After finishing up my most recent favourite TV show, Being Erica (an awesome Canadian drama that just really hit the spot with the issues it was dealing with), I've now become addicted to Kitchen Cabinet. It stars Annabel Crabb, an Australian political journalist and, it appears, dedicated dessert maker extraordinaire, and she visits politicians in ( Read more... )

Today I gave myself a much needed mental health day. I had a dose of sunshine, companionship, good food, beautiful surroundings, art, second hand shopping and finished up with a bit of yoga ( Read more... )

One reason why I like the midnight hours (as evidenced in my previous post on this topic) is because it is when I am 'in-the-zone'/have flow/inspired (whatever you want to call it). I've read a lot that the morning is the best time to achieve things, getting up early makes you productive and you get things done. I wouldn't know, as, when I have a ( Read more... )

I love the middle of the night. The whole world becomes so silent, and you can hear everything, from the buzz of electronics to the tick tick tick of an analog clock to the creaky sounds of your house settling. And occasional loud outdoor noises like a car zooming past, or on Friday/Saturday nights, loud music, or, if you live closer to nature, ( Read more... )

I'm currently in Istanbul, hiding out from the heat of the afternoon in my air-conditioned hostel room using the very good Wifi. And now with the soundtrack of chanting from the nearby mosque ( Read more... )

Since running away from Phnom Penh (after a series of unfortunate events - that I thought I posted about here?) I've been travelling around. I'm currently in Mongolia and was just in Japan. Next stop Seoul, South Korea ( Read more... )

So I wrote this blog post on my wordpress, and I've decided to hijack it and make it my polyvore/image blog instead of a travel blog. Makes sense as I mostly use here to talk about what's going on anyway. Anyway so as not to lose it, it's going here:

Reasons to like Phnom Penh 29/4/12 ( Read more... )

I embraced my inner collage artist and had an afternoon of making collage sets on Polyvore.

I put them up on my Wordpress blog which was originally created as a joint collaboration between a friend and me. We were supposed to write about our travel experiences, but somehow it just never really happened. And I just hijacked it to share my collages ( Read more... )

Last night at Nerd Night (a community event where people from the expat - and sometimes Cambodian - community here in Phnom Penh get up and speak in the Pecha Kucha format - 20 slides with 20 seconds on each slide) a Cambodian girl spoke about the Real smiles of Cambodia. I'll be honest, it was a silly, trite little speech and really just too much ( Read more... )

I've been watching Masterchef episodes and reading blogs (while the episodes load) and as is always the case when I start watching TV and reading blogs, it's now 1:30am and I'm still not asleep. It is hard to be a night owl living in a world that runs during the day. Full time jobs are difficult for me because I sleept late and then feel exhausted ( Read more... )