Dismal news today, though not surprising: the rash is not eczema but psoriasis. It runs in the family, or rather, surges like cataracts of the Nile, so I had suspected as much. It is unsightly and uncomfortable and may, in the future, grow into something unpleasant like arthritis, and is making me suspect every ache […]
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Amazed
I’m amazed at Serzh Sargsyan’s resignation in Armenia, and sad that it feels so unusual for a leader to say he is wrong and to step down in the face of popular opposition. I hope it goes well.
Only the end
We watched the first episode of Only the End of the Fucking World Again on Netflix. I thought it was very good: funny, sharp and two teenage characters who captured the intensity and insecurity of teenagehood in a way that most screen teens don’t, for me at least. And bad news regarding Dhoop kinare; I […]
10 leadership lessons from Nehemiah
We went today to watch the GF’s former colleague preach at his evangelical church. Previously, the only church services we had attended together were his father’s funeral and the clown service in Hackney, so I suppose we are yet to experience, together, something that is not out of the ordinary. The church belongs to the […]
Insects in the orifices
I watched the new Jumanji last night. I was just past the age of enjoying the first one back in the 1990s, but younger siblings loved it. I wasn’t particularly interested in watching this one either, but the GF put it one whilst we were having tea and I stayed on to finish it. It […]
Return to childhood
I watched the first episode of Dhoop kinare, an Urdu TV drama from the 1980s. I have never really watched much in the way of Urdu television. I always knew it was supposed to be very good and quite highbrow, but I was not a TV watcher ever. Now, as the GF has stopped watching […]
Dosa desire
I went for lunch to the newly opened Mavalli Tiffin Room, the outpost of a famous Bangalore restaurant. The delicious, if sleep inducing masala dosa, with a little pot of ghee to pour over it, and a rava idli, made me feel very sad indeed to be leaving Asia where the food burns so brightly. […]
All the world
All the world’s news clearly comes from the US, as far as the BBC is concerned. Their news coverage, at least its online version, has been getting more and more irritating in recent years. First there was the reorganisation of its regional coverage so that instead of East Asia, South Asia, etc they now have […]
In lalaland
Lady Lala’s mother is in town, so I met her and Lady Lala’s KL friend for lunch at Kenny Hill. We had the duck rice again, and I enjoyed it rather less than before, it was fine I guess. The last time I had it was before the GF went to Dhaka, which feels like […]
Back to work day
It’s back to work day and very little work has been done. It’s due tomorrow, just before I meet a friend’s mother for lunch, so I had best get on with it. I arranged the delivery of packing boxes for tomorrow. Tomorrow I’ll also tell the cleaner that we are leaving. Then, I think, the […]