I’m in a rather annoyed frame of mind today, easy to take offence and feeling persecuted by everything. At one of my work places, I got very prickly about a proposed piece related to Eid being shot down (Islamophobia! I growled to myself), and felt my experience and expertise was being undervalued. Not something that […]
Annoyances
A bit of an annoyance today as it turns out my credit card has been blocked and the only way to unblock it is by calling the bank. What is particularly annoying is that I didn’t know there was a block at all, I thought it was an internet issue so kept trying to use […]
Just Wednesday
Wednesday is a full working day and I had to send an academic article in a hurry, so I didn’t do very much. The morning was spent on the article, which was about Ethiopian Christianity. I am quite the expert on Ethiopia having edited two monographs and countless articles on various aspects. Dashed out to […]
Happy day
Yesterday was the day my big contract came to an end, oh happy day. As it happened today, though May Day, was spent working on work for that contract, and I even had a call about it. Still, at least I was on my own time. Not much else to tell, really. It was a […]
Back to Bangsar
Went there for a quick lunch with my host, an excellent dosa and average ice cream. It looked more or less the same, did Bangsar, though I got a bit confused as we approached it from a different direction. The old DVD shop is long gone, I’m sure, but I couldn’t work out where it […]
Antipodean wedding party
Last night was the wedding. I say last night, but more like all of yesterday and into the early hours. Quite the endurance test but that’s the nature of weddings. With any luch I won’t have to attend very many more of these, certainly not stay for the whole thing. The day started off unfortunately. […]
To the capital
We’re in Phnom Penh. I of course have been working frantically, with no end in sight. I was working and in meetings till past midnight last night, then woke at 5.30 as usual, had a shower and started working, worked in the car except when I felt car sick (exacerbated by the driver’s repellently fruity […]
Nursery rhyme
Another fleeting dream, this time of an online conversation (as are so many conversations now, but still disoncerting in a dream) and one of the participants was Elon Musk. We all rolled our eyes when we saw his user name (I know others did too, though it was all text based) and then he started […]
Today, outside
Today I feel I have nothing to write, as nothing much happened other than desultory work late into the night. The GF and his mother went to Rabbit Island and enjoyed their trip, I enjoyed having things to myself though would have preferred it to be without work. It’s been a breezy day, a little […]
No frogs
No frogs today, is the plague over? Though there was a small rodent in the bath. Not a rat as it barely had a tail, and it clearly hadn’t been there long. The GF’s mother arrived this evening, somewhat wobbly after her journeys but in good spirits and certainly better health than her last visit, […]