Journal
My two week mandatory quarantine in Hong Kong
I've just finished my two week COVID-19 quarantine, mandatory for everyone coming into Hong Kong. Since forewarned is forearmed, I thought I'd write about the process here. I've just finished my two week mandatory home quarantine after flying back to Hong Kong from...
Pandemic plane journey
The world has ground to almost a complete standstill over the last few months. Holidays have been cancelled, families and friends remain able to connect only electronically. Last month, however, when the situation appeared to have partially eased, I made my first...
Monday – Happy 21st birthday, Eliza!
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August
am not really sure whether I am completely happy with the break in the three month Peach/Rosso hegemony that this long-awaited trip home has brought. Will you look at all of these cool, cooooooool, colours! The first part of August was marked by...
Willow song
A weed is a plant in the wrong place. The sound of chainsaws resonated across our garden at breakfast this morning. That huge, beautiful, pesky willow was being cut down! Long-term readers of this blog - how I pity you - will recall how this misplaced tree, on top of...
Ooof
This has made me laugh in an uncomfortable way:
Waste not
I'm a big fan of the new zero-waste shop, Slowood, that's opened by our new Discovery Bay bus station in the last couple of months. The idea behind the shop is that you buy as little or as much as you like, avoiding the waste of over-buying by weighing lentils,...
How did that even happen?
Today is my 55th birthday. I have never lied about my age before but I'm wondering whether I should start now, or at least make it available only on a need to know basis, because I cannot believe that I am in my mid-50s. That's always seemed old to me before but now...