Do you have people you’d absolutely love to meet one day? I have a short list – I could list them on one hand in fact – of people who inspire, influence and engage me enough that I will try to see or meet them if I can. The unfortunate problem is I live in … Continue reading
I grew up in Auckland, the largest city in New Zealand. It’s located on the North Island and one of the main international landing points for those venturing to New Zealand’s humble shores. Before I go on you’re probably thinking “What on earth is a JAFA?” Well technically I am, and anyone else who grew up … Continue reading
Yeah… I know, I know… Silent and neglected. That’s been this blog for the last several months. I’ve been hanging out with Optimus and his beach babes! *I WISH* NAAAAAH! Seriously! I apologise. Life is a chaotic maelstrom isn’t it? I’m not going to offer a string of excuses or apologies. I’m going to get … Continue reading
Last year in August/September blogger Opinionated Man did a project to look at a range of opinions from around the world through his blog readership. I participated in this project which was aptly titled Project O. Unfortunately all those posts are now gone from his blog. It was an amazing project to follow and see the diverse … Continue reading
One of my biggest problems with writing is the maelstrom of ideas and concepts floating around in my head. I love to write yet getting that which distracts and flows through my mind out onto paper or the keyboard is always an ongoing struggle. Images and brainwaves fight each other to be heard or pop … Continue reading
Yep … It’s another Transformers post. Get used to it… I have a few more to come over the next week or so. This one is unique to me in a very special fangirl way. The Transformers Age of Extinction movie comes out this week and has had a lot of marketing go into the … Continue reading
You sit there, your first 3 chapters, printed, hovering on my desk, neglected, untouched … But not forgotten. You linger in the recess of my mind. I want to reach for you, I really do … But the world demands so much of me right now. No, no… that’s not entirely true. I despair from … Continue reading
I love to write. I’ve admitted as much. However sit me at a keyboard facing a screen with an eagerly waiting word processing window open and I feel my creative juices oozing away into a puddle on the floor. And so an admission. I love to write … with pen and paper. I find my … Continue reading
For several years now I have been working quietly in the background on something of a personal journey. You see as much as I love to write about Hong Kong, sprogs, baking, travel and all the other bits and bobs you find hovering on this blog my true writing passion actually resides in another arm … Continue reading
So, this is Christmas, and what do you know? Another year in Hong Kong, Another Christmas without snow. And so this is Christmas, Full of laughter and cheer, As our sprogs open presents, and we wrap another year. A very Merry Christmas, And a Happy New Year, To my fellow bloggers, And readers everywhere! Thanks … Continue reading
