delicious feeling

like a secret thrill like a big hug like a warm cuppa chocolate

going on leave for the next two weeks with no plans to go anywhere

oooh cross-stitch! oooh books! oops renovation!

yes!!

tempus fugit

one moment he is a holy terror gnawing down the loo pipes and chewing up the door frames and the next moment he is ten and has geriatric reflexes.

the new malaysia

time was when stuff was (euphemistically) vintage or poorly constructed and about a decade behind. these days you get current amenities sharp design and execution and an (almost) genuine international spread even outside the city center. this girl is most satisfied.

ghost stories

chinese ghost stories - lafcadio hearn (1887): quaint tales told in lyrical prose.

irish ghost stories - ed. maura mchugh (2022): neither bizzarre nor ghostly enough. i stop reading after 1-and-a-half stories.

japanese ghost stories - lafcadio hearn (1890s): back to quaint tales in lyrical prose. 

somehow quaint is the word du jour. i must be missing something.

class reunion

our first in 45 years.

at once exhilarating ear-splitting exciting and exhausting. also bewildering and disconcerting. names crawl out of the woodwork faster than i recall who their owners are. quite often the owners go unrecognized as memory and current reality do not match, not by many kilograms. this applies most especially to the gentlemen.

as high school reunions go, this one pretty much satisfies stereotype.

art in the city

most pleasant on the eyes. we have a come a ways from our famed laser focus on utilitarianism, us bottom-line-driven singaporean souls.

tech glitch (re)solved

thanks to google, it does appear that there really is nothing new under the sun. what i experience has been agonized over by others and AI helpfully summarizes their discussions for me.