Today I went back to MacRitchie Reservoir for an early morning run. It’s been a while since I ran there: there’s a bug on the Garmin website right now which means I can’t search it,[…]
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Month: January 2016
A bit of gentle Japanese music
Because La Serpiente is in Japanese classes at her pre-school, my wife asked the teacher to give us some of the songs that they sing, so we can sing them at home with her. A[…]
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A dirty great trip to school
Today I had a phone call with Tokyo at eight in the morning, and as it’s Friday it’s also my turn to take La Serpiente to school, for nine. Now, if I were both super[…]
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Late early finish
This evening it felt like I was skiving off work early, even though I hardly had time to wipe the soup from my beard at lunchtime, and despite pulling a ten hour day. Still, I[…]
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Some minor frustrations
I had been planning to go for a run this evening, but what with not leaving the office until 7, and then having to feed and water the kids, and after La Serpiente went to[…]
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Adventures in commerce, Chinese New Year edition
My life continues to be some slapstick extravaganza. Somebody appears to have adjusted the water pressure in the taps in the office toilet, so that every time I wash my hands my groin gets sprayed[…]
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Upchuck again
This evening I went for a short run after we’d got the kids to eat and after I’d eaten half a Terry’s Chocolate Orange, one of the last vestiges of Christmas chocolate left in the[…]
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Second time in track spikes
Last night I went back to the track for the second outing of my track spikes. This was at the end of a tough weekend that had itself been at the end of a long[…]
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A vortex of cockups
Today felt absolutely dreadful, a never ending cavalcade of catastrophe, a vortex of cockups, although looking back at it at nine o’clock, I find it hard to figure out why it was so hard at[…]
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Queenstown Library
We went to the Queenstown Public Library this afternoon; it’s slightly more convenient than the National Library to get to, as it’s just four stops on the train and then a short walk past a[…]
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