Monthly Archives: January 2009

Happy Year of the Ox

Gong xi fa cai! Happy New Year! This year the first day of the new lunar year falls on the Australia Day public holiday. Celebrations started yesterday, with the traditional family reunion dinner. Today we will be visiting a few relatives, to pay respects. I am currently getting into the mood by listening to new [...]

Grateful for…

Thin rice noodles. My favourite. Had dish no 11 at Goreng2 last night. I love how Goreng2 will happily vegetarianise most of their dishes for you – I usually have this sans BBQ pork – they replace it with tofu and broccoli. Planet Books. Favourite bookshop in Perth. Flexible work hours – and flexitime. I [...]

Autopilot

Today, I: wrenched my left ankle scalded my left hand with hot tea splashed tea dregs all over myself while trying to wash a mouldy cup. I blame it on feeling a little stressed and too much rushing around, too much to do over the last few days. I get into the I-must-do-six-things-at-once frame of [...]