Category Archives: Mind Food

Understanding My Roots Through A Short History of South-East Asia

A Short History of South East Asia, Peter Church It’s high time I do something about my (lack of) knowledge of the region in which I grew up. I gathered there could be no better way to do so than … Read more

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Out of the Otherland And So The Journey Ends

It has indeed been a long journey. I started this science-fiction series a few (maybe three?) years ago, and today, I finally touched the light at the end of the tunnel.

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Learning The Ancient Language – Hieroglyphs

How To Read Egyptian Hieroglyphs: A Step-By-Step Guide To Teach Yourself (Mark Collier & Bill Manley) This is probably the world’s most difficult language. I’m into my 5th week of hieroglyphs lesson. My hieroglyphs lecturer, who’s a PhD student doing … Read more

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World Mythology A Definite Classic Reference

Roy Willis, 2006 Done with one of the last academic books before I immerse myself back in the virtual world of Otherland.

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Check. Otherland Volume 3. One More Volume To Go…

It’s such a luxury to be reading a fiction paperback again.

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