak out. My grandpa made sure there was a bucket under the light bulb that night so they wouldn’t risk any spills. You should hear my dad tell it. (The “first fridge” story is funny, too.) It’s usually followed with some sort of mild comment about he got out of that place as soon as he could.

There’s been much criticism about the WSS protests “not being very Buddhist!”
Recently we see in the news (see link below) Tens of thousands of South Korean Buddhists peacefully demonstrating waving placards and fists, chanting
“Oppose religious discrimination” against their country’s leader and government.

Are they not Buddhists too?

http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/article1613188.ece

Hi Adriana,

I do not know anything about that. Does anyone else?
I believe the company is based in Germany, but my only guess is that being technically in Mauritius offers a certain favorable tax status?
But I really don’t know. Is anyone wiser on this issue?

Clint,
I really appreciate that you started this blog. I have been contacted by them and also wondered about their legitimacy. My advisor says that the company is in Mauritius. Do you know anything about that?
Adriana