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Last year, before we got married, we took dancing lessons, in preparation for our first dance as a married couple. I’d learned ballroom dancing as a teenager while at secondary school for two hours per week in my 6th and … Continue reading →

We arrived home last night to find a strange white thing on the floor. It looked suspiciously like the handle for our slow-cooker cover. That was because it was the handle for our slow-cooker cover.

Read my Q & A on Asia:NZ Online, where I took about international students’ returning home, Asia:NZ research and the importance of New Zealanders understanding of Asia.

In his usual folksy style, Garrison Keillor stands up for the potato salad. You read it and you feel like joining the revolution; really, you do. Or at least, making your very own potato salad and celebrating the achievement of … Continue reading →

I’ve sucumbed to the craze and got myself a Facebook web address, which means you can access my Facebook page directly by typing it in. You’ll still need to log in, however; or become a member of the world’s biggest … Continue reading →

The temperature here plummeted last night to a toasty five degrees. And it’s not even July. This morning, with the wind chill factor, it was about -20 degrees, even though the LED clock on the high building said it was … Continue reading →

Next week I leave for Singapore and Malaysia where I will spend almost two weeks hob-nobbing, pip-counting and talking turkey. It will be a little more serious than all that – there are serious matters that will be discussed. And … Continue reading →

This is the new home of my old website. Most of the content remains even if the formatting has changed. You can still search the text, view the categories and (once I’ve updated them) follow the links that I follow. … Continue reading →