One of my colleagues recently shared with me his frustrations of trying to get new glasses that didn't give him a headache. After he went back to his eye doc and they retested everything, he made the choice that i didn't and continued with the original glasses as prescribed. He said after persevering for a few days he didn't have a headache any ( Read more... )

There is a nostalgic smell from my past, a smell i always associated with Chinatown. I could never quite pin down what it was. It is a slightly acrid smell, not from food or incense, but something else. For the longest time i thought it must be some kind of exotic packing material that only existed in the warehouses of Hong Kong through which all ( Read more... )

Last week i wanted to write about adventuring, and what it means to me ( Read more... )

Made it to Brandon. My wheel was pretty much shot by the time i got here, but i'm getting a new one one put in, and a few more small tune-ups. The bike should be good to go in an hour or so ( Read more... )

Taken at 4pm today. No filters.


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Usually, people just give me a coffee. But today i got a hot chocolate and a pumpkin spice muffin! Thank you, Good Samaritan ( Read more... )

If you have read this journal for a while, you might notice that i have been speaking a bit more actively against the Chinese government in the past year or so. This is somewhat of a conscious decision that i made after i visited the UK last year and it kinda shocked me back into awareness of how blasé i had become about living under a jackboot ( Read more... )

I am sick and tired of being sick and tired. So, in true thumbing my nose at AA fashion, i decided to buy a couple beers. Everything else has failed. Eating well. Sleeping long. Drinking tea. Getting fresh air. Time to ignore it ( Read more... )

I actually have a whole bunch of stuff to write about, but things have been kinda heavy this week and i was waiting till i was chilled out and able to write. And then last night i got all shook up again so i'm just gonna write about that. A midnight snack of watermelon was interrupted by this godawful crashing sound that went for 10-15 seconds. ( Read more... )

So, umm, we were sitting at the Plough Inn for some drinks yesterday afternoon when a bit of joking around escalated into this yobbo going crazy and punching my friend in the face, bleeding nose, glass all over the place, tables everywhere, sliced my finger open, the guy got away, the cops only rocked up an hour later and most likely won't do shit ( Read more... )