I was undecided on whether to go to the cinema once I got out of quarantine. I missed it a lot, but, you know, Covid. Friends that had been said they'd pretty much had the whole place to themselves, and so when I got an email from my local cinema (The Gate Picturehouse) saying it …
The road to my Dive Master training has not been a smooth one. I don’t remember learning to swim. I grew up next to the beach, I’ve always loved being in the water and for my first couple of decades – I never once felt uncomfortable in it. Age 9, in La Jolla, California – …
A childhood dream to write for the SCMP, fulfilled on Friday - online and in actual print. I squealed when I saw the article on the reception desk at work! Check the online article here: Drunken Nights in Hong Kong and England (I didn't write the title) I loved sharing a newspaper page with Joshua …
This piece was written in April 2017. It's by far the most personal thing I've shared online. Even more so than my anxiety piece. I look back at that time, and I felt I had come so far, achieved so much (I had), but wow - I had no idea what was yet to come. …
I don't know much about what triggers other people - but this post is about my experience during a period of my life (around 2009) living with panic attacks and anxiety, so if it might trigger you - best not read it. Fear. Am I a fearful person? Sometimes. Does it matter? Sometimes. There are …
I don't consider myself 'a runner,' but I really love to run. Just like countless blog posts about running, I'll start it with the same truth, I used to hate it. I’ve always been sporty and active in my spare time, but just running?! Urgh. No. My earliest memory of running was cross-country PE lessons; …
After keeping one foot in London for almost twenty years, I'm finally planning on jumping both feet first into the, relatively unknown. I have to be honest, despite it sounding less dramatic as I grew up in Hong Kong, & you can read a little more about that HERE. But I'm going alone, as an adult, …
I am writing this whilst perched on the side of a flower bed, looking up at the burnt out shell of Grenfell Tower. I cycle past it every week, but I suppose I won't be next Tuesday - the road I pedal down is currently cordoned off by police, and I can't imagine that will …
I'm not talking about extreme or dangerous travel. I'm talking music... Hardcore; with its heavy riffs that spark off some crazy internal surge of intensity - seemingly out of no-where, an emotional explosion, when everything stops, nothing matters and it's just THIS. You either get THIS, or you don't. I listen to, and love a lot of types …
What do you think of when you hear the name Palestine? Do you know anything about Palestine? Palestinians? Just take a moment. What are the first images that come to your mind? Thoughts. Questions. Is it an actual country? Is it safe? Why would I even want to visit there? I first learnt there was a 'situation' …
Continue reading Palestine (pt1), The Occupied Territories of
