the end was just the beginning
Poor, lonely single mum me: the kids are in Venice this week and DD is school holiday single dadding. Not content with handing me those challenges, the universe has decided to throw no TV into the mix (there's something wrong with the power in the living room post-renovation) and my broadband is stuffed. It appears... Continue Reading →
I lost something very valuable in the last 10 years and I'm desperately hoping find it again. My mettle has gone missing and fear has taken its place. I'm quite horrified at the mouse I've become. Not in the workplace, I still trust my instincts there. I know what people want to read and I... Continue Reading →
PWow, where do I start? Forgive me, this is going to be a looooong one ... I was totally shattered - bordering on mildly deranged - from a combination of no sleep or entertainment system on my Qantas flight home from Singapore, coupled with the most revolting breakfast I've ever eaten on a plane ...... Continue Reading →
I feel so middle aged and prudish saying it, but I was shocked by all the sex shops in Singapore. You know how there's usually a discreet door in Australia and a set of stairs up to the action? In Singapore they're on the ground floor and a range of rather startling items are displayed... Continue Reading →
It feels like FOREVER since I was in Sydney, but it's only been three weeks. I suppose that's the mark of a good holiday! But I am eager to be home. Not eager for home to be a shambolic, half renovated mess with no children in it for another week, but ready to be back... Continue Reading →
I thought I'd vanquished the beast, but insomnia has come back to battle me over the last three nights. I toss and I turn in my hermetically sealed hotel room. My head is full of thoughts that I can't quiet. My chest is full of emotions that are equally noisy. I tried to walk myself... Continue Reading →
It's weird being back in my old Singapore neighbourhood. So much is the same, but so much has changed. All the market and food stalls still cluster around the surrounding streets. The pungent scent of durian still wafts through the air. The same waiters still grimly take my order at Fatty's as my old apartment... Continue Reading →
Much like the rest of our holiday, we crammed a bloody lot into our last day together. DD rested his weary head for 12 HOURS until I started going mad with boredom and slammed the bathroom door. Then he sent me out in search of coffee - he doesn't cope well without caffeine and isn't... Continue Reading →
Hello from Singapore! We booked a stopover in the city when DD thought he had a conference there ... But it got cancelled. Damn! So he's flying home today and I'm hanging around until Friday. I wish he could stay, but it's his son's 18th birthday and he wants to be there to give him... Continue Reading →
Today's post is an educational one. It's about ways to avoid being bankrupted by a stay in Switzerland. I discovered most of the tips retrospectively. Bummer. Switzerland is a very beautiful country, but also a VERY expensive one. Very, very, very expensive. You know how your local pub has a $10 schnitty special on Tuesdays?... Continue Reading →
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