It was Bermuda Day on the 24th of May, so here’s a belated celebratory picture of some Gosling’s Rum up against an imposing Hong Kong towerscape. Happy Bermuda Day folks! May the seas be calm and your Swizzle glass never empty.
bermudian abroad
"Oh my love! We are all so full of interior portraits, so full of unlived landscapes." -Elena Poniatowska
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First Flatmate and I finished off a bottle of Chinese Possibly wine. Chen Nian Gui Hua Jiu is (to quote the label) “An excellent drink made from white wine with fragrant olive. A lot of fragrant-olive petals, selectively picked off during the best season, were immersed in top-quality white wine until they have fully matured.”
It tasted like alcoholic chrysanthemum tea. Cold and syrupy; sugary and thick. Not unpleasant, but also not sure if pleasant.
I’ve seen a couple of wolfberry wines. Might try them out next. Any recommendations?
How tall are we talking about? It’s not hard to be taller than an Asian (not that I’m that short)
5 11 and 3/4ths though I tend to round it up to 6ft since the last time I was properly measured was when I was 15 and well… I think I’ve grown since then. A conversation I had recently went something like this:
Student: How tall are you?
Me: 6 foot.
Student: Wow! Taller than my Grandpa!
Me: How tall is he?
Student: 5’ 6”
Me: …..
And yeah, I have to duck pretty much everywhere I go in Hong Kong. Otherwise I feel like I’m in my own private slapstick comedy.
Francis Alÿs
The Nightwatch
Surveillance cameras observe a fox exploring the Tudor and Georgian rooms of the National Portrait Gallery at night.
I feel like this has the makings of a children’s book.
Reason #105
of WHY I LIKE BEING TALL
Instant Awesome Teacher status when I give the highest high-fives in the school. Some of them have been practicing their jumping at home. Not only am I helping to educate young minds, I’m keeping them fit too. You’re welcome, Parents.
The newly wed girl, pregnant already,
when asked what she liked about the honeymoon
cast a glance at her husband
but not at his face.
From the Gathasaptasati, Collected by King Hala (First Century AD) Translated from the Prakrit by Martha Ann Selby
Lego blocks.
Junk trip. I am RED.
goodbyeblighty tagged me in a thing, so I did it. Boom.
“Gilgamesh is your friend and your companion.
The grief of Gilgamesh for you will be
the cause of woe and wailing in the city.
Gilgamesh the king will build a statue
to celebrate the fame of Enkidu.
When you are gone, then Gilgamesh will wear
the skins of beasts and hairy-bodied wander
grieving in the wilderness for you.”
from The Epic of Gilgamesh, Tablet VII, III Anonymous c. 2000 BC. Trans from the Old Babylonian by David Ferry
I picked up an anthology of world poetry from the Hong Kong Library the other day. More ancient poetry to come.
- Wim Cool- Dutch politician, known, apparently, for using the wrong kind of pen when casting a vote, causing his vote to be invalid and losing his party a seat in the Senate.
What?
- Powers Boothe- Actor
- Esther Pohl Lovejoy- Physician and suffragette
- Ephraim M. Sparrow- Professor and Scientist
Some awesome names to add to my list of People with Awesome Names. Submissions always welcome.
- Absalom Sydenstricker- Father of Pearl S. Buck and Presbyterian missionary.
- Damian Grammaticas- BBC Correspondent.
- Benjamin Sherman ‘Scatman’ Crothers- Actor/Musician.
- Bear McCreary- Composer.
- Isambard Kingdom Brunel- Engineer.
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