Beach and books

The holiday island of Phuket is many things. Beaches and bars are probably the first to come to mind, but what about books? Although we’re not as well serviced as Bangkok (who doesn’t love Kinokuniya?!?) you can still get your fill of books in Phuket, and one of my favourite places to do this is…

Party Lines 🥳

I’m not a particularly political person. I’ve always taken my right to vote seriously, and have continued to vote when I was entitled to even when living overseas. I have also registered to vote in any country I was in that allowed it (thanks NZ!). I have always taken the views of each party into…

We don’t call Australia home…

Well here we are folks, roughly 8 months into the global pandemic we never saw coming. Well I mean Bill Gates did, but hey? It’s been an difficult time for us personally. We made a decision to make a move from KL last year and had planned to move to Singapore when my contract ended…

Melaka

Where there’s a weekend, there’s somewhere to visit in Malaysia, and you can pretty much take your pick.  Whether it’s islands, highlands or Unesco World Heritage cities, Malaysia has so many options within driving distance or a short flight. On this occasion I had my parents visiting, so we headed off for a visit to…

Flour – an indian restaurant in KL

So firstly, apologies for the time between posts but it’s definitely time to get back in the blogging saddle.  We’ve been in KL for nearly a full school year and we’ve been having a great time here. We’ve particularly enjoyed the amazing food that’s available at all price points and in all genres.  It really…

Moving on…

Well these expats are on the move again.  It’s never fun moving is it?  You get a chance to look at all your belongings and weigh up their cost in cubic metres, wondering whether you really need all those cook books, utensils, handbags, shoes etc. etc. For us, we also have to organise to move…

Bravery…

And just like that it’s done (I hope!)  I’ve had the second operation on my knee to remove the hardware that was put inside on that fateful day in September. It’s been a long and painful road.  Due to several different circumstances I’ve been unable to bend or use my leg normally since the day…

The Big “O”

Slips, trips and falls…  These are regular events for the clumsy of body like myself.  It doesn’t seem to matter where I am or what I’m doing, I always manage to find the one bump on the road, or trip hazard. Never was this more obvious that the day that I got my foot caught…

2016

Well, here we are… Another year almost over, and one of the biggest days of the year almost done.  How has 2016 been for you? This year has seen us start a new adventure, moving to Jakarta, Indonesia in July, and has also seen my return to teaching after a fairly extended absence and many…

Goodbye 2015

Well, it has been a long time between blog posts (whoops!) but as I finish my last day at work for the year, I have a chance to reflect on the year that was… Chris and I have spent another year in Wellington, finally together, and with all our “stuff” that was shipped to New…