I was only going down the street to purchase a “man-bag”. Two polo shirts, two T-shirts, two tailored shirts, a suit and half a bottle of sauvignon blanc later, I will also have to purchase a suitcase and an extra ten kilograms of airline baggage. I still have to buy shoes and get some gifts for [...]
Archive for April, 2011
Homeless in Hoi An
Posted in Travel, tagged Cu Dai Beach hotel, Cu Dai hotel, Hoi An, shopping, Vietnam on April 18, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Me and Ulysses
Posted in Books, tagged James Joyce, Ulysses on April 2, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Ulysses has a bad reputation. Pretentious, verbose, Joyce takes 20 words to desribe a scene that could use 2. That’s shit. Me, I like Ulysses. I’ve read this book cover to cover twice and whenever I take a hot bath, I like to flick through the book and re-read some of my favourite scenes like: [...]