Surrender
As the great Dave Hughes would say on The Panel, “I’m confused”. It’s either that or “I’m angry” and I know I’m not that. The cat that I shared residence with for 15 years and has subsequently lived another three, […]
Busy Earnin’
Apparently there are no certainties in life aside from death and taxes. I don’t know much about death since I haven’t done that yet but I definitely have tax experience and now I have even more. In HK, it is […]
The Land of Make Believe
There are so many things I like about Japan that it is one of the countries that I visit as much as I can. Every time, I learn something new and am surprised by something else. I like being somewhere […]
Play Hard
I’ve been participating in whatever company I happen to be in a the time’s dragon boating team for most of my time in HK. Typically my training has been for an hour or two each Sunday for about 10 weeks […]
Bittersweet
There is nothing worse as a Human Resources person than to hear that a staff member has gone missing. This unfortunately does happen from time to time and the really sad thing is that it often ends in tragedy. Earlier […]
Weather With You
There are two seasons in Hong Kong – Summer and Winter. Sometimes it may be broken with a season that most know as Spring. Whereas Spring conventionally lasts three months, it is a maximum of three days here. Autumn has […]
Mother and Child Reunion
Most have been writing today about how their mum is the best mum in the world (since it’s Mother’s Day in quite a few countries today). I’m not sure what criteria they are using because everyone’s mum can’t possibly be […]
Bicycle Race
It’s been some time since I cycled. I think today’s effort is best described in more relaxing terms – I rode a bike. The thing is not so much that I’ve ridden again, it’s that I chose to do it […]
Back on the Chain Gang
This weekend was the antithesis of my Easter weekend. I spent almost every waking moment with other people. It’s been great. The feeling was the same over both weekends which just goes to show, I’m just as happy with people […]
Little Talks
It’s interesting what becomes ‘normal’. The exact time that normal officially changed was on my last trip back to Australia. As is fairly standard for a trip to Sydney, I spent considerable time with my Best Woman and it was […]