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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

Cautionary Approaches

January 24, 2021 by Simon Robinson Leave a Comment

One of my school teachers used to tell a cautionary tale about a pedestrian who was killed when caught on a road at the bottom of a hill. He’d stepped between the lights of two oncoming bicycles. We were twelve or thirteen years old and not everyone in the class understood the silly joke.

today … looks like I feel when my brain hurts … a permanent network of confusion illuminated by a temporary coat of conviction … or just winter snow …
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Filed Under: Anchoritism Tagged With: Covid-19, financial times, pandemic, photo, tim harford, vaccination

Travel Excuses

January 20, 2021 by Simon Robinson Leave a Comment

Back when we were free to travel, the simplest of reasons might have been sufficient for us to set out. Leinster Rugby off to play in Castres? Let’s visit Albi, the Toulouse Lautrec Museum and see the game in Castres. We’ll make a proper weekend of it. Such was the opportunity we took this date four years ago.

Albi Side Street © Simon Robinson 2017
Canon 1D-X | Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8L IS II USM | 175 mm | 1/6400s | f/4 | ISO 320 | handheld
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Filed Under: Anchoritism, Fake Memoir Tagged With: france, leinster rugby, pandemic, travel

On Feeders and Dots

January 2, 2021 by Simon Robinson Leave a Comment

I made some notes this morning as I was having my coffee and granola. I’d been thinking about today’s perihelion before I was diverted. The sun, if you see it, is five million kilometres closer than it will be in July though it’s not much closer than it was yesterday or will be tomorrow. So don’t expect it look any bigger.

I looked out my window and this is what I saw this freezing cold morning.
I needed a 400 mm zoom to share the charming goldfinches and solo siskin with you.
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Filed Under: Fake Memoir Tagged With: astrophysics, bird watching, brian cox, brian greene, carl sagan, geophysics, john glenn, katherine johnson, manchán magan, pandemic, photos, robin ince, sars-cov-2, yuri gargarin

Gallery: 25 2020 moments

December 30, 2020 by Simon Robinson 1 Comment

I’ve selected twenty five images from among the many that I took this year. And I’ve chosen one as my favourite. I told its story here on Christmas Day and the picture makes me smile every time I see it. And it’s not even a proper photo, four months after the initial idea, it’s a cropped snap from an iPhone. That’s surely reason enough to make it my favourite from the 305 days of this journal.

Picasso (crop) by Liz Brooke Ward after Picasso by I7 after Pablo Picasso.
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Sakharov Prize

December 15, 2020 by Simon Robinson Leave a Comment

The European Parliament has announced that the 2020 Sakharov Prize is going to the Belarusian  opposition Coordination Council, a predominantly female group who are holding out for dignity and democracy. It’s surely a mark of the 26 year reign of the podpolkovnik‎ (supreme commander) Alexander Lukashenko that this is the third time the prize has made its way to the troubled Belarus.

Persistent bloom despite the winter (this date 2008).
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Filed Under: Anchoritism Tagged With: alexander lukashenko, belarus, buenos aires, Covid-19, donald trump, european parliament, mortality rates, nature, pandemic, photo, sakharov prize

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