The price of hubris – a lesson well-learnt.

The problem with having (nearly) no fat on your butt is that it starts to hurt after sitting on the library floor for too long. Hm.

That we never got the chance to say today.

Every morning in Africa, a Gazelle wakes up. It knows it must run faster than the fastest lion or it will be killed.

Every morning a Lion wakes up. It knows it must outrun the slowest Gazelle or it will starve to death.

It doesn’t matter whether you are a Lion or a Gazelle… when the sun comes up, you’d better be running.

-African proverb

“Could you come to my house to advise me?” my mother-in-law asked. “I would like to build a small altar for Buddha. And I want to know where’s the best place for doing that.”

“Madam,” the fengshui master replied, very seriously. “Your heart is the best place to build an altar for Buddha.”

I thought that was quite cool.

-Mr Wang Says So

15 minutes of pure mayhem and panic later, I am now licensed to terrorize for a lifetime.

Contrary to popular belief, I have not died and gone to heaven; I have merely gone down the never-ending rabbit hole of binge coding and sporadic reading. I am still breathing.

Why hello there, (temporary) liberty, you’ve been a long time coming You sure weren’t easy to come by…

My dog would make a terrible guard dog… She doesn’t bark, will excitedly welcome any stranger into the house and will accept bribes of food or belly-rubs. (But mostly food.)

Traitorous dog, tsk.

Probably the best amount of money I’ve spent in a while.

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