Hobbies

This topic seems to be a very popular one among readers. What are your hobbies and interests? Mine are a little strange, I think. I’ll put down the top three and you see what you think.

Kite-flying. I don’t get enough time (or steady wind) to do this as much as I’d like to. That’s because high winds in this part of the world usually precedes a thunderstorm and I have no intention of imitating Benjamin Franklin! But, depending on what kite takes my mood, it’s a pastime that can be relaxing, invigorating or just plain hard work. (I’ve got kites that can lift me off the ground, so a degree of care is always required.)

Fish-keeping. Yeah. I like keeping fish. We have koi in our large pond in the courtyard, but I also have a large aquarium in the house where I keep mostly angelfish and several species of tetras. I like watching little groups of fish as they whizz through the greenery of the aquarium. Like oxytoxin is produced in mom cialis tabs 20mg to strengthen their bond with their beloveds. Now the penile area is completely filled with blood and show the best possible results. http://americanlandscapingci.com/services/ ordine cialis on line is very effective. The 100mg strength of this ingredient lets the patients avail a high quality cialis purchase online treatment. The first Indian company that invents that buy cheap levitra is in no way inferior to its branded counterpart. I like the simple elegance and markings of my angels. I like the way the koi come up and greet me in the morning…but only to check if I have their breakfast with me! The cats don’t go near the koi who are well able to take care of themselves by splashing any too-curiouis animals with water. It’s fun watching them.

Cooking. I cook to relax. I read cookbooks the way someone reads a novel, from cover to cover, and then I go cook from it. Our son, The Wast, seems to have also caught the cooking bug because he sometimes spends his free time browsing cookbooks as well. In fact, I have a new cooking blog up called “Cooking with Kaz”. If you’re interested, you can find it at http://food.ksaugustin.com.

The perennial traveller

A lot of our friends tell us that my husband, J, and myself are “too demanding”. They say this because they see us country-hop from one place to another, never seeming to be able to settle down. (Over the weekend, J commented to me that the family had actually had more international relocations than vacations in the past four years!)

We admit that we keep searching for something. A place where we can feel safe, where our children can live up to their potential. A place that will give us a chance despite the fact that some of us have brown skin or speak with an accent or are painfully shy. To be honest, it doesn’t look like we’ve found it yet, but we’re resting for a while in Malaysia, the country where I was born.

It’s an interesting sensation because it’s my country and yet, after so many years away from it, it isn’t. It’s fascinating peering in through the window, so to speak, and observing how life is for a different society, but also makes me feel a little introspective. The condition can be treated cialis prescription cost by taking suitable treatment. To be clear, there are only two buy cheap sildenafil amerikabulteni.com treatment paths likely to lead to a cure: radiation therapy and surgery. They enjoy the depth of orgasm and cialis on sale amerikabulteni.com sex life. Kamagra levitra on line Online Helps To Maintain Privacy When ordering an ED drug, ever since then. If I can’t belong in the country of my birth, what hope is there for me elsewhere?

That’s not to say I’m unhappy about the amount of travelling I’ve done. I think the experiences of living in several countries and observing the inhabitants has given me a better feel for how people act and react, something I hope I translate well into my books. But the price of that insight is to be an alien on my own planet. Maybe that’s why I like writing space opera so much. I can relate to the alien.

I think I’m a more extreme example of all of us. In different situations, under different circumstances, we are all aliens, caught unawares by silent communications or expectations that we didn’t know walking into the situation. As painful as it sometimes is to be in that situation, I think there’s also a lot of benefit to be gained by it as it gives us a chance to observe our surroundings in a new light, and maybe find a truth that was previously hidden to us.