Easterners

East Asian graphemes, particularly sinograms, often mesmerize Westerners. As a linguist, I tend more towards a very comprehensive grammar as Lojban's than just the graphical features of East Asian languages. Indeed, Westerners and Easterners alike may find mystique in such scripts. Korean, unlike Japanese and Chinese, can make do with just phonograms, as Koreans consign their sinograms to "higher" literature. In retrospect, I should have taken Korean in tandem with Japanese during university.

In my first of two trips in the sunny morning to the Lulu Island Starbucks café to drink iced green tea, I talk with my Filipino friend Greg about anthropology. I tell him that Middle Easterners are often Caucasoids with some Negroid infusion, whilst South Asians are often Caucasoids with some Australoid infusion. The Gypsies in Europe came from India, centuries ago. I recount my predilection for Sarah Brightman's music, as in her rendition of "Hijo de la Luna" ("Son of the Moon"), a Gypsy story. In Spain, I saw Gypsies, trying to make money from tourists in tourist attractions. Today is the 19th of June of 2024.