I had probably my final char kway teow today – no longer my favourite Malaysian food, but still very delicious. On the way back I went to Pavilion to get groceries as the GF returns from his working week in London today, and first went upstairs to Daiso to look for specialised cleaning supplies that […]
Brunch
A pleasant morning, having brunch with Maitreyi and the Woodland Creature, the two people I shall most miss in KL. We talked about Chinese and I tried to understand something I’ve long wondered about, ie whether to a native Chinese speaker fán sounds more similar to fàn or to fén, but couldn’t really get a […]
Myanmar breakfast
I had to go to the GF’s office near the Petaling Street area to collect some documents today, so decided to leave a bit early and go to one of the many anonymous Burmese cafes dotted around the area. I went to Gantawin, perhaps the safest option as it actually has a marker on Google […]
Sniffles
Both the GF and I have a cold. He is befeebled and dizzy. I, true to form, am just sniffly. Actually I’m also a bit light headed and wobbly but the sniffing is definitely the greatest of my woes. Anyhow the packing is truly done except for actually taping the boxes and filling out the […]
10 leadership lessons from Nehemiah
We went today to watch the GF’s former colleague preach at his evangelical church. Previously, the only church services we had attended together were his father’s funeral and the clown service in Hackney, so I suppose we are yet to experience, together, something that is not out of the ordinary. The church belongs to the […]
In lalaland
Lady Lala’s mother is in town, so I met her and Lady Lala’s KL friend for lunch at Kenny Hill. We had the duck rice again, and I enjoyed it rather less than before, it was fine I guess. The last time I had it was before the GF went to Dhaka, which feels like […]
In Terengganu
Arrived after a slightly troublesome journey, with delayed flights, no food, a difficult email for the GF and my realising that I’d forgotten my contacts, without which I can’t snorkel or dive – my eyes are at -8 and I might as well be blind wearing goggles. Most of this was eventually resolved – no […]
Virginia’s promotion
‘Virginia is getting a non-promotion promotion. She’s getting added responsibilities but nothing else is changing.’ ‘I….’ – a laugh – ‘I was going to say, typical, that’s fucking typical. But it’s not, is it? It’s really not, just what I would have said once.’ ‘It is a bit typical. This is MegaBig Corp after all.’ […]
New fan
We have a new fan in the living room and it has made me realise how inferior (though pleasingly colonial in appearance) the previous one was. This is silent and even at medium speed gives a nice gentle breeze across the largish living room. When in England I do miss fans, having grown up with […]
Now…
Our neighbours have taken to playing, and singing along to, what seems to be the entire 1990s run of Now That’s What I Call Music between midnight and 3 every night. It’s disconcerting to be woken up a song that was everywhere for a week during my mid-teens, so that the opening bars are instantly […]