Mandatory HIV screening

Didja know that HIV screening is mandatory for NSmen who have trained overseas? I do now. My battalion got sms-notified to report for ‘duty’ two weeks from now, so they can screen us three months after returning from the Queensland bush. iTunes is playing an illegal copy of World by Irma Thomas of which I […]

Happy Year of the Dog

It’s a happy new year when it’s a long weekend. This weekend, I spent time at home with the family, went to play with dogs, then went to the hospital to visit someone who was unfortunate enough to suffer appendicitis during the weekend. But all’s good, and I’m wagging my tail already. iTunes is playing […]

A pair of kumquats

Because Chinese New Year is nigh, my fruit of the moment is the kumquat. Why? Because it sounds like something you’d scold someone with. Which means it has a silly sounding name. Don’t agree? Well then, you’re a right kumquat! iTunes is playing an illegal copy of Wilson Pickett – Don’t Let The Green Grass […]