Raining in the afternoon

• Raining in the afternoon. I took it quite easy by just reading at home. We have lunch in the La defence restaurant in Wen San Lu. Not good place but the food was acceptable.
• In the evening JaniRahkonen threw a party at his home. Most of the expats were there and it was quite fun. We used a variety of drugs: nicotin (cigarettes, cigars, snuff (not me but the others)), alcohol (beer and Finnish (!) vodka) and I assume someone also used caffein. It felt good and all the worries went away. Even the rain did not bother us at all. It is a pity that current internation prohibition of most the usable drugs prevents us from using the drugs which would be most suitable for the occasion. See e.g. "Forces of Habit" by Coutrwright for the history of drugs and their role in shaping the modern society (and nature and trade) in the last 400 years. It is fundamental. See also "Out of it"-book.
• Back at how quite late, but not early.

Alun perin julkaistu koosteessa "Diaries 2003 Q1".