WTF // My View

I kid you not, this is the view from my bedroom window. Stunning.

PFHK

I'VE ARRIVED...

in Hong Kong safe and sound.

Full post to come soon...

MY HONG KONG BUCKET LIST // 10 Things I'm Excited To Do In Month 1

The big move is tomorrow and I've finally had time to look at some guidebooks and compile my Hong Kong bucket list for the early weeks. Any suggestions of things to add?

... & 5 Things I'm Not Excited To Do

After my list of 10 things that I'm excited to do in Hong Kong, here's five that I'm not:

FIRST IMPRESSIONS // Why It's Hard To Make A Good One

You never get a second chance to make a first impression. I find this pressure unbearable, working myself into such a frenzy that it negates any positive that such forethought could have.

People talk emotively of first meetings as if evaluating them using a sixth sense – we talk of good vibes, warm presences - but how much of a person’s emotional response to us can we control? How much is caused by the environment they're in?

THE END OF GOODBYE? How Technology Has Changed Our Departures

“What is that feeling when you're driving away from people and they recede on the plain till you see their specks dispersing? - it's the too-huge world vaulting us, and it's good-bye. But we lean forward to the next crazy venture beneath the skies.” ― Jack Kerouac, On the Road

It’s just days until I leave for Hong Kong and time to start saying goodbye to friends and family. But with Email, Skype and various social platforms to connect us, should I be feeling sad? 

THE IMPORTANCE OF YORKSHIRE TEA

Today is Yorkshire Day, so, for reasons I'm about to explain, it's time to divulge details of the weirdest thing I’ll be packing for my trip… breakfast tea.

Here in North Yorkshire, we hold the belief that the absolute cure for a shock or trauma is a mug of sweet breakfast tea. No one’s ever explained why to me, or offered a scientific explanation to back it up; but I know it to be true in the same way that I know that my dogs love tennis balls: years of experience.