Strangely enough I started this blog days ago, before the Charlie Hebdo massacre. Of the many dozens of cartoons I’ve seen in the past couple of days, perhaps my favourite is this, which translates as “Mahomet overwhelmed by fundamentalists” and the prophet saying “It’s hard to be loved by idiots”. I think it’s perfectly fitting … More Loving to Hate
Needing a bus ticket to Kampong Cham, I asked the hotel receptionist in Phnom Penh to organise one for me. Soon enough, via an agency, my ticket arrived by motorbike courier. Phnom Penh to Kampong Cham, 2-15pm, Seat 15. With no record of which bus company, I asked “Is this Capitol Bus?” and she replied … More You Know You’re Back in Cambodia When…
Leaving Manhattan was nowhere near as sad as it might have been due to my freedom to return anytime during this year combined with my excitement at returning to Cambodia. The cab picked me up at nightfall and we crackled our way over the ice cold cobblestones of SoHo, past people wrapped from head to … More Jet Lagged in Phnom Penh
When I first came to New York 12 years ago, one of the first visions I had as I walked the enchanting village-like streets of lower Manhattan, was living in an apartment and writing. In a million years it didn’t occur to me that this fantasy could or would ever come true. Amazingly, it just … More Last Loft Blog…. Maybe
Any headlines from New York are interesting because, well, they just are! This from this morning: Thousands honour slain NYPD officer Cops again turn backs on Mayor Bratton: “Very inappropriate” to turn backs Man, 31, shot and killed on Chinatown street Suspect fired shots into Bronx Bodega Arizona: Officer shot in face. Suspect kills himself. … More New York Headlines and News From Cambodia
This is the sixth time I’ve holidayed in New York in the past 12 years. It has always seemed colossal. During my first visit in December 2002 I walked into Central Park with English friends and after a reasonably short time we approached some residential buildings on the edge of the park. We stopped to … More Drama in a Miniature Metropolis
A brief but touching story about Ebola, referred by an Australian friend currently in Sierra Leone.
After a beautiful three days in rural America, only an hour from Manhattan, I caught the train back this morning to “get my New York on” in the lead-up to my departure in six short days. If this is what three weeks in America does to my language, we should all hope that I don’t … More Getting My America On
About eight years ago I read a great book, written in first person by an autistic teenager describing his interpretation of the trouble he can’t seem to stay out of. The author won a number of writers’ prizes for his novel, The Curious Incident Of The Dog In The Nighttime, published in 2003. In 2012 … More Curious Incidents
After my first “Ebola friend” spent six weeks in Liberia back in August, she returned to Texas at almost exactlly the same time as Thomas Duncan, the first Ebola patient to be diagnosed on United States soil. My friend stayed at home and away from people for the 21 day incubation period, as a precaution … More Merry Christmas, Ebola
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