I am feeling rather ground down today. Oppressed particularly by work, as I have taken on too much, but also by the grimness of the world so that I can’t bear to listen or read the news, or anything to do with politics and society. Even the magazine is making me feel raw – not […]
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Shopping experiences
This morning, the GF and I went to Levent to meet the young Pakistani worker who promised us a warehouse of excellent quality lights and other housewares. He met us at the metro stop and we stopped for a glass of tea, at which I pressed him a little about his background. I did not […]
Fury at the courts
Daily Mail, 19 March 2021.
Unwanted help
The Pakistani labourer who works for our contractor is very eager indeed to show me his friend’s warehouse of second-hand housewares, especially the lights. I must say, I’m sceptical, both that the lights will be any good and that the GF will approve, but I might go take a look. Not sure if there is […]
Good news story
This delightful, though probably hopelessly misrepresentative item: Taiwan official urges people to stop changing their name to ‘salmon’. The motivation is a promotion at a sushi restaurant. “I just changed my name this morning to add the characters ‘Bao Cheng Gui Yu’ and we already ate more than Tw$7,000 (£176),” a college student surnamed Ma […]
Wistful thoughts of poison
There is a cat in our neighbourhood which has the most godawful yowl. Every late morning, from around 10 to 1. It is absolutely nervewracking, and has been going on for weeks. Today I even heard a neighbour shout at it, which is rare in Istanbul.
Wrong kind of fury
Tyson Fury does not count.
Fury at France and Germany
Daily Mail 16 March 2020.
Fury at the government 2
Daily Mirror, 16 March 2020.
Locked out
I have been locked out of my Facebook account. It’s actually been several days now but I only just tried to log back in, to no avail. Well, I’m not going to send them a copy of my passport, so I suppose that is that, at least for now. My only concern is if someone […]