Harmony Interrupted in Nikko
During the summer I took a short trip outside Tokyo to the historic town of Nikko…
Category: Rant
Things I probably shouldn’t say but will anyway
Too Many Apps Spoil The Broth
Look at the picture below of my iPhone home screen and tell me what’s wrong with…
Expat or Immigrant?
When thinking about the identity of those living outside their native countries it soon becomes pretty…
A Disturbance in The Force at Apple
Having watched Apple closely over the past few years and thoroughly enjoyed using many of their…
Wasteful Watsons Water
Bottled water has never been an environmentally friendly way of consuming our most precious necessity but…
The (Not So) Secret Truth About Outsourcing
Over the past seven years I have worked on a variety of outsourced software projects with…
Bangkok Day 2: Grand Palace & Wat Arun
If you’re looking for a quiet, relaxing holiday then Bangkok probably wouldn’t be your first choice.…
Expat Subculture (and why I dislike it)
If you’ve lived abroad long enough you’ve undoubtedly encountered other foreigners who are also there either…
The Art of Living Comfortably
When I moved to China from London I took a large pay cut and left the…
My Love-Hate Relationship With China
I wrote this sitting on the beautiful island of Jeju in South Korea where, with the rare occurrence of…
I Want My Life Back
If you don’t know what this means then you probably don’t have the problem (via). The…
Deadly Bus Fires in Chengdu & Shenzhen
In the past two weeks in China there have been two separate incidents of buses bursting…