tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-753589427119541238.post7863129338695828143..comments2023-07-05T09:38:23.624+01:00Comments on The Half-Dipper: Twenty SixteenHobbeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10719619695211038389noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-753589427119541238.post-3396070262942695732017-01-04T21:50:22.504+00:002017-01-04T21:50:22.504+00:00All of the coolest blogs have nine posts in 2016 :...All of the coolest blogs have nine posts in 2016 :)Hobbeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10719619695211038389noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-753589427119541238.post-16174751371054124152017-01-01T15:34:44.780+00:002017-01-01T15:34:44.780+00:00The Half-Dipper blog
Twenty sixteen reboot!
But th...The Half-Dipper blog<br />Twenty sixteen reboot!<br />But then, just nine posts.S.Researchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02934567043489200691noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-753589427119541238.post-45662184826161565912016-12-31T13:35:54.963+00:002016-12-31T13:35:54.963+00:00VII: The interviews start young, for boys in the ...VII: The interviews start young, for boys in the modern world. My youngest son, Xiaolong, came for his interview with the Headmaster of one the university's small schools, where he is applying to be a pupil alongside his older brother. Unlike my Singaporean friends, who speak of a battery of cognition and social tests for their little ones, dear Xiaolong simply had to play with some toys Hobbeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10719619695211038389noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-753589427119541238.post-16811578268775874772016-12-31T13:35:23.767+00:002016-12-31T13:35:23.767+00:002016 was a mighty year! I hope that you felt its ...2016 was a mighty year! I hope that you felt its might! While time and circumstance have prevented me from getting my tea-notes onto the ol' Half-Dipper, perhaps some haiku acquired throughout the year will assuage the guilt. <br /><br />Let's roll!<br /><br />I: It seems that interviews come frequently, these days, as a standard part of the job. They never get any less tense. Each Hobbeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10719619695211038389noreply@blogger.com