Ologies

I stumbled upon Ologies on Spotify today while looking for something to keep myself awake in office. Oligies is a podcast hosted by Alie Ward, an actress / writer / artist and a wholesome human being. Each episode looks into a particular -ology (for example, entomophagy anthropology), in which Alie interviews an expert from the field and we get to know them and their field of expertise.

I was immediately captivated from the first episode. Alie leads her interviews with a delightful sense of wonder and curiosity and humour. The conversations seem to wander and carry you with it but still contained neatly within its topic. The podcast reminds me so much of my university time, sipping wine and having long thoughtful conversations with my housemates late into the night.

Yet Ologies is so informative and full of interesting thoughts and ideas that I actually took notes. Below are some notes of (in my opinion) important things I scribbled down from the podcast.

Entomophagy Anthropology

Professor to his student who is struggling to find a specialism:

“You’re interested in everything but you don’t know what you want to do – let’s throw everything at you and see what sticks.”

Ornithology (Birds)

Find and watch a video of a horned screamer bird.

Mixology

Ratio for a good cocktail – 2 (alcohol) : 1 (sweet) : 1 (sour)

Ratio for perfect party punch – 4 (hard liquor) : 4 (soft drinks) : 1 (sweet) : 1 (sour)

There’s no such thing as 2 drinks that do not mix well. Everything goes together as long as they are balanced.

Fallingfruits.org – A world map of where you can find trees with edible fruits.

Note to self – must try Seedlip.

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I highly recommend Ologies to every curious minds out there. Hope you enjoy it as much as I do!

Italian Lunch

I had a 4 hour gap between my lectures today so I decided to go to Durham for lunch at AskItalian. It was a perfectly sunny afternoon albeit a little cold, perfect for an Italian lunch with a window-side table. The restaurant wasn’t too crowded, quiet enough for a nice private lunch but still cozy with the low humbles and hustles of the other diners.

 

The starter was garlic bread with cheese, so crispy and perfectly cooked, unarguably the best I’ve had.

 

 

The main course was Terrina Frutti Di Mare, which was as beautiful as it sounds. The dish consists of a selection of sea food (mussels, prawns, squid, clams and sea bass) with potatoes in tomato and white wine sauce, served with bread. The soup was delicious and went so well with the sea food. I could not have enough of it!

 

After the perfect lunch I came back for lecture and thus concluded another Friday.

Cheers to the weekend!

Kart Racing Durham

Yesterday we went with some friends to Kart Racing in Durham. It’s a new game for most of us so we were all very excited.
After filling up our details at the reception, we were given a set of hideous jumpsuit each and given the basic instructions. We then put on our helmets and started racing.

To be honest I had some difficulties manouvering the steering wheel as it does not seem to steer very smoothly. Nonetheless, the ride was definitely a good adrenaline rush for me.

Then we took an hour long walk back to the city centre. I have always liked Durham this time of the day, when the lights start to shine and the city starts to have this misty magical vibe all through its corners. Even the wet cobbled streets and the cold breezes don’t bother me anymore, they just make the night more mysterious and thrilling to be in. Such unique beauty!