The Way Old Friends Do

Tomorrow I will be going back to KL for Howie’s wedding. I’ve known him for more than 10 years and have waited almost as many years to see him get hitched! Saturday morning, will be catching up with the girls over chee cheong fun. Woohoo! Probably more catch-up sessions over coffee and beers (pint of [...]

Speaking of moles…

Watched The Departed last weekend. Another gangster flick by the legendary Martin Scorsese (will somebody give him an Oscar already?). The film is actually a remake of the 2002 Hong Kong hit Infernal Affairs, co-directed by Mak Siu Fai and Lau Wai Keung.
Storyline is brilliant (too bad someone else did it first, Marty), nicely [...]

Holy guacamole, Batman!

Physiognomy – interpreting a person’s character from their facial and body form – is a common form of divination. As is palmistry, where the lines and shapes of the hand and fingers are supposedly indicative of an individual’s path in life.Apparently, moles have tales to tell too. I’m talking about the small (well, mostly) pigmented [...]

Celestial intervention

Annie Lennox has always been one of my favourites. She’s one of those singers whose voice touches your soul. I came across this video on You Tube. She’s simply amazing. This is for the angel whom I know is watching over me.
Angel mine.

Up, down, under

Colin is asleep in the guest room. He’s been banished there for at least week because he’s got hand, foot and mouth disease (HFMD) Yes, that coxsackie stuff. He was running a fever in Melbourne and had a rash on his hands and feet, which we thought was an allergy to a new gargle that [...]

Goodbye, old cat

We got back from Australia last night and I received some distressing news – Bujaz was in hospital, and had been since Friday. Apparently, his kidneys and liver were failing. Mum didn’t want to tell me while we were away.
I just got the call. He’s gone.
I remember how he used to wait at the [...]