I was waiting for an important phone callyesterday morning, but it refused to arrive. Finally I said to myself, it will only come if I go do something else. So I went to take a shower (bringing my phone into the bathroom with me), and true to form, no sooner had I soaped myself up than the phone rang.

Some hours later the same day, I was waiting for my futon to be delivered. I waited and waited, but again my phone refused to ring. Finally I went downstairs to make myself some toast and a cup of tea, and no sooner had I popped the bread into the toaster than I heard my phone ring upstairs.

Sod's Law at work is amazing. It's almost an immutable law of nature.

In a related way, I was in a stationery shop recently, and a pretty Chinese girl glanced up at me, did a double take, and smiled at me. I smiled back uncertainly. Nothing came of it, if you're wondering- but let me explain why I shyed away from the encounter.

After suffering the recent effects of being a quasi-pseudo-celebrity in Singapore, I'm no longer sure why people look at me. After all the whispering, pointing, and general "Look over there, it's P.J. Thum!" I endured in Singapore, I'm not surewhy anyone is looking at me anymore. This being England, I should have no reason to suspect anyone, but then again if someone looks Singaporean enough I will get nervous. Perhaps I am being a little egotistical, but then again I think I would characterise this more as paranoia... of which, as longtime readers know, I have plenty of.

Still, I suppose it's better than having girls ignore me, which is what I'm used to in the past. However, I suppose this relates to Sod's Law in that now that I have women checking me out in the street, I can't enjoy it.