04-May-2025
OK, can anyone tell me how it got to be MAY already??
May, as in a third of the year gone by, that year that began just five minutes ago...?
Four months have disappeared almost as fast as a piece of Zoey's cheesecake...
This week was not only turning-the-corner-into-May week (and the fact that we did things on Thursday -- a public holiday -- that we usually do on a Sunday meant that I spent the whole of Friday convinced it was Monday), but also being-back-from-Miri week (which meant lots of cake distribution, but that's always a nice thing to do).
Anyway, apart from the trauma of tempus fugiting, there was lots that was pretty:
I think the pool and the palms and our neighbours' house look kind of Jazz Age...
The neighbour in another direction
The decorations are going up for Gawai
I think these Lego figures are awesome
St Peter's in the evening light
The building on Jalan Padungan that partially collapsed at the beginning of April is still looking a bit sad, and probably wondering whether its tempus has fugited for ever
Finally, on the subject of time and its passing, we had an interesting walk today with some neighbours who remember our area when it was still populated with British officials (Sarawak became part of Malaysia in 1963, but the transition process, and the presence of expatriate administrators, went on for quite some time).
We remember when this was a papaya orchard. But way before that, it was the site of The Lodge School
An example of the grander houses, with servants' quarters on the right
Another elegant dwelling
Formerly the British Council
Wouldn't you love to do this up...?
This guy has seen a few comings and goings, but cats exist in a place beyond time