Civilised or Savage?
Are we civilised or are we savages? It all depends on your definitions of those words, really. With our houses, cities, businesses and commodities, we seem to be a developed (or developing at least) world, advanced enough in…
Your Feelings Are Valid
Your feelings are valid. Always remember that. We exist in microcosms and macrocosms, affected by the events of the wider world, and by the small day to day occurrences of our personal lives. Yes, there are terrible things…
How Does The World See You
We are unique human beings, each unalike in our personalities and behaviours. Our appearance, our opinions, our various character traits. These all combine to create the sum of who we are, how we perceive ourselves, and how others…
Musically Inspired – Being Brave
Let’s face it, life isn’t easy. It’s hard, messy, and complicated. Life knocks you over and kicks you when you’re down sometimes. And all of it can make it hard to stay positive, and hold on to…
Life Update: 4 Months in Hong Kong
It’s been four months since I moved back to Hong Kong, with a new job and having found my own apartment, and I realised I haven’t really given a proper update since then. I was only returning to…
How to Move to a New Country
A title like that makes it sound so simple, but I can assure you, it’s anything but. Having moved country 3 times now, to France, Hong Kong, and Korea (4 times if you count returning to Hong Kong),…
How Are You Feeling?
Emotions and mental health aren’t things I paid much attention to for a long time. I’ve had a fairly privileged life in most ways, always with a home, food, and a caring family, and was able to attend…
Seeking More Than Ordinary
Today has been an ordinary day. I ate, I drank, I wrote, I read, I watched TV, I ran errands. A perfectly ordinary day, where nothing bad has happened to me. Which is a good thing, right? Ordinary…
Hong Kong Flower Festival
I love it when an event comes to town! As I’ve proven recently, there’s still plenty more areas of Hong Kong I haven’t explored in my time here so far, but when there’s some sort of event or…
23rd Birthday – Ocean Park Round 4
It was my birthday, hooray! Well, is it still a hooray? When you’re a kid, getting older is really exciting somehow, since you get presents and cake and maybe a party, and as you get older you get…