Le Journal Purple

When I arrived back from Cambodia via Singapore last weekend, I had two surprises. One was an intense case of giardia that came home in my intestinal tract! (Or perhaps campylobacter; the test wasn't conclusive but the meds are working.)

The second, far-nicer one, was an envelope with two issues of the new Purple Journal waiting in my mailbox. My diary-entry for July 1st, the 10th anniversary of the HK "handover", is featured in it. Pretty exciting to me since I've loved this magazine (even when it used to be a "magazine", not a split personality between fashion mag and "le journal") back in high school, blowing my allowance on it at the Book Soup newsstand. Also, my first time being translated into French. It's not for sale in HK but if you're in the US, Europe or Japan it's probably around.