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Lola in Hong Kong
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WHO ARE YOU DOING?

So Ive been rather absent for a while. This is largely because I only surf the internet on an Ipad these days and its an absolute bugger to type. Anyway, I just bought a new wireless keypad meaning I...

05 may 12

So, 2012 started with a bang. The year of the Dragon is definitely going to be a good one. I saw in a cold January with some mild romance, which has now drawn to a close with no hard feelings.... (On...

04 feb 12

2011: a moon year...Gave up caffeineMended a broken heartRocked: LA, Las Vegas, San Diego, Cleveland, Newcastle, New York, London, Singapore, Manila, Dumaguete, Shanghai, Phuket, Beijing, Ko Samui an...

17 dec 11

From this moment....

Ok kids, I need recommendatoons. A song to sing at a beach wedding in Malaysia. i am looking to avoid anything too Mariah-esque... In fact I need Adele or Amy W without the heartache....Ideas pleeeee...

17 nov 11

China in your hands

48 hours in Shanghai. Every time I come to China I feel like I understand less and less. This time is no exception... I am left less clear on what were actually doing, why were doing it and who is do...

04 nov 11

WTF?

Seriously. Is someone up there fucking with me? Having dragged myself through the last two months of harsh reality of my non-soul-mate putting the final nail in the coffin of pure, true rejection and...

26 oct 11

Paris was totally and utterly fabulous. It was a taste of how the other half live. Palacial residence, 3 star Michelin meals and general decadence. Waking up in the morning, drawing the curtains and ...

18 oct 11

La vie en rose

Chuckling at the irony of my Ashton / Demi comment... Yet another that cant keep his snake in his trousers. They will soon be battling it out in the courts over their 386 million, apparently. I have ...

01 oct 11

Margarita living

9 hours sleep on the 14 hour flight back from LA. A personal record, making the journey altogether bearable. The East coast was all about a total lack of fruit or vegetables (Ohio), catching up, jetl...

26 sep 11

Denouement

Drama over.It was fine.

11 sep 11

Me and Mr Jones

Well, here I am, sitting in my cocktail dress ready to attend the wedding reception. I know several people think Im crazy to be attending, and one friend has coined it as the difference between North...

10 sep 11

Lady Lazarus

Oh heavens. I made the mistake of watching this the other day on YouTube. Phenomenal though it is, with under a week to go until the dreaded wedding, this is probably not the kind of thing I should b...

05 sep 11

Wouldnt It Be Nice

The only part of a wedding that remotely interests me is the song that is chosen for the first dance. For me, it speaks more about the couple than any amount of napkins, table accessories, flowers or...

01 sep 11

Stuff it in your (cup) cakehole

I dont think its just me.... What the hell is this obsession that people seem to be developing for cupcakes? It annoys the hell out of me. Not that I mind them as a foodstuff themselves, although I d...

30 aug 11

The trouble with blogging.....

... is that you open yourself up to judgement from pretty much anyone who is bored enough to read your witterings. I have spent the past four years making the false assumption that readers take my bl...

19 aug 11

A shadow of doubt

Well the invite has arrived in the post. A spangly red one with ten dollars folded up in a little envelope, reminding me that I will be bringing along Lai See along with my fixed grin to an event tha...

17 aug 11

Ok so the good news is that I really do seem to have turned a corner and am no longer battling with what can only be described as my darkest few months yet... Its been 3 weeks since Ive been back in ...

06 aug 11

Get busy living, or get busy dying

Well here I am, back in the Valley after a week of reclusive living in Koh Samui... 7 whole days of running, yoga, pilates, massage, coconut water and gourmet detox delights.... Set on a hillside in ...

23 jul 11

Urban Achievers

Hot, hot, hot in the city today. I have just been out to do my weekly Bowen Road stumble and am pretty much all for spending the rest of the day lying immobile under the aircon. I am battling glandul...

19 jun 11

Classified

Saturday morning and here I am in Classified in the valley.... It amazes me sometimes how in HK they can get it so right, and yet so wrong.... I mean, this place has all of the ingredients... Open ki...

29 may 11

the bright side

So far we seem to have been spared the dready rainy season, and I am sat basking in the glow of a marvellous sunny weekend in Hong Kong. Having raced around the UK for a fortnight, there was absolute...

08 may 11

Redemption

My UK trip was redeemed by an absolutely blooming marvellous 3 days up North for Ts wedding. Having never been farther north than Manchester before, I started to feel a bit sick as we drove past Hull...

02 may 11

Im an expat, get me out of here

Oh dear... UK trip has not been a great deal of fun so far. I found out the day before I flew that I have glandular fever.. which would explain my sheer exhaustion and ability to shed tears at the dr...

28 apr 11

Spitting not swallowing

OK kids, I have decided to use my nice corporate bonus wisely and get my health in order. As such, I have embarked on 10 days of torture in the form of a detox. I have been seeing a naturopathic doct...

13 apr 11

Tales from a Junkie

Hong Kong Sevens weekend basically involved drinking a couple of litres of pimms by around 11am in the South Stand and then proceeding to spend pretty much the entire Saturday wrapped around the sing...

02 apr 11

The Romantics

So Ive been in on the road for over 2 weeks now, and have one more to go before I can clamber into my own bed...My flying trip to the UK, en route to L.A, was marvellous for many reasons. Coffee with...

13 mar 11

Ay it?

Here I am in the Netherlands enjoying a carbfest of breadrolls for breakfast, lunch and dinner. The thing I do like about Holland is that its more or less acceptable to have a glass of milk at any ti...

01 mar 11

Paparazzi

.This week has mainly been about choosing the least sh*t option as a means of attempting to solve what has become a core dilemma in the world of Lola, these past 12 months. Choosing something that yo...

26 feb 11

One Art

.The art of losing isnt hard to master;so many things seem filled with the intentto be lost that their loss is no disaster,Lose something every day. Accept the flusterof lost door keys, the hour badl...

22 feb 11

I hope you never lose your sense of wonder You get your fill to eat But always keep that hunger May you never take one single breath for granted God forbid love ever leave you empty handed I hope you...

21 feb 11

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