Curses!
Carrying a new local vacuum flask this morning, its bottom decided to give up
on me, did a plummet to the floor, shattering into lots and lots of tiny pieces
of glass, and spilling hot water everywhere. Probably not an example of 6 Sigma
manufacturing. Would it hurt to dab on more glue in the inside?
Rather
fortuitously, I happened to be padding around in an old pair of German camelhair socks, which were very thick and quite comfy. They did a brilliant
job of shielding my feet from all those shards of glass that exploded on floor.
Needless to say, now it’s time to say goodbye to the socks!
I’ve
been strenuously avoiding made in China milk, but it looks like made in China
portable vacuum flasks are suspect too. Speaking of milk, only a few days ago, the local supermarket
carried rather a lot of UHT “100% pure
New Zealand milk”, but someone’s just bought
the lot, even though there’s lots and lots of fresh domestic milk in the
chiller section.
Was also
going to sally forth today and look for the FT Weekend, but looking out of the
window, the weather seemed to have acquired an extra piquancy that certainly wasn’t around
yesterday. Good thing I declined the invitation to climb the Great Wall this weekend, too.
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| The view outside my apartment, circa 11am on 13 Jan |
Asia One reported that this weekend in Beijing, the pollution was “worst
on record”, 30-45 times above recommended safety levels, and residents were
advised to stay indoors.
Hence I
decided to stay in today too. Next week, time to use again my nifty Totobobo mask- invented by
Singaporeans, made in Singapore, comfy, looks cool to wear, what more could I
ask?
You can see the other buildings! That's something :))
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