Leaving Home
or: A Reflection On My Gap Year From Asia A few more days and I am on the move again. I’ll be going back to where this particular journey began – the bright lights, and now cold weather, of HK. […]
Tag: 974
One More Cup of Coffee
Or: Making A Good Coffee Isn’t As Easy As It Looks It’s no secret that I really enjoy a good cup of coffee – cappuccino, flat white, latte, macchiato, espresso, I could go on… it doesn’t matter, I like them […]
Just Keep Walking
Or: The People You Meet When You Least Expect It I didn’t have the best sleep in the history of the world last night. According to my watch, the quality was 31%. According to how I felt when I woke […]
Home
or: Where to Next? My Long Service Leave from Asia has been an enlightening experience in many ways. It has given me an opportunity to reflect on what I like about living in HK what I like about living elsewhere […]
I Cannot Believe It’s True
or: Bread Slicing 101 I have spent a large portion of this year in French or formerly French colonies. There are quite a few upsides (probably 974 of them) to this including a marginal improvement in my French comprehension. My […]
A Moment to Myself
or: How An Australian Started The Day After A Couple of Years Away My first full day back in Australia after being away for a couple of years began as follows: – woke up for an extended period in the […]
Perfect World
or: Living in the Moment Helps to Avoid Packing I’ve just completed my final two dives in Mauritius with Dive Spirit Mauritius and will sit the exam for the Rescue Diver license tomorrow. Now it is time to study, sleep […]
People Are Strange
or: Smoking Areas Are An Interesting Spot to Meet People One of the 974 things I like about travel is meeting new people. Everyone has a story with some more willing to share theirs with random strangers than others. This […]
Left Alone
or: I’ve Finally Had A Pub Lunch – Alone It surprises me there’s some things that I’m still reluctant to do by myself. It’s not often (anymore) that I’m aware of it until I realise I’m putting off doing something […]
Danger Zone
or: How to avoid a hangover, Mauritian-style One of the 974 things I like about traveling is being able to experience the culture through local food and drink. I do it all in the name of research. Last night, I […]