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Burma News and filoFAX

February 1, 2021 by Simon Robinson Leave a Comment

Burma

Some say February 1st is the first day of Spring north of the equator. We woke to TV coverage of scenes in Burma where it’s Groundhog Day the day before Groundhog Day. The military have taken control yet again.

From 1991 to 2021 – the Tatmadaw are back in charge
and doubtless, again patrolling the Shwedagon Pagoda that survived 2,500 years before them.
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Diary: Burma Story Three

January 30, 2021 by Simon Robinson Leave a Comment

I found an old diary that’s reminded me of many experiences in Burma. Among the notes, I found pointers to three enduring stories not yet retold in these journals.

My bedroom guardian frog that ate the mosquitoes that didn’t eat me (when I had hair).
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Diary: Burma Story Two

January 29, 2021 by Simon Robinson Leave a Comment

I found an old diary that’s reminded me of many experiences in Burma. Among the notes, I found pointers to three enduring stories not yet retold in these journals.

Crime Scene 1992
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Diary: Burma Story One

January 28, 2021 by Simon Robinson Leave a Comment

I found an old diary that’s reminded me of many experiences in Burma. Among the notes, I found pointers to three enduring stories not yet retold in these journals.

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Diary: Singapore 1993

January 27, 2021 by Simon Robinson Leave a Comment

I had lunch in Samy’s Curry Restaurant in Singapore on March 1st, 1993. I know because I found an old diary that records how I was entertained to a meal in the legendary curry house. A former boss decided to mark a work anniversary with a celebratory meal. He was a serious cheapskate at the best of times but his masterly choice of venue meant I had an unforgettable experience.

A ‘wet’ market I visited in Singapore 1993.
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Filed Under: Fake Memoir Tagged With: barings, burma, dining, gambling, gerry hanley, monty python, nick leeson, pandemic, photo, raffles, robert browning, singapore, travel

Inya and Offa

January 19, 2021 by Simon Robinson 2 Comments

‘Write and tell us when we are going wrong’ said Aung Sang Suu Kyi at the end of her interview with Fergal Keane in 1995.

I wouldn’t know this but for walking along Offa’s Dyke for a few days in 2019. My walking buddy and I found ourselves in a bookshop in Hay-on-the-Wye where I picked up a used copy of Fergal Keane’s Letter to Daniel, published in 1996 for his new-born son. While I’ve enjoyed dipping into these stories over the last fifteen months, I realise that Daniel must be around 24 now and I wonder what he thinks of his Dad’s letters. And I wonder if Keane ever wrote to tell Daw Suu how they were going wrong.

Swe Dagon Pagoda, Rangoon 1992 © Simon Robinson
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