Author Archives: haonowshaokao

I have Bronchitis. Could’ve been a lot worse. It’s funny, going to the doctor. You sit in the waiting room forever, practicing your cough until finally you’re let in to explain to the indifferent man in a white suit who … Continue reading →

Out on a Sunday Night Spectacular last night. This time there was no soup and the film was Santana Live but the situation was remedied by a barbecue in the back of the Blind Eye. I hung around and had … Continue reading →

Tomorrow heathcare is mine. So generally woo and so on. Free movies tonight though, but first to get through all these Pulp gigs I’ve downloaded. Spent this morning lying in bed listening to Underworld and reading William Blake. I am … Continue reading →

Hm. I’ve a temptation to go on at everyone about how crap it is to be unable to drink alcohol or hang around in smoky places because the former makes me sick for two days and the latter isn’t a … Continue reading →

My second student today gave me some homeopathic medicine. It seems to actually do something. My cynical nature says ‘bollocks’ but I can’t deny I feel a little better.

There are two new residents in my house. A parrot called Pepicek, who says a lot of things, including “ahoy.” Everything else is in parrot-czech, which I don’t speak. I’m not sure about keeping birds in cages really, there’s something … Continue reading →

If anyones got a memory then they may recall that I was sick a month ago. Well, I’m still sick now. I hadn’t mentioned it because I don’t like to go on, you know, but combined with a two-day Krumlov … Continue reading →

Still in Krumlov, staying at the hostel of Miss Skippy, in a room with five Germans who this morning disturbed my hangover-headache with a screaming slamming door fest. But it’s alright, all mainly good. I will be back here a … Continue reading →

It is a lovely day and I’m off to Krumlov, as soon as I’ve sorted a few random things out. Life is sweet.

Hm. So. Jess had a party last night to celebrate Wednesday. There was Me, Jess, Hamish, Asher, about twenty creative-writing-exchange-student-chicks from Chicago and a few others. And wine and watermelon. Watermelon would be a good fruit if it wasn’t for … Continue reading →