Reasons To Be Cheerful, Part 4

Two days' moaning and groaning is quite enough, thank you. And how ungrateful it has been. It's time to count those uncountable reasons to feel good about the world, and almost embarrassing to do so:

my wife - Haydn's string quartets - a plentiful supply of water - peaceful elections in Indonesia - Mum's birthday, coming soon - living in a warm climate - the New York Review of Books - having a job - sup tulang - my big, thick Collected Poems of Robert Lowell - the wonder and occasional terror of supporting Man U - being able to travel up to KL later today - curry puffs - the mysteries of language - an American president who doesn't make you squirm in embarrassment - trees - having access to the technology that allows me to post this - the cartoons in the Straits Times, especially Get Fuzzy - elephants - the standard of care at East Shore Hospital -

Could go on forever but that's just a quick twenty.