life
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Sydney, One Year On
→: Sydney, One Year OnI’ve been thinking a lot lately about when I decided to move to Sydney. The two week period in which I changed my mind every day – multiple times a day, even. I cried every day. It was a difficult decision, where to go, and it was hard to live a place that I loved,…
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Confidence
→: ConfidenceI was having a conversation with one of my mentors last week about a specific challenge I was facing, and she made this observation, and gave me a brilliant piece of advice that completely transcends that discussion and put so many things in context for me. If it’s affecting your confidence, then we have a…
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North Korea, July 2013: Day 2
→: North Korea, July 2013: Day 2Narelle tells me about Koreans sympathetic to the North who are living in Japan, with no passport, but with special schools and a direct boat to NK. First stop is the Grand People’s Study House, where they have 30 million books. The newspaper building has pictures of the deceased Kim’s on it – free press!…
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North Korea, July 2013: Day 1
→: North Korea, July 2013: Day 1Our journey starts at Beijing Airport, which is my new least favourite airport, I think. It’s a tough decision between there, and Bangalore. In the mass of instructions we have received, which I printed, but skimmed rather than read in detail, I have missed that I am supposed to be at the airport at 10am,…
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Hong Kong, July 2013
→: Hong Kong, July 2013I hadn’t been to Hong Kong since 2007, so I was keen to revisit on my way to North Korea. Last time I was spoiled by friends and colleagues of my dad, and had friends there – I remember delicious food, seeing the Peak, Disneyland, the Science Museum (where I discovered my driving was very…
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How I Learned To Love Solo-Travel
→: How I Learned To Love Solo-TravelI didn’t travel anywhere by myself until I was 22. And then I spent a year as an international hobo. It was scary to set off by myself, but I met people everywhere I went – some who I’m still in touch with, and some who were only in my life for a short time.…
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Prague, March 2013
→: Prague, March 2013In April, I headed to Prague. Why Prague? I scrolled down the deals on expedia, or lastminute.com and it was a good deal, an appealing city to me (hadn’t been there before, but looked interesting), and the weather appealed to my mood – cool, even chilly, but not wet. It was also my first time…
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France, March 2013
→: France, March 2013I was in France in March, mostly just chilling out with my family and eating delicious food (and OK, shopping) but also we went to this… I don’t know what to call it. Exhibit? Called Carrières de Lumières. It’s a cool space – a quarry turned into an exhibition space. Music plays, and the works…
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Wellington, May/June 2013
→: Wellington, May/June 2013I was in Wellington, New Zealand for Rails Girls recently, and shortly before that to visit the university. It’s quite pretty, especially around the Harbor, but the weather wasn’t the greatest! Rails Girls was a great event though, I got my first little Rails site up and running. In June, I stayed at the Bolton…