I have, since I last posted, done a little more on the job application, the rest will have to be done in Singapore. I have also done more packing, with only shoes left to be selected. The one victory of the day was the arrival of my new trainers, a pair of Vivo barefoot trainers. […]
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Grrr
An unsatisfactory day thus far. I completed most of an application for a consultancy, with one final bit left that I kep putting off. I did a bit of packing but haven’t finished it. I couldn’t bring myself to go for lunch, then felt ravenous and had a bowl of microwaved corn, then felt even […]
Reasons for learning
I read a very good article this morning, about something I have been thinking about for a while, but lacked evidence other than a gut feeling. It’s a review of a couple of books about education and radicalisation, and got to the heart of my unease about the instrumentalisation of education, as a tool for […]
Slightly foolish
Of course, html markup will do the job for links and paragraph breaks and so on. The GF has gone to Johor for work and I’m taking the opportunity to explore Netflix. The television is usually his domain – I certainly do not object, having always found it a bit oppressive, but there is certainly […]
A dark age
In the subsequent ‘dark ages’ – a propaganda term used by the elite – democracy and culture could flourish. Homer’s Iliad and Odyssey date from the dark age of Greece. This is in marked contrast to the consequences of state collapse today, now that there is no longer an external barbarian world to escape into. […]
Old friend
I met a very old friend after very many years last night. We had been friends when we were about nine, now it is 28 years later. We were at school together in Karachi, and then I moved to Lahore. She came once and visited, but then we drifted apart as children do. We reconnected […]
Boober
I met a colleague of the Gentleman Friend for coffee yesterday, and to talk about some of my work, including the measurement of the benefits of research. There wasn’t a lot to say, unfortunately, as my approach is not terribly data driven, based on case studies rather than measurable indicators. She was a former chemist […]
Just recompense
I read an article (www.nytimes.com/interactive/2017/11/16/magazine/uncounted-civilian-casualties-iraq-airstrikes.html) this morning, about the civilian casualties of the coalition air strikes on ISIS. An impressive piece of journalism. One thing that struck me was how compensation has a different value for givers and receivers. My email-to-post is doing me well, but I am yet to figure out (a) paragraph breaks […]
Not an oRing
We met one of the Gentleman Friend’s former colleagues and spouse for lunch today. It was pleasant tough rather too long – three hours, well past my limit – and I wasn’t feeling very well. I woke up last night for several hours, and felt a bit nauseous both in the night and at lunch […]
Mee
A call from the bank had me spend most of my morning there. One of the transfers to our Sumba hotels had been returned as it was the wrong account type. The bank staff continues to be obliging and well informed. One day I’ll stop being surprised by this. I took the opportunity to go […]