Home from three weeks in the US. Trip was amazing and potentially life-changing.

I was home. San Francisco was gorgeous and New York was mindblowing. Now I keep humming Vanessa Carlton and longing for a walk in the Village. So much love.

In Australia, I am alone. I have me. I have Filippo, yes, but he moved to the other side of the country. America, ( Read more... )

So sunny outside and I have cycling on my brain - should work but I can't get it out of my mind!

There are two good things about Filippo moving away: one, free trips to Perth, aka most remote city in the world that is also home to op shops galore, gorgeous beaches and lovely weather. Second, I get the perfect excuse to get another bike! Yay me. Now ( Read more... )

In Manila, when I felt alone, lost or confused, I went to the little Ateneo chapel near the caf.

In Melbourne, Filippo is my sanctuary.

I don't know what to do when he moves away.

So much has happened to be in the past few months, and it is a shame I haven't been able to document that here. I guess because I share everything with Filippo I don't need an outlet anymore. My poor husband ( Read more... )

"Love starts as something we find and becomes something we make."
- John Armstrong

My mother is driving me crazy.  While I am so not a bridezilla, she is most definitely momzilla.  Last night she was frantic because my gown designer changed my dress - she took out a panel of tulle in front because she thought it would look too busy.  Mother was unhappy.  Her exact words: "It's pretty in the back but the front is too plain.  You ( Read more... )

I'm a bit of a control freak.  It pisses me off when I make serious plans, look forward to said plans, and because of some mishap I need to cancel those plans and rearrange my day/week/life.  I like to know everything and be able to make decisions on things I think are important.

So - this wedding.  Obviously, important.  Although it is just one day ( Read more... )

When I got my bike in November, I was really surprised with how easily I fell into it.  I bought a bike in 2006 and it was a disaster - I hardly rode it and in the end I left it chained to a post on McKillop Street.  A sad end for an unloved bike.

Then one day, out of the blue, Jasmin told me she wanted to buy a bike for the summer.  Did I want one ( Read more... )

When I worked in entertainment, I needed to be on top of things.  I had to have a favourite new band, favourite new song, favourite rising star.  I knew the ins and outs of celebrity lives and devoured the internet in search of things nobody else would know.  My value at work, in part, depended on me being able to pick out the next best single, the ( Read more... )

It's my first ever proper Valentine's Day today.  And after years of telling myself it didn't matter, that it was just another commercial holiday, having someone to spend it with is actually nice.

Before Filippo I never really had a proper boyfriend, so that was that.  In our first year together Filippo was away doing an internship in Bangkok, and ( Read more... )