travel
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North Korea, July 2013: The Prequel
→: North Korea, July 2013: The PrequelAt the end of last year, I was 6 months into my complete life upheaval (moving to Sydney) and couldn’t quite contemplate the idea of any New Years Resolutions. So I set myself a goal for the year instead – this would be the year that I would go to North Korea. I’ve wanted to…
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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…
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Christchurch (and Surrounds), April 2013
→: Christchurch (and Surrounds), April 2013In April, I was in Christchurch NZ with my friend Alex. We wondered around the city, and checked out Re:Start (a mall made of shipping containers), and Quake City (a museum dedicated to the earthquake – incredibly moving video featuring interviews with survivors). We spent a long time watching a building being torn down by…
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Art Adventures!
→: Art Adventures!My friend Diana and I went to the White Rabbit Gallery. It was really cool – they have some really interesting pieces, and a great cafe featuring delicious dumplings! My favorite was the balloon, which I was restrained from investigating further as it is a “really dangerous machine” – of course this just enhanced it’s…
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Being !=OK
→: Being !=OKIn January, I was killing it. I’d been promoted, work was going well, I lived in a city I love, hanging out with an awesome group of friends and regular girls nights, and I was basically back to “normal” – athletic, but curvy, after 2 major injuries and, y’know, living in Suburbia and having to…
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How To Leave a Country
→: How To Leave a CountryFor someone who seems to have an incurable fear of forms, I move too often. There is nothing I have found so far that has more bureaucracy than moving, especially if that move requires you to obtain a visa. Dealing with the logistics is time-consuming and stressful, but not hard. Dispose of assets: car (the last tie…
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Love and Other Fairy Tales
→: Love and Other Fairy TalesIt’s weird being single again. When things weren’t great, when I wasn’t happy – when I didn’t think things would work out, I never thought ahead to this point. Saturday night with nothing to do. Putting a friend down as my emergency contact on a form. It’s good. I’m not down about it. I was…