The Guardian for this meeting was Yakuzza Lethecus. The comments are by Yakuzza Lethecus.

Bertram Jacobus: hey yaku - wow - the second time today that i meet a single person here ! :-)
Yakuzza Lethecus: hey bert
Yakuzza Lethecus: did you meet arch this morning ?
Bertram Jacobus: yes ! - why do you ask ? :-)
Yakuzza Lethecus: i met him too :)
Yakuzza Lethecus: we must have missed each other
Bertram Jacobus: ah lol oke :-)
Bertram Jacobus: cal came then also and satia :-)
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Bertram Jacobus: hw is christmas for you this year - many gifts ? much food ? many meetings ? ;-)
Yakuzza Lethecus: i have a green fleece jacket
Yakuzza Lethecus: otherwise i haven´t got anything new
Yakuzza Lethecus: we agreed on non present exchange
Bertram Jacobus: hi steve ! :-)
Yakuzza Lethecus: hey steven
stevenaia Michinaga: hiya
stevenaia Michinaga: just out for my morning streach
Bertram Jacobus: hehe - sitting at the computer ?
stevenaia Michinaga: finger :)
Bertram Jacobus: is streching
Bertram Jacobus: ah lol i see :-)
stevenaia Michinaga: extending arms to keyboard
Bertram Jacobus: great ! *g*
Bertram Jacobus: (impressed) ;-)
Bertram Jacobus: i met a guy from india today - he said to me - my day is nearly passed by, you still have to live it ... ;-)
stevenaia Michinaga: he speaking in time zones?
Bertram Jacobus: yes
Bertram Jacobus: like we here do also
Bertram Jacobus: like people everywhere do
Bertram Jacobus: *g*
Bertram Jacobus: 16:24 here ;-)
stevenaia Michinaga: 10:24 here
Bertram Jacobus: yes *g*
stevenaia Michinaga: we can't be that far away in time (no 6 hour lag)
Yakuzza Lethecus: yesterday evening i fell asleep during the session :)
Yakuzza Lethecus: i had some wine and shouldn´t have had put myself on the couch
Yakuzza Lethecus: so i fell asleep during the 1 am session
Bertram Jacobus: hehe
Yakuzza Lethecus: 1 pm
--BELL--
Bertram Jacobus: okay mates - i´ll leave again - wish you a nice time until next time ! *wave* ... ;-)
stevenaia Michinaga: bye Bert
Yakuzza Lethecus: take care bertram
Bertram Jacobus: ty u 2 :-)
stevenaia Michinaga: was warming up my morning with some Tai Chi
Yakuzza Lethecus: hast christmas any meaning for jewish folks at all ?
stevenaia Michinaga: we get to watch the Christain world stress out
stevenaia Michinaga: and eat chinese food
Yakuzza Lethecus: :)
Yakuzza Lethecus: well, of course you did :)
stevenaia Michinaga: :)
Yakuzza Lethecus: actually i would like some duck in spicy sauce :)
stevenaia Michinaga: all the greek restaurants (what we call diners) are closed
Yakuzza Lethecus: yeah, a gyros pita would be tasty
stevenaia Michinaga: yes, lots of greek, syrians and lebanese here
stevenaia Michinaga: very similar food
stevenaia Michinaga: all good
Yakuzza Lethecus: i love gyros :)
stevenaia Michinaga: and baklava
stevenaia Michinaga: did yu spend the day with family?
Yakuzza Lethecus: only with my aunt and grandmother
Yakuzza Lethecus: for lunch
Yakuzza Lethecus: later i will be with my father and his gf + my brother
Yakuzza Lethecus: in 1hrs 20 min
stevenaia Michinaga: good food?
Yakuzza Lethecus: yes, actually it was
Yakuzza Lethecus: some duck, but not as delicous as from the chinese restaurant
stevenaia Michinaga: smiles
Yakuzza Lethecus: totaly different meal, more plain german food
Yakuzza Lethecus: it wasn´t bad just different
Yakuzza Lethecus: chinese food has some fancyness since i don´t have it that often
Yakuzza Lethecus: the next restaurant is 20km away so we ain´t order there
Yakuzza Lethecus: *chinese
stevenaia Michinaga: every culture seems to have foods that some other culture whats more, except perhaps theFfrench, who I suspect are quite happy with their food
stevenaia Michinaga: *wants
Yakuzza Lethecus: you mean everyone wants froshlegs and slugs ?
Yakuzza Lethecus: *jokes evil*
stevenaia Michinaga: I was one in a part of the country where the nearest chinese restaurant was 2 hours away
stevenaia Michinaga: hehe, yes
stevenaia Michinaga: no one else can think of cooking those things
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Yakuzza Lethecus: well, the biggest consumption is actually in china
stevenaia Michinaga: consumption of what? french food?
Yakuzza Lethecus: no i think there are regions of china with such tradition as well
Yakuzza Lethecus: fujian region
Yakuzza Lethecus: *just try to dig up sources :)
Yakuzza Lethecus: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cantonese_cuisine <- froglegs mentioned here sadly no info on quantity
Yakuzza Lethecus: but i recall an article saying that the consumption is higher then in france but no idea if the amount of population would screen it off through in ratio
stevenaia Michinaga: maybe there's a YELP review
Yakuzza Lethecus: YELP ?
stevenaia Michinaga: it's a restaurant review site
stevenaia Michinaga: anyone can comment on a venu
stevenaia Michinaga: seems it's only US
Yakuzza Lethecus: there´s a german version of the site as well
Yakuzza Lethecus: still i haven´t heard of it before you mentioned it
stevenaia Michinaga: but a link to paris
stevenaia Michinaga: http://www.yelp.com/search?find_desc...aris%2C+France
stevenaia Michinaga: awww, you ahve to enter city, country
stevenaia Michinaga: what city is your favorite restaurant in?
Yakuzza Lethecus: actually i don´t have a favorite restaurant
stevenaia Michinaga: :)
Yakuzza Lethecus: i only come by a little fast food restaurant after work :)
Yakuzza Lethecus: it´s still facinating to meet all these globetrotters around here :)
Yakuzza Lethecus: well i mentioned to some ppl before that i never even flew before the malta retreat last year :)
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stevenaia Michinaga: that must have been wonderful, Mala sounds lovely
stevenaia Michinaga: are you going to Assisi?
Yakuzza Lethecus: actually, assisi is tempting
Yakuzza Lethecus: i am not sure if i should try 2 retreats this year when i heard that seattle is on a little isle away from it my interest decreased a little bit
Yakuzza Lethecus: so assisi is tempting because it might be like malta
Yakuzza Lethecus: with sightseeing and retreat
Yakuzza Lethecus: i like that dualism
Yakuzza Lethecus: malta was really great out of that aspect for me since i don´t travel that often
stevenaia Michinaga: hello observerm
Yakuzza Lethecus: hello observerm
observerm Resident: hello stevenaia, Yaku
Yakuzza Lethecus: i will still have to check on the details for assisi
stevenaia Michinaga: yes, do you still feel the impressions of the retreat?
Yakuzza Lethecus: yes, the practices as well as the landscapes
Yakuzza Lethecus: memory is facinating
stevenaia Michinaga: I enjoy the change it offers.. like a mental vacation
Yakuzza Lethecus: i recall even subjects in a different setting differently from those whom were all in the same place
Yakuzza Lethecus: i perfectly recall pema talking like about hobby groups in japan in an restaurant build at the oldest wall in mdina
Yakuzza Lethecus: which was out of roman times with the bar in front of it
stevenaia Michinaga: :)
Yakuzza Lethecus: those memory´s stick much better then all the information in our retreat house which was also very nice
Yakuzza Lethecus: the contrast became more clear for me when i recognized that the impression of malta is much stronger then the heidelberg one
Yakuzza Lethecus: heidelberg (stuttgart retreat)
stevenaia Michinaga: nods, were the surroundings too familair?
Yakuzza Lethecus: yes, it was familar
Yakuzza Lethecus: http://www.flickr.com/photos/yakuzza_lethecus/
Yakuzza Lethecus: here i have different set´s with pictures from both retreats
Yakuzza Lethecus: of course also some contemporary
Yakuzza Lethecus: mick made a nice set of iching sticks
stevenaia Michinaga: yes, I ahve them
Yakuzza Lethecus: so that second pictue with the stuffed animal on it there are mickrods i ching sticks
Yakuzza Lethecus: yes :)
Yakuzza Lethecus: i guess our landscapes here aren´t that different from pensylvania
stevenaia Michinaga: I have been using them, do you attend Pila's iChing sessions?
Yakuzza Lethecus: i do sometimes yes
stevenaia Michinaga: yes, luch hilly and farmed
stevenaia Michinaga: lush
Yakuzza Lethecus: when those are at 11:30 am
Yakuzza Lethecus: slt
stevenaia Michinaga: and 10:30 PM on the 1st Tuesdays
stevenaia Michinaga: which might be a bit late for you
stevenaia Michinaga: 10:30 my time
stevenaia Michinaga: 7:30 SL time
stevenaia Michinaga: are you familiar with iChing observerm?
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observerm Resident: no
Yakuzza Lethecus: there is a good page i like to show ppl with some information about i ching
Yakuzza Lethecus: http://www.eclecticenergies.com/iching/
stevenaia Michinaga: http://www.iching.ws/
Yakuzza Lethecus: but we also have our own i ching group here
Yakuzza Lethecus: yes :)
Yakuzza Lethecus: i have to log out for a while
stevenaia Michinaga: bye Yak, enjoy your day
Yakuzza Lethecus: thx for the chat steve
Yakuzza Lethecus: take care both of you
stevenaia Michinaga: bye O