randomness

'Tis my second blog post in 2009, and the first on my new blog. For those who don't know, I used to blog at vaguely-understated.blogspot, and though I still treasure that old one fondly, because it recorded precious moments of my teaching career, which now seems so long ago, I've decided to step out of that past life and begin a new one here, with the url bearing my name no less (not for narcissistic reasons but because I can't think of a neater name than my old blog url, but I still pay homage to my old blog in the title of my new one).

Anyway, being quite out of touch with blogging, this post will seem rather rambling, or as many Singaporean students would say, random (haven't heard that term used here in Melbourne).

It's 4.39pm (you see, I'm so out of things to say that I've resorted cheaply to the announcement of time), and I'm waiting for my laundry to be done and having a gnawing sensation in my stomach. There's a grand total of 2 laundry machines over here, and I had to visit the laundry room 4 times today before I could start getting mine done. I'm feeling rather hungry now, despite having a rather heavy lunch, which consisted of thick soup, a cylinder-shaped pastry thing which seemed too phallic-looking at first, and salad. I guess winter does make one hungry. That's why everyone was surprised when I lost instead of gained weight during the last winter when I was working in Shanghai. Well, I know the reason, but I guess some things cannot be told, not even when I know one should be completely honest in a blog. Haha, but just glance at the title of my blog, and it tells a lot about me.

So here's my piece of rot for today. I promise I'll try to be more coherent (and less random) the next time.