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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

Strange Memory Links

January 14, 2021 by Simon Robinson Leave a Comment

I’ve no idea why I woke up this morning thinking about Terry who memorably lamented ‘I could’ve been somebody’ in On the Waterfront. Thoughts of Terry somehow dragged up lots of stuff, including toilet rolls, from the depths of my mind.

strange memory links - a core tale from 1988 is repeated.
A core tale from 1988 is repeated below.
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Filed Under: Fake Memoir Tagged With: argentina, fitbit, houston, photo, texas, travel

Yachts, Leaks and Bacteria

December 28, 2020 by Simon Robinson 3 Comments

One night last week, I’d had a bad night’s sleep, broken by rain pounding on the roof. There were also sheets of wind-blown water crashing over the side of the house. I knew I wasn’t on a leg across the roaring forties in a round-the-world yacht race because the bed wasn’t rocking. But I wondered about the strength of water, the power of the ocean while remembering the damage I’d seen on the keels of maxi yachts on a hard stand in Fremantle. And the cataclysmic noise just above my head simultaneously prompted thoughts about the end of time, which for us as individual sailors, would be the same as the end of our lives.

Three maxi yachts and the prow of W60 Yamaha – Whitbread 1993 – recovering in Freemantle
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Filed Under: Fake Memoir Tagged With: australia, booklink, brian greene, grant dalton, ken dodd, photo, travel, volvo ocean race, whitbread, yachts

Loose Connections

December 27, 2020 by Simon Robinson Leave a Comment

I read yesterday that George Blake has died. I’m old enough to remember his escape from Wormwood Scrubs jail in 1966 but not old enough to recall his trial with much clarity. I walked past the jail in Hammersmith a few years ago and it was Blake’s name that came to mind. Notoriety is strangely long lived.

Today’s late afternoon winter light in Dun Laoghaire Harbour.
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Filed Under: Anchoritism, Fake Memoir Tagged With: booklink, donald trump, edward snowden, george blake, george bush, julian assange, photo, robert macfarlane, spies, tony blair, travel, war, war crimes

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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