monosodium glutemate and other issues

Last night, after reuniting with our friend Kyoo, a 31 year old Iraq war vet traveling Europe, we made the really good decision to go explore the labyrinth underneath the Buda Castle in the Buda Hills. It costs 1500 forint (about ten dollars), which is supposed to include a lantern and cup of tea, but we, surprise surprise, were awarded neither upon check in. It's not actually a labyrinth, but a bunch of tunnels carved out by water hundreds of years ago, and later used for torture and hiding and all that good midieval shit. I was lovin' it the whole time, but bouncing back and forth between feeling like I was in line for Indiana Jones at Disneyland, and being hit with the realization that people were most likely imprisoned, tortured, driven to madness, and hopelessly lost within the cavernous tunnels. Most of the "artifacts" that were down there were disappointingly man-made and cheesy, notably the 8 foot tall fossil of a Coca-Cola bottle. Kind of a bonerkill, though I did appreciate the eerie, heartbeat soundtrack pumped throughout the maze. Also, I wouldn't advise carrying a very bright light with you. If you do, like Kyoo and his army headlamp, you will see disappointing things, like hidden speakers and light sources, but also very scary things, like massive gray spiderweb hammocks. All in all, it probably wouldn't have been worth it if we were sober.

The closest, fastest, cheapest restaurant near our school is a little Chinese place called Kinai Bufe, and all 9 of us have taken to buying our lunches there between class every day. We noticed there was some strange addiction we had to it, despite the fact that we don't even like Chinese food that much, and that it made us feel sick afterwards. Some investigation (wikipedia) confirmed our suspicions that our lunches were chock full of MSG. All I can say is.... that shit is delicious.