pet names

a commentary on acquaintance pets' monickers:

• Meko, Poppy, Benji, Kai: just cryptic enough not to make sense
• Coffee, Biscuit, Blueberry, Marshmallow, Oreo: these are food, people (not dogs or hamsters i mean)
• Ninja: aspirational, for a chihuahua
• Bear: mistaken and misguided, for a rat (the name and the choice of animal)
• Labbit, Wabbit: spot of brilliance here. the species the familial connection the unique IDs all addressed
• Socrates, Aristotle, Spider, Cricket: a family of black cats. spot the outlier!

if we get another dog i want to call him Reginald.

weather forecast 2

one moment you are sitting in the bus wondering why the driver turns the windshield wiper on for the few diddly raindrops and the next minute you are out on the street hanging on to the brolly for dear life.

and voila! the gentle sunset barely an hour later. it appears the drenching ends with me.

weather forecast

followed five minutes later by white-out thundery showers. if this is not fickle i don't know what is.

questions and anticipation

in between decisions, HOM and i.

do we endure painful (exciting) (costly) renovation and finally move to the bigger place so we can gladly welcome J1 J2 and the extended rest of the family when they visit?

or do we behave rationally stay put in a comfortable situation for most of the year and suffer the tight squeeze when visits happen?

do we commit to another move when we can no longer climb stairs?

how do we solve the problem of an elder dog with short legs in a home with many steps?

watch this space, is wot i say.

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over till the next one

the last of the hanjuku cheesecake, and the last of this quickie indulgence. one is getting unashamedly addicted to these extended weekend getaways, i confess to HOM.

the full moon coffee shop - mochizuki (2025)

i finish this on the flight back from shanghai in between judge dee mysteries. pleasantly bijoux for a nice quickie read but the astrology stuff throws me off. it flows in the style of we'll prescribe you a cat.