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 […]
Boober
I met a colleague of the Gentleman Friend for coffee yesterday, and to talk about some of my work, including the measurement of the benefits of research. There wasn’t a lot to say, unfortunately, as my approach is not terribly data driven, based on case studies rather than measurable indicators. She was a former chemist […]
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 […]
Last week’s lunch
At the furthest tip of Asia.
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 […]
Here, in Lahore
I arrived yesterday morning after a slightly ineptly managed but reasonably comfortable journey – PIA is clearly still working out how to do transit passengers and have decided that immigration must take place at the final destination, so there was some low level chaos as they tried to sort out passengers flying on from Karachi […]
Back from Phuket
Phuket was pleasant and I’m glad it’s all over. I don’t do well at luxury resorts at the best of times and, thanks to my work, am acutely sensitive at this time to the ways in which tourism development affects local populations, evicting them from homes and traditional lands, and overlaying their culture with that […]
Booked for Lahore
I bought my ticket today, annoyingly the many air miles I accrued flying between London and Lahore during my mother’s illness were still not enough to buy the ticket. I got a decent price anyway and will have to try to pass on the miles to someone else. I have an idea for a new […]
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 […]