Once a supplement to our, now defunct, website but now more of a personal peep through my window at the world, but still mostly drivel
Posted in Philippines Family Cebu on Mar 31st, 2006
Well, a week actually – but that’s not in a song, is it? I like to see the improvement in a mere seven days. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. [...]
Posted in Philippines Family Cebu on Mar 28th, 2006
Memory tells me that the Searchers were pretty crap, although I quite enjoyed their version of Love Potion No 9. However their well known one was the above, memorable only for the pronunciation of “pins-ah”. At least when I was held in hospital I was moved around in reasonable comfort, unlike this shot taken in [...]
Posted in Philippines Family Cebu on Mar 27th, 2006
Loveable as Sid was, there have been equally strong personalities in the music business, and my mind turns to Alex Harvey. Who but he would entitle both an album and a song “Next”; singing of the woes of standing in a queue at a mobile brothel. I had a number of his albums, the old [...]
Posted in Philippines Family Cebu on Mar 24th, 2006
Some days, as we all know, are better than others. As a man of partial Scottish descent I was for many years a lover of whisky, tending towards single malts. Some people may feel that Glen Grant is insufficiently complex, but the longer aged ones are absolutely fine. Of course this should be drunk undiluted [...]
Posted in Philippines Family Cebu on Mar 22nd, 2006
Alice is a hottie in all senses of the word, since in spite of her grumbles that age is encroaching she remains extremely attractive. As for me I very definitely prefer heat to cold, which appears to make me an anomoly amongst my relatives and friends. Just recently I received photographs of my daughter, and [...]
Posted in Philippines Family Cebu on Mar 21st, 2006
I can’t remember, and am far too lazy to check, if I mentioned that I was offered a one month MC, thereby ensuring a month of avoiding work. I turned it down, fool that I am, and am now working (or as close as I ever get to it) mornings with a hope of returning [...]
Posted in Philippines Family Cebu on Mar 17th, 2006
I had a disappointing discussion with the surgeon yesterday. Apparently the operation was considerably more major than intended, due to the discovery of the additional hernias, and hence my recovery will take longer than I believed. However after much discussion he agreed that I can go back to the rat race on Monday, but originally [...]
Posted in Philippines Family Cebu on Mar 15th, 2006
Beloved Ga-Ga, who was my maternal Scottish grandmother – now dead some five and a half decades, was always amused by the enthusiasm with which American tourists, or those from the local submarine base, bought up antique po’s. While these can be prettily decorated the fact that they had been under bed receptacles led most [...]
Posted in Philippines Family Cebu on Mar 11th, 2006
And things move on apace, here you can see the new prettier scar. Although not all the length of the original scar required to be opened, still the surgeon followed the old scar for the length that he required, tidying it and getting rid of the various indentations and horrids. I am therefore a much [...]
Posted in Philippines Family Cebu on Mar 10th, 2006
Over the first few days outside the High Dependency and back in my room I was amazed by the number of kind friends that dropped by to see me. This snap above was taken by our youngest son when we were joined by a number of colleagues from the QS and Accounts department. Those that [...]
Posted in Philippines Family Cebu on Mar 7th, 2006
Well, I went into Mount E hospital in style on Friday afternoon being given a single deluxe, rather than a simple single. Just due to bed shortages since only in special circumstances does my insurer upgrade one from the basic level. There was still a frisson of pleasure since on the one night I would [...]
Posted in Philippines Family Cebu on Mar 2nd, 2006
I was very disparaging to one of the rare commentators on the blog earlier, when he told me to check on my cholesterol levels and now I need to make amends. I was sure that the past checks showed I am protected by Alice’s cooking but it seems that was wrong, dammit! As usual in [...]
Posted in Philippines Family Cebu on Mar 1st, 2006
I normally rather look forward to the weekend, especially my alternate two day weekends, with their many choices, particularly here in Singapore with its multifarious opportunities. As a (part) Scot (and born there) of course I am well used to heading for the hills to try and bag a wild haggis, but here in Asia [...]
