19 Dec, 2019 | Conversations with MsJ, Journal, Trailing spouse
Quality migrant 19th December 2019 Immigration Department Annoyingly, I lost my card holder last week on the way to dress rehearsal in Stanley. Despite asking around everywhere I’d been (including paying HKD 1650 (about £150) for the privilege of ONE late night...
17 Dec, 2019 | Journal, Photo of the Day
This is the first of no doubt many posts about the UK’s catastrophic election result from last week. I’m still grieving, bereft, mortified. I’ve found this picture a horrifying portent. This is a photo of the staff in Conservative Party HQ taken at...
30 Nov, 2019 | China, Places
Shenzhen 深圳 – facades and flowers 30th November 2019 When I first passed through Shenzhen 深圳 in 1985 just before crossing the border into Hong Kong, it was a collection of run-down shacks. I still had an unused entry on my current Chinese visa, which expires on...
29 Nov, 2019 | Journal, Trailing spouse, Upclose
A place for everything… 29th November 2019 … and everything in its place. I’ve just returned from four weeks at home in Beckenham, a trip arranged mainly to sing in three concerts but also to make more progress with sorting out my house, doing the...
