Journal

年年有余

新年好

Well, no, I’m not going to write in Chinese, but the Chinese New Year approaches. Many happy wishes and blessings to come in the Year of the Bovine. Enjoy the holiday break too!

诚实的工程师

I nearly lost a book yesterday. I left it in the canteen while rushing off to meet a friend. I realised it a little too late and went back only to find the canteen crowded and it really wasn’t where it was before already. After frantically checking every single place I had gone to after that to no avail. It all left me a little sad, because the book (The Singularity Of Literature) cost me quite a bit and there was a bookmark that I had brought back all the way from Japan.

Late in the afternoon, I saw Matthew, who had had a late lunch. I made no mention of the book because I had by then accepted that it was lost to me forever.

Then the other friends started popping up asking if I had found the book, and Matthew asked, What book, what book. And we explained and he said, is it… this blue book called the… something of Literature? I saw it during my late lunch!

And after some scurrying about, it was back in my hands. It had shifted a few tables, so I can only assume that some folks had moved it. That said, I guess we have some really honest Engineers-To-Be, though I think part of it could simply be down to how none of them were likely to be interested in an academic Literature text.

Thanks a bunch to Matthew too, who somehow joined the lovely coincidence.

意想不到

My plotting plans are going in a completely unexpected direction, and I think I’ve really accepted that Singapura isn’t going to be my next project. I’d love to tell you more about what I’m intending to do next, but the truth is, I’m not too sure myself, so I’ll say more when I’ve worked it out.

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