I grew up in Hamilton, New Zealand, a community bearing the curse of an inland city of an island nation. Growing up, the city council adopted the marketing slogan “Hamilton, where its happenning” though later on, having realised that this actually wasn’t the case Hamiltonians sought a new catch phrase.
Finally the powers that be […]

Tonight I cooked hot and sour soup. Vodka in hand a lighter note than my usual whiskey I hit the flavours on the proverbial head. Natalia drank it up.
We usually watch TV on DVD in the evenings, brought from the local dodgy neibourhood DVD shop. Tonight it was NCIS, a navy, CSI, crime hybrid. It’s […]

My Mum was in China last week and said my Grandfather (once sat on the Privy Council, knighted by the queen, trained Chinese naval officers during the war and one of the most truely awesome people I know.. yeah im proud!) who expeienced the great Napier Quake was deeply concerned for the people of Sichuan.
China’s […]

Well Natalia and I are off to **Cough** Chinese Taipei for Chinese New Year. I look forward to comparing it to my experiences of Mainland China, my brief experience of Hong Kong and blogging it. That reminds me, where’s my camera?

Apologies to anyone who had me on their blogrolls as I have been tremendously scitzophrenic with my blogs recently. Trying to find a free host that gives me the flexibility I crave whilst being able to post and read unhindered by the great Firewall is near impossible.
Nonetheless part of the fun has always been tinkering […]