This year, what with starting a new job, selling our house, and going to Melbourne to present a paper at the VALA2010 conference, I just did not manage to send greeting cards to anyone. So, a virtual greeting will have to do for this year: GONG XI FA CAI! Happy New Year! I hope this [...]
This evening we’re going to a birthday party – in hospital. My 80-something year old grandmother has been in hospital for over two weeks now, and today is her birthday. She has heart failure and is very weak, and they’ve been monitoring her heart. She’s stable and has a healthy appetite, though. I think the [...]
I’ve just realised today’s the actual day of the Mooncake Festival. It’s lunchtime at the moment and I’m sitting indoors on a glorious spring day, thinking about food. I think I actually overdosed on mooncakes last week so I don’t feel the urge to indulge in any more of them. Instead I’ll just stick to [...]