Monthly Archives: January 2010

The Streets of Hong Kong

As we walk to the bus stop, Ekin and Devil starts bullying me. “Did you read the comments on Kenny’s blog? His readers find you cute leh.” “Really?” “Ya, some of them were wondering where I hid you when you came to visit.” Ekin looks at me in disbelief, obviously oblivious to his inherent cuteness

Nanyang Delights

We are heading for Hong Kong and the start of a new adventure. We get on our ferry, and after about an hour, we reach the Hong Kong ferry terminal. The water’s rockier this time than the last time we were here. But we survive. Ekin’s there, waiting for us, a sort of role reversal

Welcome to Macau!

The plane is taxiing from the terminal. Finally the weight of the past few weeks come off. All the house moving, all the packing and unpacking, the grief and the arguments, the furniture guys who keep changing their delivery dates and times (actually, come to think of it, it was mostly us making the changes),

A New Leaf

The moving’s done. The stuff we own are still in the boxes, still packed and taped up. They ain’t going anywhere soon. We are not in our house. We have left the country. Where are we now? Dear friends, you shall find out later, when we return. For now, it’s time for a fresh start,

Moving Day

It’s moving day. What do I keep, what do I throw away? It’s more than a week into the new year already and my friends are asking me why I haven’t posted a new entry yet. 2010 is supposed to be a fresh start, isn’t it? New resolutions (and new ways of going about achieving