Laddie’s takin’ names and kickin’ ass

Friday 17 July 2015, 11.12am HKT


9.46am local time, 30°C (86°F) but the AC’s on (so it’s 19°/66°F)

cat wagging tail

I’M not really one for naming anything that breathes at night, but it’ll do this time.

Yes, I know that sentence is ambiguous, — it’s NAMING things at night, not things that BREATHE at night, thankyouverymuch.

It’s English, c’mon.

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Lingo carousel

Thursday 9 July 2015, 1.00am HKT


I N N E R   S P A C E   &   O U T E R   R I N G S

spacehead

HERE’S something to ground up your brains and feed the bits to the cat.

For those who know two or more languages, which one do you feel your voice sounds most attractive in?

Let’s not get tangled up for now in that nonsense called ‘correct’ grammar or even mastery of the language. Let’s just stick to aesthetically pleasant impressions.

(Sounds of raucous laughter in the background.)

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Which comfort food?

Wednesday 8 July 2015, 1.41am HKT


11.01pm local time, 27°C (81°F), AC on

The Evil Sandwich

Americans and Chinese living abroad are the ones who will ask what your ‘comfort food’ is.

It sounds almost as if they’re unhappy or or sad or something living overseas — as if they’re on some hardship posting whilst on corporate relocation package, superannuation, etc, etc, etc. Never mind. Money cannot buy happiness, after all.

So what is my favourite comfort food in my locality or country?

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