Cursed seat in one of the Perth Trains?

Today was going to be an excursion to Fremantle. The train from Perth to Fremantle was quite full, when I sat down on a single seat an older rotund gentleman promptly elbowed me in the chest and verbally complained I had touched him and he wanted his space. Obviously this […]


Perth – Day 2

This was the day to get a few basic things setup such as bank accounts and mobile phone numbers. The first stop was HSBC but unfortunately we met one of those people who keep adding additional barriers, so it was not possible to setup an account at that stage. We […]


Hello Perth – Day 1

After a long journey with Air Asia from Tokyo to Perth via Kuala Lumpur we arrived in Perth.    Clearing customs and immigration was very fast and painless as well as catching the taxi to our accomodation. And before we knew it we had showered and were wandering along the […]


Goodbye Japan

After three and a half weeks it was time to say goodbye to Japan. As usual I had a great time, spent a few days in cold and snowy Nagano, had a few onsens, and visited some great restaurants. It was also great to catch up with friends after a […]


Work / Life balance 1

In the old days this expression did not exist. The closest thing I could relate to was being told by my old boss that people either “work to live or live to work”. Work / life balance is a little different because it is now forced onto most of us […]


Installation Drupal versus WordPress on Nginx

Now if you have come here to learn how to install wordpress or drupal on ngnix you will be out of luck, sorry. This is just my biased experience of installing  wordpress 3.8 compared with drupal 7. Now when attempting to install a cms like Drupal or WordPress on Nginx […]


Greener on the other side of the fence?

Early today we left the Philippines after living there for nearly three years. We were ready for a change and were having a holiday break in Japan before moving to Perth, Australia. Dark, grey cold weather greeted us upon arrival in Tokyo. It only took us a few minutes to […]


Bye bye Philippines

After spending nearly three years in the Philippines it is finally time to say goodbye.  It is with mixed emotions we leave but deep down it is the right decision. We were living in Makati and the pollution was starting to get to me in the form of chronic headaches […]