Slipped. Dropped.

I was sitting down messaging somebody. It was a regular bar stool, not very high from the ground. I wasn't even inebriated. It slipped, dropped and when I picked it up, my heart sank.

This phone is becoming quite expensive to maintain, it's like the Alpha Romeo of smart phones, not common, but parts are expensive to replace. New battery cover, 500 HKD. New screen, 1500 HKD. Total cost of phone, 4500 HKD.

Three Tiny Habits

Stumbled upon this website called Tiny Habits, which is a simple program which helps you form new habits in your life. Details can be found here.

Here are the three that I came up with:

• After I put the kettle on in the morning, I will make my bed.
• After I leave my apartment, I will smile and say 'Hello, how are you?' to the building doorman.
• After I shower, I will turn on the dehumidifier.

Stay tuned for results.

Musings of the Dog

If you're somebody who subscribes to the Chinese Zodiac, you would know that being a Dog in the year of the (Water) Snake is best described as "unlucky". Me, being a Dog I can't help but muse back on the year to date. I can think of a handful of moments that from a certain perspective can being considered "unlucky". The instances that instantly come to mind are: The death of our family dog, turning 30 and leaving the innocence and immaturity of the twenties behind and of course, my redundancy.

I don't really see the coming of age and the proverbial career-reset button having to do with bad luck, but almost a rite of passage. Which makes me wonder, if that was indeed my "bad year". What does 2013 have installed for me? Will I still be in Hong Kong? Still unemployed? Still single? Still healthy? Still working in Finance? Still blogging?

I don't consider myself superstitious. Despite this, I've managed to clean the apartment and wash my hair before midnight - why tempt fate? So here I am. Saturday evening 11:59 pm. The penultimate minute of the Chinese Year, I sit here re-watching The Wire. Suffice to say, unless there's a power outage in the next 50-odd seconds, I expect a very satisfying start to the new year.