We went to see the sequel to Bladerunner over the weekend. Bladerunner itself is one of my favourite films. We watched it last week in preparation, and once again I was blown away by how beautiful, how intelligent, and how whole hearted it is. It has complete conviction in itself which is one of my […]
Mixed bag
I am wondering today if I was any use at all to that woman. I feel rather guilty: what I should have done is got an Uber, gone to her flat, picked her up with her four children, and brought them to my flat until their return could be arranged. But what if her family […]
Food magic
This morning a misdirected message arrived advising me to feed my mother frozen and grated lemons which would kill her cancer cells and leave the healthy ones alive. The sender apologised, it being a few years too late, but it reminded me of how irritating I found the many, many recommendations for miracle cures that […]
Two lost phones
Last week I left my phone on a restaurant table. They phoned the GF who had made the booking but of course couldn’t reach him because he, like me, usually has his phone on silent. Meanwhile we went around the somewhat uninteresting museum and then had to dash back to the restaurant to collect the […]
Routines
I think routines will drive me mad, yet here I am.
Volcanic interruption
It seems increasingly likely, with Agung a-rumbling away down in Bali and mass evacuations in the neighbourhood. The airport is quite distant from the volcano itself but the air space shall certainly be closed and flights diverted. Speaking of inconvenient natural disasters in holiday destinations, the response to the hurricane in Puerto Rico continues to […]
Back to work
Back to work after a long weekend with more activity than usual. I’m still stiff from Bukit Tabur. We booked our flights to Dili over the weekend, though there is some concern that a volcano in Bali, where the flights connect, may disrupt our plans. Well, too late to worry about it; it was even […]
Feminist credentials
My feminist credentials suffered a body blow upon watching Melania Trump’s UN speech. That said, I am not sure that one can’t be a staunch feminist and be critical of a bad dress, bad botox job and bad barbie doll style. A rude feminist, perhaps.
Escape! continued
A profound lack of motivation continues, largely around work but also in the ‘what’s the use of it all?’ sort of way. Yesterday the GF was working from home and we decided to go out for lunch. I had found an assam laksa place towards Ampang which was supposed to be good, so we walked […]
Escape!
Work and daily life seems particularly tedious these days to the extent that I was daydreaming today about going to Macau and placing everything I own on 0 in roulette, as that would offer a clear sign of something or the other. Yesterday we met up with a couple of friends for brunch, not the […]