by Hannah on January 6, 2012
In my family, our Christmas Eve tradition is to go out for dinner together before having lunch at my parents’ place on Christmas Day. This year, however, we changed things up, and instead went for yum cha at lunch time on Christmas Eve. I know. We’re crazy. Next year, who knows? We might end up [...]
by Hannah on August 23, 2011
1. If you’re chatting with someone and discover a great many synchronicities in your respective lives, beware when they tell you that their hot water system just broke. You’re going to go home and discover that your toilet no longer works. 2. If you tweet, hours earlier, that “I have a very strong urge to [...]
by Hannah on August 17, 2011
Yesterday, as I was looking through old photos from 2007 for an upcoming Time Warp post, I realised with a hot-pink-and-gold-shimmering-prickling flash of embarrassment and laughter that the jeans and top I was wearing in the photos were precisely the jeans and top I was wearing while looking at said photos. Four years on. I [...]
by Hannah on July 7, 2011
It’s probably about time for a chocolate review. However, I’m exhausted. In addition, I’ve written a great many long-and-text-heavy posts of late, so I thought I’d give you all some respite from my convoluted mind-patterns by providing something short and snappy (and, admittedly, rather discombobulated) for you to peruse. I call this post “Things I [...]
by Hannah on May 16, 2011
Before last night, I had never watched a single skerrick of Eurovision. Even when, years ago, a university lecturer instructed my class to watch it as a corollary to our “Europe in the Modern Era” course, I didn’t bother. I know, I know. I’m such a rebel. It’s a surprise I didn’t enter a downward [...]
by Hannah on November 22, 2010
When I started this blog almost a year ago*, I never would have thought I’d be posting photos of myself in dresses on a semi-regular basis. Heck, a year ago, I barely even wore dresses**. But then I did. Wear dresses, that is, and post photos of myself wearing them. And the most surprising thing [...]
by Hannah on January 6, 2010
Anyone reading this have access to Greenville, South Carolina’s Fox News? I’m a-gonna be on it! In a fairly surprising guise, too: as a fashion model. That’s right, folks! Tonight I was stopped in the street (actually, outside Chili’s) and filmed, together with my lovely friend L.Methysta, for several long minutes as a “perfect example of Winter [...]
by Hannah on December 29, 2009
4:15pm: Return to room in hostel after a day wandering around DC. 4:20pm: Eat chocolate over a few chapters of Cold Comfort Farm. 4:40pm: Decide to do washing now, so that it will be finished by 6pm and you can pack before dinner. 4:45pm: Arrive at hostel front desk with $5 note in hand to [...]