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Stupid cockroaches and discontent
Returning home this evening we were presented with the sight of a large cockroach, sitting placidly on the kitchen wall, showing no fear at all. So I took a shoe and walloped it. In Hong Kong, cockroaches would tend to scuttle away if you came upon them in the kitchen. Singaporean cockroaches are either braver […]
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Nocturnal ramblings
With only a few weeks until our child is born, we don’t go out late on Friday nights any more. By 10:30 my wife was asleep and I was strolling through the darkened apartment, going to brush my teeth. Something scampered across the kitchen worktop, and for a moment I thought I’d spied our resident […]
