I was on my treadmill when Christiane Amanpour of CNN fame reporting from London interviewed Ken Burns and Lynn Novick on their 18-hour epic documentary on the Vietnam War. Burns spent ten years making the documentary which began screening last month in ten parts, with interviews on war survivors and their descendants, both in America…
Su found my last upload somewhat disjointed if not fragmented. It probably was, because I did not write the piece in one go. Over the years, I had pieces written over long periods, sometimes over a span of six months. Even at the time I was writing on a weekly or monthly basis, I often…
It was an unusual week, with two general holidays sandwiched between two weekends, which makes planning and living rather challenging. I heard that some company entrepreneurs had simply asked their staff to close down for a week to save the overheads, knowing that no one would be geared up for any real work during the…
I can’t be sure who had it first – Su or I – but since Su said it was me, so it must be me. We have been nursing our cold for the third day now; and we expect to shake them off by weekend; for we have lined up some heavy stuff next week,…
It all began towards the end of June when we were required to relocate our personal effects in storage from five units to one big unit with the same combined gross floor area on the same level in the same building. Amongst the prized collection are scores of vinyl records mixed up with laser discs…
Have you ever asked yourself what a perfect day would be like? I have read about descriptions of such from the perspective of a man and a woman respectively, laced with such details that are best reserved for private consumption, which make it unfit for publication. I had asked myself the question at various stages…
As Su had predicted, the article I posted yesterday attracted only a handful of likes. Su had said one needs to put photos with everything one posted on Facebook to get more likes. But those of us using Facebook would know that the number of likes is at best an indication of how many people…
Bernadette Tsui sat on the front row at the Sam and Tam Concert last night, had a great time and had Part One of her Sam and Tam and Carrie article published this morning in her column in Economic Journal. She also sat on the front rows at Slava’s Snowshow last week at Hong Kong…
The morning after my last birthday, Facebook told me that they counted 118 birthday messages through their system and made me a short video which I uploaded by reflex, attracting a few laughs I guess. I received additional greetings through emails, WhatsApp, Messengers and Messages – some were repetitive though and some came in after…
I went to the Elderly Clinic for my annual health check yesterday. This is a Department of Health programme for citizens over 65. One pays $110 for a general checkup, which includes ECG, BMI, blood pressure, blood tests, cardio vascular checks, lung, eyesight, hearing and mental health checks, which is good value. The staff there…
