I know what I’m supposed to say But it doesn’t feel right. “I’ve lost my job” you say, “So get another one” I reply Another says “They don’t know what they’re missing” I should have kept my mouth shut. “The doctor said it’s serious” you say, “Maybe you should lose Read more…
Do you remember the last time you went to the bathroom without a phone? When I do it’s a borderline psychedelic experience. My mind kamikazes all over the place like I’ve been suppressing day dreams for them to rip out of my head during defecation. Boredom is not how I Read more…
I keep a mental ranking of how each year of my life measures up to those that came before it, always willing the next one to be better than the last. Thankfully, this has largely been true, though 2017 was an odd one. I was two and half years into Read more…
China is massive. It’s the most populous country in the world. And almost everyone is Chinese. The diversity I’d come to know after three years of living in Manchester was long gone. Chongqing is a city in which the sight of a non-Chinese person out in the wild is an Read more…
My working hours at my school were very generous. I didn’t start work until 3pm for most of the week. A rough hangover could be assuaged by then, and with a new city to explore, an independence unlike I’d had before and a city that was absurdly cheap it was Read more…
Few moments were as lonely as being sat in a taxi to the hospital, holding my bloody hand in a mass of kitchen roll. I wanted my mummy. The injury I had sustained was little more than the work of a small but brand new knife who’s sharpness I had Read more…
The birth of the mask wearing and vax gang war-fare era originated in Wuhan, China. It feels like a decade ago when the catalyst for the new world order erupted from the epicentre of a chemical weapons lab, a pangolin or a bat depending on what you read. The ripples Read more…
I’m not so much a Shakespeare guy per seBut as an English graduate I can’tDeny the man’s rich influence on writing,On language, drama generally owes a debt.Ashamed to say, of all the man’s oeuvre,I’ve read just three or four of his plays maybe.The tempest, Romeo and Juliet,Macbeth and that’s about Read more…
My music taste has travelled along a similar trajectory to what I imagine a porn addict’s to be. I’ve consumed so much for so many years that not it’s hard for me to be buzzed as easily as in the past. In fact, to feel the stir I usually need Read more…
Apart from babysitting a few times, I have never had much to do with kids. As soon as I stopped being one, my association with them lay dormant. When choosing to become a teacher in China, at the bottom of my list of reasons was spending time with children. They Read more…