Talk to Myself
or: Doing nothing as part of productive down time I’ve just had an extended amount of time out of the water due to weather making the sea conditions a little less than ideal. Over that time I’ve done a bit […]
Tag: weather
Early Warning
or: Same as last year It’s that time of the year again. The time where we think back to what we did last time. We question what we learnt from the experience. We wonder if this time we should do […]
Big Freeze
or: The Tropics Can Be Chilly It’s winter in Mauritius and like winter in many places, it has become considerably cooler than summer. The water temperature has been dropping slowly for quite some time. As a result, rather than my […]
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 […]
Fashion Fits
This is my tenth summer living in Asia and I’ve finally succumbed. Hong Kong summers are ridiculously hot and have a level of humidity that turns my hair into a lion’s mane or has it stuck flat to my head […]
I Held the Cool Breeze
I’m comfortably seated on a balcony chair in a ray of sunshine. It’s a stunning spring day with optimism riding on the cool breeze, rustling the leaves and seemingly infecting everyone it touches. People walking are smiling and in a […]
Weather with You
Happy days, I’ve had my application accepted for an apartment that will take me and my rather sizeable dog (once she arrives). The biggest challenge I have had apartment hunting has been that landlords tend to prefer smaller pets. Pet […]
No Difference
After a late landing on Monday evening, I’ve only had four days at work this week. They went surprisingly quickly, especially given I was waking up exceptionally early and unable to fall back asleep. I even managed only one, two-cup […]
Weather With You
There are two seasons in Hong Kong – Summer and Winter. Sometimes it may be broken with a season that most know as Spring. Whereas Spring conventionally lasts three months, it is a maximum of three days here. Autumn has […]
Hot In the City
The weather is a standard conversation topic in Hong Kong in the same way that renovations, house prices and taxes are in Sydney. Having been here for four Chinese New Year holidays, and chatted ad nauseum with residents who have […]