Monthly Archives: January 2010

Bun Tai Bulletin 61: 32

Dear All,
It has been a week of journeys, of turning 32 and more medical tests. And turning 32 felt odd. I celebrated it by hosting a tea party for 3 of my nephews, my dear mother prepared everything and we had jelly and ice-cream, chocolate cake, party poppers, and silly hats. It […]

Bun Tai Bulletin 60: cold rain falling

Dear All,
The snow has finally cleared and with it has come cold heavy rains and heavy blankets of cloud, the days are dark and still and quite hard to adjust to. It seems the longer I live in Asia, the harder I find the adjustment back to the UK is.
I’m still caught […]

Bun Tai Bulletin 59: Remembering Simon the cat

Dear All,
This past week I got the sad news from Laos that my cat, Simon, had died. It looks like he got some kind of infection or something, and even if I had been there it would have been hard to do much for him. I rescued him as a kitten, after […]

Bun Tai Bulletin 58: a fresh start

Dear All,
Happy New Year to you, it feels great to see the back of 2009… Last year so many different horrible things seemed to happen, but hopefully 2010 will be a fresh start.
It feels strange to be back in the UK, the reverse culture shock has been rather emphatic this time around. But it is […]