history of things Originally uploaded by jabberer. at a lunch restaurant near office (its nickname is ‘healthy restaurant’ among my colleagues), i found an original moomin picture book in swedish! it felt quite strange to see untainted, pre-japanimation era moomin illustrations in the land where these hippo creatures were reborn to look overly cuter than ...
monthly design Originally uploaded by jabberer. Its been ages since i read a korean design magazine. Interesting. However i spotted lots of spelling errors- not sure if its because korean is my mother tongue, or because the magazine doesnt proof-read for these mistakes.
house of orphans, by helen dunmore Originally uploaded by jabberer. a british author who just published a book titled ‘house of orphans’. obviously the story is set in Finland. she lived in finland in her 20′s (now she’s 50 something) teaching english for two years. excerpts of her description of finland from guardian: “brief, astonishingly ...
matt’s Originally uploaded by jabberer.
i want friends Originally uploaded by jabberer. children’s book titled ‘i want friends’
ramen master Originally uploaded by jabberer. The main theme is the evolution of ramen as ‘young’ food with relatively short history.
only honest design can be recyclable Originally uploaded by jabberer.
learning abc Originally uploaded by jabberer. Quite below the average level of 5-yo finnish child’s language proficiency, but still i gotta aim a bit higher in my cultivation of finnish local knowledge than buying well known finnish goods. Thanks for the thoughtful choice, (finnish) mom!