Trying to create a new identity: Writer
As long as I can remember I have wanted to be a writer, or rather, an author. Oh, to see one's name on the back of a book, and on the front, preferably followed by
...Dog poisoning in Hong Kong and Mallorca
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New island, new language
When I moved from Hong Kong to Spain in 2018, I had this crazy
...You know how they say 'you can't go back'? Well it turns out it should be 'you can't go away.'
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Lockdown is the mother of invention
Yesterday I met a friend "accidentally" in a shopping centre. We cruised around the aisles, masked and be-gloved, trying to look as
Love of Spanish in the time of Coro-lera
Well, I'm officially one of the in-crowd! A few days ago I carried out yet another daring raid. A nearby friend, maybe the same one who lent me the DVDs,
The danger of breaking the intelligent, well thought-out rules
Well, "quarantine" is supposed to be 40 days, so that's cool. Or at least it used
...Hell is other people
- yes that's what Sartre said in his play No Exit. But after 26 days of lockdown, I for one am starting to look at other people with something resembling fondness. Of course I
...Health, mental, physical. News from Mallorca
I'm sitting at my dining table as usual. It's Groundhog Day. Outside in the garden a welcome sun shines on the
...Food again. It's all over.
Yesterday I didn't post anything. Why? Too depressed. After dreaming about Chinese food and Chinese supermarkets (Supermercado Asia in
...After 30 years in China/Hong Kong where she ran Happy Jellyfish People’s Democratic Language Bureau specialising in making Cantonese a world language with the slogan “Learn Cantonese the Natural Way – from a Norwegian!” Cecilie’s life mission as a “Cantonese Fundamentalist” was to make the whole world speak Cantonese. Failing somewhat in this endeavour she eventually felt the pull of her European roots, and packed up her beloved “gaff” on Lantau Island, scene of hundreds of Sichuan lunches and dinners, in January 2018.
She now lives in Palma de Mallorca with her two dogs, enjoying fresh air and architectural beauty.