Skinny books and books on sale figured heavily in this month’s purchases. One book that stood out was The Good Women of China which told stories of women who lived through the Cultural Revolution. One thing I felt during reading was that while they were definitely Chinese stories there are probably other parts of the [...]
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January Books
Posted in Books, Monthly Books on January 31, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Beyond
Posted in Tree Tower Tales on January 30, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Beyond the boulevard of strolling dreamers runs the life blood of the town, Anna Livia…
Worshipped by the townspeople, they congregate on her banks each morning to shower her with their most valuable possessions – beer cans and shopping trolleys.
Spanning the river goddess is a bridge to another world, a world where the brains of the operation [...]
Greetings from …the beach
Posted in New Zealand, Postcards, tagged mini-golf, Paihia on January 28, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
It was in Paihia that I began to feel old. The hostel was filled with 18 and 19 year-olds, excited about being out on their first big adventure, while this granddad was finding New Zealand relatively tame…
In keeping with my advanced age I thought I would have a sedate, relaxed day. I had great plans [...]
Greetings from … the shops
Posted in Malaysia, Postcards, tagged Bukit Bintang, Kuala Lumpur on January 27, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
It’s a shopping mecca, you’re only a few paces away from the next shopping centre, you can spend hours on that street popping in and out of the many and varied shops. Big fancy shops selling famous labels that are vaguely familiar to my crass eyes and ears, small local shops and a whole shopping [...]
Greetings From … Kirribilli
Posted in Australia, Postcards, tagged Sydney on January 26, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Along the railings there are men with rods artfully sending their lines whirring into the waves, I’ve never seen any of them catch anything but maybe they’re not trying, the rhythmic swishing of the rods sending them off to a meditative trance.
Out in the harbour, the green and yellow ferries carve furrows in the water [...]
Stop me if you think you’ve heard this one before
Posted in Life, Under My Skin, happiness, tagged careers, work on January 25, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I was looking for a job and then I found a job
And heaven knows I’m miserable now!
Looking for a job that you can enjoy and enthuse about isn’t quite as easy as the school career-guidance counseller made it seem. Then again there was a period in my life when I wanted to be a priest.
I [...]
All I know I learnt from Sesame Street
Posted in Telly on January 25, 2008 | 1 Comment »
I can sing the 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9, 10 , 11, 12 song really loudly and repetitively, especially the part that goes tweh-eh-eh-eh-eh-eh-elve!
I learnt Spanish , I learnt the important words, words like agua, abierto, cerrado and a few numbers too.
I learnt about co-op-er-a-tion, well actually I learnt the word, I never quite grasped the concept…
I learnt [...]
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