Adventures of Isabel

Angel Island. {Clearly} not by me

An explosion Friday afternoon in a Metro Manila shopping mall left at least 9 dead and more than 100 injured. Investigations into the cause of the explosion are ongoing, but authorities have announced traces of high explosives were found on the scene and fingered the Abu Sayyaf Group as a prime suspect.
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I went to a presentation today about the military crackdown of the recent uprising in Burma. Terrible, and disturbing in and of itself. But I managed, somehow, to sit and look pictures of beatings and corpses. Until one image flashed on the screen and I nearly had a breakdown.It showed the inside of a [...]

I listen to classical music so rarely that I sometimes forget how much I love it. But an afternoon spent trying to drown out background library chatter has reminded me that certain pieces, like Satie’s Gymnopedies, can transport me in a way that almost nothing else can.
When I got home this afternoon I was [...]

The eucalyptus grove — my favorite place on the UC Berkeley campus.I wish these photos could capture the smell of sunlight hitting the leaves drying on the forest floor.

Oh, I am so bad.Looks like I’m back to posting about how I don’t ever post.School seems to do this to me.What can I say? By and large, I find what I’m doing in school interesting. Which is why I’m here. But it doesn’t make for great narrative. As in — I actually [...]