Time For A Tiger

With the Lunar New Year upon us it's time to begin again, again, again. I'm told (relentlessly) it's a Tiger year and since the missus is herself a Tiger girl this is all very satisfactory. I quote from the programme for last Friday's in-school entertainment: The Tiger is said to be vivid, lively and engaging. Another attribute of the Tiger is his (read her for the missus!) incredible bravery, evidenced in his willingness to engage in battle or his undying courage. Tigers always land on their feet, ready for their next act in life, pursuing it with unyielding energy.

Well that sort of fits Noi, though it somehow misses her cooking.

This tiger and monkey (an unlikely combination, I'm told) are off to the wilds of Kuala Lumpur after exchanging the customary sweet, silly, slushy cards that celebrate the other aspect of this day. I could do with some of that tigerish energy for the drive ahead since I'm still in battery-recharging mode. Which reminds me - there's now a lag of some ten to fifteen seconds between pressing the switch for the bathroom light to come on and the light actually blazing into action. Is electricity normally so languid?