by Tom | Feb 26, 2011 | Hong Kong / China, Personal
First outing in a dragon boat today. It was enjoyable, not too knackering and I didn’t sink the boat, hit another paddler on the head. Neither do I ache too badly, yet. Evening beers at sunset in Stanley were pretty good too. February and standing out in our...
by Tom | Feb 22, 2011 | Personal
In keeping with my tradition of not updating very much (still slightly odd having the computer point in the bedroom and no WiFi), here is a view from our living room window. Sorry for rubbish quality: it’s super cloudy and that plays havoc with our little...
by Tom | Feb 15, 2011 | Personal
Pacific Place apartments will be very nice for a month. We’re ID carded (NB UK, it didn’t feel intrusive in the least). We’re mobile phone SIMed. We’re mother-in-law Skype positive. We’re still to find a cheap place for dinner....
by Tom | Feb 13, 2011 | Personal
Off we go to Hong Kong. It feels surprisingly OK, although there were stifled tears on all sides as we said goodbye to family and friends this weekend. The jaded feeling from a few late nights mean I feel a little sad, but that’s the tiredness talking. I’m...
by Tom | Feb 10, 2011 | Personal
Why didn’t I know that all my local delivery places closed at 10:30? Just wrong. Last night in the house with a kebab. Genius.
by Tom | Feb 7, 2011 | Personal
Detroit shows how beautiful urban decay can be, I’m sure we should be concerned for our own lesser cities.