Preparing a Sequel

It is almost a month since Government has instituted no eating out after 6pm and we have been told that the various measures to reduce or prevent the spread of the pandemic would continue up to at least 17 February. At the same time, we have been advised to reduce family visiting to the minimum…

A Fistful of Dollars

One of the vinyls we picked up last week has on one side the lead song “For a Few Dollars More” across Clint Eastwood in his signature photo in the film with the same title, and “A Fistful of Dollars” on the other side showing Eastwood in his gun slinging position from the back. We…

Staying with Omicron

We began to stay away from crowds and not eating in public restaurants the day after Government announced no dining out after 6pm last week. Meetings at Zetland Hall were cancelled one after another because it wouldn’t make sense to gather a crowd for a meeting and have them sent away empty stomached afterwards. I…

My 2021 Year Ender

Helen and Herbert’s Year Ender arrived last week, which prompted me to start composing mine. These days, fewer people are writing or sending out year enders, which used to be chronicles of their travels and updates on their children and grandchildren, complete with colourful and rather interesting photos. Covid-19 and the pandemic which followed had…

More on Su

My godson’s mother reminded me Friday night that I had not posted a blog for some ten days. Let me pick up where I left off last time to continue my thoughts on Su. On Facebook, she calls herself “a home maker, cook, wife, daughter, bookworm, traveler, diver, skier, photographer, art lover.” She is being…

Su and her ways

Shortly after 10am this morning, I dropped Su off around an MTR exit at Mei Foo so that she could take the Tuen Ma Line to Yuen Long from where she would catch a taxi to Tai Tong Shan Road to join her photography tutor on an outing with more students to the Sweet Gum…