Flutter

She could hardly say to him, that there was a quote from a favourite author that she loved, and that two seconds ago it had come to her mind rather inappropriately, although not entirely unexpectedly. She could hardly say to him, that it had stuck there ever since, impatiently doing the rounds in that tiny space between her ears. And if she [...]

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The state of the world and a little octopus.

I was writing a nice, happy little post yesterday morning when it was a sunny, balmy 30 degrees. A lovely client brought her 4-month-old daughter in to visit me and I got to hold her for a bit, and then she smiled at me a few times and it was absolute HEAVEN! I had a hard time [...]

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Naaat Fuuunnieee!!!

I’m screaming that line the way this little dude did:

Isn’t he just adorable? m’ and I have watched that clip some, oh, I don’t know, maybe 10475 times? We especially love the last bit when he completely LOST IT! So cute.
And nope, I don’t find it at all amusing that I still have to wear stockings during the day [...]

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Attachment

Last week they came and took away our old car, aged 14 years old (!) That battered old bomb that I’ve known for 10 years, and owned for 6. It’s been with us through thick and thin, through the 3 times our parents came to visit, and the few years TM was living here. Through [...]

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When you doubt your own intelligence

You should read news like this:
If you can read Vietnamese, go here.
If you can’t, well here’s a quick run through: So this lovely lady was given a 1 million US dollar note. Yup, one million, as in six zero’s. And she claimed it looks, and FEELS, just like the real thing. You can see the [...]

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Masks

I find it scary how some women, on any non-wedding, non-red-carpet-event, non-Halloween, just an ordinary old day, would find the need to heap on so much make-up — so, so much make-up, maybe about two tonnes? — that it looks like an entire separate entity on its own. Oh, sorry, I exaggerated. Probably only one [...]

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Real time blogging

Yup. That’s right, ladies and gents. Currently reporting at 2.50am Eastern Standard Time is our special insomniac correspondent in Melbourne!
So it’s two and a half hours past midnight and you’ve been sleeping for exactly that many hours. Suddenly you find yourself awake for no apparent reason other than the fact that your overtired brain is [...]

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Dance like no one’s watching

Or like a whole huge stadium-sized crowd is watching, but that collective bewildered mouth-gaping stare is actually one of a standing-ovation-worthy admiration, and not because they’re all wondering whether this crazy little spring puppet was accidentally dropped on earth from that passing by mother-ship.
And even after I’ve run around like all day the proverbial blue-assed [...]

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When a lovely flame dies…

It’d be a lie to say you haven’t thought of him in a long while. You do, from time to time. All those memories, happy or hurtful, usually buried so deep inside the furthermost nooks and crannies below the iceberg of your mind, would sometimes resurface in the most unexpected moments. You remember them but [...]

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(Un)Glamorous life

I’m sorry I’ve swallowed my promise and didn’t blog last weekend, nor scheduled any pre-cooked post to pop itself on the table and entertain you all. Rest assured that I’ve realised my fault and will proceed to whack my own butt with a wooden spoon the moment I get home from work.
My excuse is that [...]

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