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. […]
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 […]
New computer
I’m terribly excited about my new computer. It is extremely expensive as it’s a Thinkpad (T series) and without the crazy discounts that Americans get. But my computers tend to last – the one I use now is six years old and would have lasted a few more years had I not dropped it rather […]
NOOOOOooooooooo………
My hairdresser has disappeared! After a very long search I’d found someone I quite liked, who was silent and just gave me the haircut I wanted without faffing. And now he appears to be gone. Sniff. The hunt begins again. What a disaster. Not quite Brexit proportion but far more immediately inconvenient.
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 […]
Malaysia Day
Yesterday was Malaysia Day, celebrating the addition to the federation of Sarawak and Sabah and not to be confused with Merdeka (independence) some weeks earlier. I gather Sarawakians and Sabahans get quite irritated by Merdeka. Interesting tensions here. We went to Hojo tea in Midvalley, a huge mall conglomeration surrounded on all sides by large […]
GLOW
Finished the Gorgeous Ladies of Wrestling TV series last night. What a great series. I almost don’t want to watch the next season, this was so good. So refreshing to have a really high quality and intelligent series that was also good hearted and funny. It’s set in the 1980s and is a fictionalised account […]
A different league
I collected my new sari blouse today and was in awe. It is not a perfect fit, but what a piece of engineering compared to the blouses we have made in Pakistan. It is basically a brassiere handmade to size. Certainly one can’t wear anything underneath it. I was particularly impressed by the eyes for […]
More silk
The Gentleman Friend is in Johor Bahru for work, I took today and yesterday to continue preparations for the wedding. Yesterday I went down to Brickfields to a tailor to stitch the blouse. And today I decided (on the tailor’s advice) that instead of a satiny silk I should have a chiffon blouse and went […]
Silk shopping
I went to Masjid India yesterday to buy some silk for a sari blouse for a wedding in Phuket. It was rather embarrassing to realise that at this advanced age I still have no real sense of fabric. I don’t think it’s particularly good silk. Ah well. I’ve found a tailor online, and if she […]