Expat or Immigrant?
When thinking about the identity of those living outside their native countries it soon becomes pretty clear that there’s a big gap between how we perceive ’immigrants’ and…
Read articleA Disturbance in The Force at Apple
Having watched Apple closely over the past few years and thoroughly enjoyed using many of their products that enable much of what I do every day,…
Read articleWasteful Watsons Water
Bottled water has never been an environmentally friendly way of consuming our most precious necessity but it’s convenience has people buying it in enormous quantities every…
Read articleThe (Not So) Secret Truth About Outsourcing
Over the past seven years I have worked on a variety of outsourced software projects with people from the US, Europe, India & China which has…
Read articleBangkok Day 2: Grand Palace & Wat Arun
If you’re looking for a quiet, relaxing holiday then Bangkok probably wouldn’t be your first choice. What with year-round heat and frenetic streets which require your…
Read articleExpat Subculture (and why I dislike it)
If you’ve lived abroad long enough you’ve undoubtedly encountered other foreigners who are also there either by choice (like myself) or because they’ve been sent there…
Read articleThe Art of Living Comfortably
When I moved to China from London I took a large pay cut and left the majority of my worldly possessions behind me. It was of…
Read articleI Want My Life Back
If you don’t know what this means then you probably don’t have the problem (via). The biggest time suck in my digital life right now is…
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