The GF’s mother was giving a talk on mental health (she is a psychotherapist) at the GF’s organisation so I walked her there and then went to Chinatown to buy soup spoons with roosters on them (requested by my good friend who is trapped in Multan), and continue my somewhat desultory quest to try lots […]
Great success
A highly successful morning. After a great deal of research and mulling I had found that a good place to buy batik was Bima Sakti, a women’s collective near the new royal cemetary of Imogiri. So we went there this morning and found ourselves in a really lovely village amidst the hills, with rice fields […]
Gift
A late gift arrived this morning, so still technically yesterday in the US, with the Alabama election result. The Democrat narrowly beat the accused child molester and racist Republican. Phew. We went for dinner to Sushi Azabu last night. We’ve been there many times, so I wondered if it was a cop out, but as […]
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 […]
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 […]
Bank, brie, banana leaf
I had a surprisingly easy visit to the bank to get a proof of account today. If they keep it up the waves of nausea at the mention of the bank’s name might actually stop. Now whether that proof of account is actually accepted is another matter as it looks nothing as official as it […]
Hot
I’m sitting right now with the air conditioner on, an unusual circumstance as normally I only use the AC when we have guests. I’ve been feeling hot all day – early menopause? who knows – and then for lunch found that my favourite stall had returned after a month’s break. They sell a prawn noodle […]