Tag: death


2016: Some Ponderings and Ramblings Thoughts

A new hobby has entered the lives of many over the last few years. It involves checking the latest trends on Twitter.  It has become a thoroughly depressing pastime over the course of this year.  A tweet by @alex_greenough yesterday summed this up perfectly: “Love how David Attenborough and Bruce Forsyth are trending simply because they’re old and alive” It was retweeted 1,089 times at...

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Ageing in Beijing Short stories

June 19 Dear Diarrhoea, I know you must be fed up of me going on about how death is catching up with me but I’m pretty sure I don’t have long left now. Well I know I don’t. I’m just trying to squeeze the last bit of life from this withered old body before it conks out on me. Since I arrived here in China...

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