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The weather this week has been infernally hot and humid; the storms and cool weather of the Lunar New Year seem to be well and truly over, and we hurtle straight on into the…
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slogan central
One of the perks of not staring at a screen while out in public is getting to read the things people wear on their clothes. Mostly you get run-of-the-mill stuff like JUST DO IT…
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Oppressively humid day – the air hot, still, and heaving with moisture. Took a shower to cool off, and within minutes of exiting the bathroom and getting dressed, I was coated with a thin…
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My poor mother has had to cancel a credit card because some enterprising hacker in the US has used it to spend $400 on Only Fans. Reporting the fraudulent transaction, she asked the bank…
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festivities (fallout)
It is a sad reality of Lunar New Year that as one gets older, the likelihood of receiving red packets decreases, a trend that is inversely proportional to the likelihood of catching a bug…
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festivities
It is the eve of Lunar New Year and the air is alive with festivity. It’s very weird, but as I get older I’ve been enjoying the (frankly ridiculous) fanfare surrounding LNY more and…
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No sight of the Brahminy Kite on the rain tree today. In its place was a small cloud of pale yellow butterflies, flitting amongst the leaves like the sequence of a dream. By 10:30…
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watching paint dry / dry paint
This morning I was looking out the window and spotted a large bird sitting at the top of the big rain tree downstairs. Not to toot my own horn, but this was quite incredible…
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J – chugs a whole bottle of stout right before bed, spends the next morning releasing a cacophony of thunderous farts, then wonders aloud in the shower why such flatulence plagues him so. Managed…