Human nature

Why do we knowingly do or say something mean then feel bad about it?
Why do we try to help someone else even if they don’t want us to?
Why do we feel for a stranger yet hurt the ones we love the most?
Why is it so hard to admit you’re wrong and apologize?
Why do we say [...]

Work In Progress

 
Let me build a bridge
For I cannot fill the chasm
And let me set the battlements on fire.
- Sting, Fortress Around Your Heart

The ties that bind

What is it that keeps people together? Family, friends, lovers, partners, the people who matter. It’s not just love because love alone isn’t enough. Why do some bonds survive the test of time while some disintegrate; some are forged (and re-forged) while others yet are severed and never again to be mended?
I’ve always been amazed [...]

Our little tiger

When we were at the Tiger Temple recently, we couldn’t help but miss our fat orange cat (whom we had checked in to the Pet Hotel). Looking at these photos, you can see why we were reminded so much of him.

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Tiger, tiger, burning bright
In the forests of the night,
What immortal hand or [...]

Looking back

2007, was, on the whole, a good year. In retrospect, there are things that I would have done differently, done better, and some that I wouldn’t have done at all. But as of the stroke of midnight on December 31, that’s all in the past.
I have many good memories of the year gone by, so [...]

More Than Words?

A song that’s been on repeat on my iPod for the past couple of weeks has been Apologize, by Timbaland featuring OneRepublic. It’s one of those ‘love lost’ lamentations. Would be a good breakup song, if I needed one. Haha!
I realised that we probably all have a soppy-ass breakup song which we listened to over [...]

Bangkok, December 2007 – part 2

I like watching most types of martial arts. Sparring, that is – not the rubbish kata or form type. The fluidity of movement, swiftness, and agility – it’s all quite beautiful. And of course rippling sinewy bods aren’t too hard on the eyes either. Haha! As there’s no better place to catch a muay thai [...]

Bangkok, December 2007 – part 1

Colin and I headed to Bangkok just before Christmas for a little R&R. I love Bangkok, so every trip is fantastic. I’m lucky to have the opportunity to head up there a few times a year for work, and even then I try to squeeze in a massage at Ruen Nuad, my favourite place for [...]