A couple of fairly busy days at work, so consequentially little to write about. Today I finally managed to complete and send what I had hoped to – an education report that I think is not too shabby, a presentation based on the report, and some academic editing. And some press materials for which the […]
Preacher man
I insisted on going to the popup plant stall at Lot 10, and was delighted find some neem oil with which to battle the fungal and pest infestations that have tormented our plants for some weeks. We also ran into the preacher and the preacher’s wife, who were just returning from the evangelical communion on […]
Blue rice
It was a glum old Friday, with a brief break for coffee and cake, but that is all. Today, Saturday, was significantly better as we went out as soon as the GF awoke, to a distant suburban stall reputed to have some of the best nasi kerabu in KL. This is an east coast Malay […]
Quick note
From a Singapore church cafe. My earlier post, written en route to Singapore, is on my iPad and is yet to be sent so the updates will be out of order. This is the second full day, third partial day in Singapore. Once again I got stopped at immigration and quizzed – my name must […]
Prawn mayonnaise
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. […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]