• Travel

    Celebrating Mid Autumn Festival

         I was lucky enough to get a long weekend off work this week, with Monday being a public holiday, because Sunday was the annual Mid Autumn Festival. It’s celebrated throughout China and Vietnam, so I got to experience…

  • Fashion

    Outfit – Crazy Daisy

          Another work outfit today! I actually quite like wearing skirts and dresses to work, as it gives me more freedom to wear clothes I like, than if I had a real uniform, and there’s something about floaty…

  • Music

    A-Z of My iPod

         A while ago, I took you for a tour of my bookcase, from A-Z, so this time I thought we’d visit one of my other great loves in life, my music collection. I’m one of those very rare…

  • Travel

    Hong Kong: Places of Worship

         Despite not being a particularly religious person, I do find the notion of religion, and the many different faiths that exist around the world quite interesting. Having grown up in a largely Christian community, in a country whose…

  • Fashion

    Outfit – Casual Comfort

         I love it when I manage to throw together a really easy, comfortable outfit, that also looks really good. I think the key piece in this combination is the top, as it’s so loose and light – it…

  • Music

    Review – Bring Me The Horizon: That’s The Spirit

         If you wanted a record that sounds like Bring Me The Horizon’s early releases, think again. Talk about reinvention. The band’s latest effort, That’s The Spirit, moves away from metalcore, and instead effortlessly blends elements of their older,…

  • Fashion

    Outfit – Simple Stripes

         This outfit is another one I use for work – where the requirement is that I wear a dress or skirt, appropriately conservative for working with children. To be honest, some of the other teachers wear dresses that…

  • Travel

    Nan Lian Gardens & A Symphony of Lights

         Last weekend I spent my Saturday afternoon with a friend, and we headed to Nan Lian Gardens, on the recommendation of some other teachers. It was an absolutely beautiful sunny day, though pretty hot, but it was lovely…

  • Life

    A Day in the Life: Kindergarten ESL Teacher

         So for anyone who hasn’t been paying attention lately, I recently began working in my first real-world, full-time job since graduating university, as a teacher in Hong Kong. I got the job through an agency, who also provide…