"Cooker" Wong RIP

Last month, I wrote about Cooker. Yesterday, when I returned to Hong Kong, I learned that he was found dead on the hillside behind the village. He had probably died on Saturday December 19.

Apparently, he was 86 years old and living by himself. His little trolley with some of the recyclable he had collected could be seen outside his humble home.

I saw Cooker everyday and will miss him. This is the second death in the village within the past two months. The village chief passed away in November, but he was ailing and more than 80 years old.

40 days of rain

I am back in Sri Lanka and at Pondside. The rain, sometimes heavy, has gone on for more than a month. The pond is full, and jammed with water hyacinth already.

Yesterday, I went up to Kandy to check on the renovations to the house at Hantana. About 90% of the work has been completed and I am planning to move the furniture and appliances sent from Hong Kong, now clogging Pondside, to Hantana some time in the coming week.