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I name my travel book Daedalus, after the famous labrynth architec from Crete. It's a name that came to me when I looked at the book. I didn't know it had a meaning, it just came. A fitting name for a travel book that record my travels through the confusing labryith of different countries.

Same thing for my new guitar. Durion is its name, after the fruit of durio. Hard on the outside and soft within.

I've decided to learn guitar on my own. I play it not for music, or interest nor to impress girls. I want to learn it to explore the fun of exploring something totally unknown. Which is why I am not taking music lessons. I might be learning it wrong, but it is my way of playing it. My explorations, my guitar and most importantly of all, my mistake.

The first thing I realized is that I have to be able to move my middle finger and ring finger on my left hand apart… while it is in a holding position. I can do it easy like mister Spock from startrek, but when it's in a fist position…

I first started with the aid of my right hand to see what it feels like to seperate them. Then I try to recreate the feeling in my brain. I had never ordered my hand to do that before, so of course it didn't work. So I screwed around with different commands and found the right one.

Next is the muscle training by repeated motion… It hurts and i am still practicing.