For entirely selfish reasons, i really wish the US election season was limited, like it is in pretty much every other democracy. The reason is that apparently no matter my intent beforehand, i still end up getting suckered into following the horse race, for nigh on TWO FUCKING YEARS out of every four. It's ridiculous. "She doesn't even go here ( Read more... )

I'm back, and i'm alive.

Firstly, and most importantly, i went back in the ocean.


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Last week Sunday morning i headed out to the corner of town where my European colleagues are housed up while they are in Taipei. I met up with J from Slovakia, who was one of the first to arrive. He was unprepared for the heat, humidity and torrential downpour that ensued over the next couple hours, but we did have a nice coffee and - more ( Read more... )

There is a nostalgic smell from my past, a smell i always associated with Chinatown. I could never quite pin down what it was. It is a slightly acrid smell, not from food or incense, but something else. For the longest time i thought it must be some kind of exotic packing material that only existed in the warehouses of Hong Kong through which all ( Read more... )

I was talking to one of my young colleagues the other day when the topic of Spotify came up. We had one of those generational gap moments where he was trying to explain me some feature of an app i have never used before and probably never will. He was surprised to hear i have 60GB of music on my OneDrive. (In fact, i have even more in lossless FLAC ( Read more... )

There is so little to report in my life now that i am back in the grind, with no stockpile of annual leave or even a business trip to break the tedium ( Read more... )

I came to Taiwan just a touch over 5 years ago, stepping off the cargo ship in Kaohsiung. My first little trip through the country i made my way up the west coast to Taipei, then flew to Hong Kong before crossing into China to do a circle around the country, after which i came back to Taiwan to do a bit more traveling and assess my options ( Read more... )

Last week i wanted to write about adventuring, and what it means to me ( Read more... )

So, i just booked my flight to Laos. I was wrestling with how many days to book, which is something i always struggle with when i holiday while employed. On one hand, i want to have long enough on the holiday that i don't feel rushed when i'm there. On the other hand, i don't want to waste my annual leave because if i bundle it all together in one ( Read more... )

I haven't seen many of these floating around, so took this one from olamina.

1. What did you do in 2022 that you'd never done before?

Visited Colombia. Cat-sat.

2. Did you keep your new years' resolutions, and will you make more for next year?

I don't make resolutions, but in 2023 i'd really like to do less binge drinking. It is making me fat.

3. Did ( Read more... )