Sunday (29th) was my 30th birthday. I received some emails from friends and family and spoke with Mum & Dad, Nan & Grandad and the I’Anson family on skype. It was the first time I’d seen Sandra, Justin & Amy since we left Australia in ’09 and the first time I’d seen Micah since he [...]
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30!!! 1 comment
1 tooth lighter Leave a comment
I’m one tooth lighter tonight, but I don’t think I’ll be a dollar richer. Apparently the tooth fairy doesn’t visit in Korea. It has taken me almost 3 weeks to get health insurance here, but finally this afternoon it came through. Our first stop was to the dentist. We didn’t make an appointment, just rocked [...]
Australian Flood Leave a comment
I’m currently in Korea watching the flooding in Australia from afar. The pictures and videos are jaw-dropping and I think my sister-in-law and her fiance might be reconsidering their decision to move to Brisbane after they get married in March. However, sadder than the disaster and the loss of life, was this paragraph that I [...]
Happy New Year Leave a comment
Things have been a bit quiet on here lately, but a lot has happened. In the last week we’ve had our Christmas party with around 30 Chinese students/friends. We’ve packed up our house and put everything into storage and are now in Korea for a month where we hope to accomplish a few things before [...]
That hypnic jerk broke my toe!! 2 comments
Photography 2 comments
It has always been a wish of mine to shoot some lightning photography. Unfortunately I’ve never found myself in the right place at the right time with the right equipment to do so. In the past few weeks we’ve had some amazing electrical storms here in Kunming, and this has given me the opportunity to [...]
Stupid & pointless 10 comments
I need a new passport. There are still 3 years left on the passport that I originally got for my trip to Japan at the end of ’03, but the large number of trips, especially in and out of Korea and Taiwan, in the last few years has meant that I’m about to run out [...]
Tuesday morning freak-out. 3 comments
Power Distribution 6 comments
Our family is known as the board game family. We have successfully converted many of our friends into lovers of carcassonne, settlers of catan and other great games. Cathryn and I are always on the look out for new and interesting games to play with each other as well as the friends that frequently visit [...]
More lung death 4 comments
I’ve just spent the last hour and a half scrubbing down the wall behind our bed and the small walls that frame the door to our balcony in the spare room. It’s been raining here pretty much non-stop for the last week and as a result, our green wall-fungus has come back with a vengance. [...]