If Wishes Were Horses
or: What I’m Doing With My New Year Wishes Happy New Year! As is usual for this time of year, I’ve been reflecting on my last year, what’s gone according to plan (including what I may need to do differently […]
Christmas Is All Around
or: It’s Christmas Night, So, What Now? Merry Christmas to all those celebrating the occasion. A lot of Christmas is about tradition: – over catering so Christmas can be remembered through leftovers for at least one week (though the 5.5kg […]
Good Day Sunshine
or: Climate Change or is this the new December? Things aren’t quite normal in Hong Kong at the moment as evidenced in this photo. Note people are wearing short-sleeved shirts some are even in shorts there are kites that are […]
All Revved Up With No Place To Go
or: Lack of Sleep Can Be a Positive Though Coffee Will Still Be Necessary Later Since returning to Hong Kong, one of the things I hoped would improve was my sleeping patterns. Prior to leaving Tokyo, I was sleeping fairly […]
All For Believing
or: Do Shopping Malls Coordinate Christmas Displays? It’s no secret, one of the 974 things I like about Hong Kong is how the shopping centres / malls / areas decorate for Christmas. Over the years, they have become increasingly […]
Music: Response
or: The Difference Between Music Festivals I went to my first outdoor music festival in 1994. It was the Big Day Out held on the Gold Coast, Australia. I remember listening to The Smashing Pumpkins, Soundgarden, Bjork, TISM, The Cruel […]
Changes
or: Time to say “see you later Tokyo” I’m sitting in the New York Bar at the Park Hyatt in Tokyo. I’ve sought this place out as it’s the bar from Lost In Translation. It seems fitting that I should have one of my farewell […]
Tonight’s The Kind of Night
or: As Far As Last Days Go, This Was Great Friday was my last day working in Japan (for now anyway; who knows, I may be fortunate enough to work here again) and I am now on holidays to sort […]
Coffee Shop
or How Much Is Too Much For a Cup of Pre-Breakfast Coffee? One of the things I tend to not pay too much attention to is the exchange rate for the place I’m living relative to anywhere else in the […]
It’s a Small World
or Meeting Former Colleagues in Other Locations I am continually amazed and impressed with the world and my place in it. This photo has absolutely nothing to do with where I’ve been this week. It’s actually from El Nido and […]