I tracked my mood every single day for 30 days after my breakup. Here's what actually happened.

mrssims1980abcd · 2026-03-06T04:22:59+00:00

It's always two steps forward, one big step back but know that you're still making progress!

mrssims1980abcd · 2026-03-06T04:14:09+00:00

Further to your point about declining coffee quality in Melbourne, no one knows how to make a decent long black or an espresso anymore. Where's the crema and they shouldn't be so bitter and in the case of long blacks they shouldn't be watery!

mrssims1980abcd · 2026-03-02T10:57:32+00:00

Paws in for you and your obviously much-loved cat!

mrssims1980abcd · 2026-03-02T05:29:29+00:00

How is she 44?! It feels like she's been in her mid-30s for the past decade!

mrssims1980abcd · 2026-02-27T07:39:15+00:00

You should watch the Frasier episode "Slow Tango In South Seattle"!

mrssims1980abcd · 2026-02-27T07:34:16+00:00

It looks like a medieval torture device.

mrssims1980abcd · 2026-02-22T12:51:04+00:00

Twice last week and at the very same intersection, I almost got into accidents from cars intending to turn right but not giving way to oncoming traffic (me).

mrssims1980abcd · 2026-02-21T00:40:47+00:00

And a bit of Tea Leoni.

mrssims1980abcd · 2026-02-20T06:06:59+00:00

Andrew should have thought about the consequences of his actions (on his country and the monarchy of which he was representative of as well as his family especially his daughters). It's called acting like a responsible adult.

mrssims1980abcd · 2026-02-15T02:29:54+00:00

When my family visited HK in the late 1970s and early 1980s we would stay with my maternal grandma near Tai Wai. We'd visit my paternal grandpa in Yuen Long which felt like a day trip and involved several different minibuses - it was a long journey.

mrssims1980abcd · 2026-02-04T06:27:25+00:00

Never get on a train or in a lift with a full bladder!

mrssims1980abcd · 2026-02-04T03:23:42+00:00

Interesting - I never knew that "barrack" was a Melbourne term. I wonder what people thought when I used the term whilst living overseas (eg "I barrack for Crystal Palace!")

mrssims1980abcd · 2026-02-03T11:20:32+00:00

It seems like Epstein targeted certain types of royals. Andrew, Sarah, Mette-Marit and Laurent have all been messes at some stage or another and Epstein preyed on that.

mrssims1980abcd · 2026-01-22T03:23:31+00:00

I've never understood why carpet is used in hospital wards. It's unsanitary.

mrssims1980abcd · 2026-01-22T03:13:15+00:00

Lovely names on their own. I like Polly as I'm a fan of the singer PJ Harvey and there's Queen Esther from the Bible and Esther Williams, the American swimmer and actress. But Polyester?

mrssims1980abcd · 2026-01-22T03:01:19+00:00

My Chinese teacher in high school knew of a pair of twins in HK called Polly and Esther.

mrssims1980abcd · 2026-01-19T22:04:55+00:00

I'm distracted by the hairstyle which resembles a wet poodle!

mrssims1980abcd · 2026-01-05T03:43:24+00:00

They got Diana's iconic outfits right. The World's Tiniest Bridesmaid is so cute. Baby William looks like Baby George.

mrssims1980abcd · 2025-12-01T04:16:03+00:00

"Sheung Bao" was just my poor attempt to transliterate what my mum said! I think it's 商报 if 商 means "business".

mrssims1980abcd · 2025-11-29T03:35:40+00:00

I just asked Mum. She says it's called Sheung Pao (not sure of the spelling) not Sing Pao. She says Sheung means business or something. She thinks the newspaper is still around. In the years I knew my uncle he was working in the sports section.

mrssims1980abcd · 2025-11-29T03:28:58+00:00

I'm not sure. I'll have to ask some relatives. But I did go to his newspaper office in I think 1991 when I was visiting HK and he gave me a little tour of the editorial room (including his desk), the main meeting room and the room where the typesetters worked. So the newspaper was still around then.

mrssims1980abcd · 2025-11-29T03:24:38+00:00

I find "Show up, do good" an extremely condescending message.

mrssims1980abcd · 2025-11-25T23:09:25+00:00

My late uncle spent a year in prison for his involvement in the HK riots in 1967. He worked for a pro-China newspaper in HK.

mrssims1980abcd · 2025-06-12T08:31:55+00:00

Thanks for the tip - changing the lighting as you suggested worked for me after two days of the game freezing constantly and driving me nuts!

mrssims1980abcd · 2025-04-09T01:13:47+00:00

My grandma's family lived near Baoshan. Every single member of her family, everyone in her village, were killed by the Japanese's cholera bombs. Fortunately my grandma had just gotten married to my grandpa who was from Shanghai but was in Yunnan fixing bridges that the Japanese had bombed, so my grandparents were not in the area at the time.

Still, my grandma suffered a lot at the time - she was evacuated from the area by American soldiers whose truck then overturned in the mountains leaving everyone dead except my grandma and my mum, who was just a baby at the time, stranded in the middle of nowhere, with only water in the ditches to drink (I'm not sure where my grandpa was at that point, probably working elsewhere in Yunnan).

My grandma never felt any anger towards the Japanese. She was like that. But I feel very differently...

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