The first of many firsts

It was an auspicious flight from Doha. It was only the fourth flight Qatar Airways had flown to Saigon, and the airport terminal in Saigon had only been open for two days. The thunderstorm as we descended made for a dramatic beginning to my first period of time away with yellow forked-lightning colouring the clouds [...]

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Synchronicity

In the dentist’s chair this morning – having a fractured tooth filled. What will I do if this happens when I’m out of the country after September? (Find a dentist, I suppose.)
Century FM played ‘Welcome to the House of Fun’ as the needle went in, and then ‘Do you really want to hurt me?’ [...]

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