I had my chai this morning and then took the free bus from the Weld to Petaling street for breakfast at Hon Kee Porridge. It was later than ideal, around 10 in the morning, but it was very pleasant nonetheless, to sit at a quiet table with my congee accompanied by a plate of raw […]
Speaking the dead
I finished listening to Shit Town (spoilers follow!) this afternoon over lunch. It was uncomfortable listening, to go so deeply into another person who is dead. At the same time, John B McLemore was curiously, nihilistically, open about so much in his life so maybe it doesn’t matter. Anyhow, it reminded me of the slightly […]
Return to Lahore?
I’m mulling it while the GF is in London. My father would be delighted to have me back, and of course I can work anywhere in the world where I have an internet connection. Tickets aren’t cheap at the moment, though and it’s not impossible I’ll also go to London, whether from Lahore or here. […]
Killer mosquito
A mosquito bit my finger and I slapped it away, somehow squeezing the poison inside me. My finger stung and swelled up and the pain spread like an infection down my veins. I was almost worried for a while, but then it subsided an hour or so later and not even the mosquito bite is […]
Now
Last night a message was received and this morning the GF flew to London. Now we wait.
Word hole
A few days ago a word fell out of my mind. It fell as though it had been greased, and every time I tried to pick it, it flew out of my hands and disappeared again. I could remember words adjacent to it, and a few times I googled them to remind myself, but as […]
Grumble grumble
I wrote a post last night, but it was on my iPad and using the WordPress app. And when I tapped ‘post’ it gave an error message and disappeared. Infuriating.
Super quail
Missed yesterday as we were out all day. The GF had to participate in a roundtable at the Sunway Convention Centre, so I tagged along, planning to get my waxing and threading done from one of the small 1-room beauty parlours surrounding the Sunway complex. We stopped on the way for a quick lunch of […]
Myanmar days
We have cancelled a long-planned trip to Myanmar as the GF has to save his leave for trips back to the UK that are an unfortunate necessity these days. I was very much looking forward to a journey through the country, but am relieved also not to be going. It seems very wrong with the […]
Vivid cream
I’ve had vivid, yet uninteresting, dreams for the past two nights. First I dreamt that the gentleman friend had backed very gently into a parked car, but fortunately had a traffic policewoman in the back seat who got out and dealt with the matter. The most notable and memorable thing about this dream was the […]