A seed of a story suddenly came to fruition today and I have been writing all morning. I hold the shape of it in my mind. There is not much of a plot – perhaps I should abandon stories with plots as that is not my strength – but I hope it is interesting nonetheless. […]
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Back to an old haunt
The Craft Complex has its big annual shindig today so we strolled down after a bowl of Hong Kong style prawn wonton noodles en route. The KKK fair, as it is unfortunately known, had craft stalls from all over the country set up in big tents. There was furniture, machetes, abayas, basketry (lots of basketry), […]
Sigh
In a fit of generosity I unblocked everyone I had previously blocked on Facebook. Some for nearly a decade. What a mistake.
More on Childhood’s End
I finished Childhood’s End. What a great book, proper classic science fiction and better written and thought through than anything most other writers of that period ever managed. Of course, a few pages after I wrote yesterday’s blogpost, the only real character (to the extent there are any characters) turned out to be a young […]
Childhood’s end indeed
I picked up Arthur C Clarke’s Childhood’s End for the first time since my early teens. It is interesting to read now and being sensitive to a story about aliens coming to uplift the natives of the earth, ending their warring ways and imposing new political structures and giving technology. There is a funny little […]
Spirit of the leech
We went to Pulau Carey today with some friends for the Mau Meri tribe’s major holiday, Ancestor Day. Pulau Carey, or Carey island, is not actually an island, and the event was held on the beach which is not actually a beach but a clearing in the middle of an orang asli village surrounded by […]
That that
Annoyingly, after many years of freedom, my eczema has returned. After a couple of splotches in the usual places (arms, back of the neck) it decided to settle overnight on a new and challenging spot, around my waist, where chafing is very hard to avoid. I’ve been mostly good about ignoring the itching, but I […]
Silence is best
Another busy day today and likely to be a busy few weeks too come. What I have been thinking can’t written on a blog, even one that no one reads, so this is all for now.
Giving in
A quiet Sunday. Went for dim sum to a new place. It had trolleys, but was otherwise not very good. I managed a good bit of writing last night after thinking I would not get any done at all. Heard from someone who has decided not to engage in confrontation with a long-term nemesis, and […]
GF returns
The GF is back from his week long work trip to Dhaka and in remarkable spirits for one who had been on the verge of exhaustion before he left and had a very full time whilst there. It appears to have been a profoundly rewarding time and has opened interesting possibilities for what he and […]