Entries from July 2008

July 30, 2008

Bah!

Another difficult day in the office. And nothing can describe the situation as accurate as a morrisonian whimper: people are fucking strange.
Excuse the exaggerated rants of of my sacred midnight holler of things you may want to hear (though you may have heard them already) or things you may not want to hear (but [...]

July 23, 2008

I Want A Hero: An Uncommon Want – Byron

Kudos to Nolan, for such a glorious interpretation and Ledger for a frightfully accurate portrayal. Could any other anti-hero be as unpretentious, contagious, anarchic, veracious, diabolical and tragic all at one go?
After an entire childhood of Bob Kane worship, all I can say is: Finally!

“All art is at once surface and symbol.
Those who go beneath [...]

July 20, 2008

Night Yarn

Oh boy…weekend has been utterly busy. Chores and bores and interrupted snores. But the wife’s back, which has soothed the nerves a tad and placed the ‘n’ back in normalcy. Tomorrow opens with a new set of urgencies and schedules for Friday’s climax at work. Will these events never cease?
I’m so tired…
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July 17, 2008

Hello, Goodbye

Yeah I’m back and sadly wife-less still, since the other half is due to return only this Saturday.
If you have to ask, Hong Kong is an overt mix of cultural colours splat-fixed on an oriental palette. I can barely feel my feet after the million miles I’ve walked all along markets and malls, taking [...]

July 9, 2008

Man, You Gotta Go

Current state: Enormous headache, wife-less, unpacked bag, pre-departure check-in 4.30am.
Hong Kong, I’m comin’ atcha live!

It is part solution, after all.
One is not necessarily discord
On Earth; or damned because, half animal,
One lacks direct instinct, because one wakes
Afloat on movement that divides and breaks.
One joins the movement in a valueless world,
Crossing it, till, both hurler and the [...]

July 7, 2008

Weekend Plan

Hong Kong in 3 days time. Yowza!
Pre-travel research is called for (groan!)