Dear Universe

January 1, 2011

Tonight someone sent a message, about it being interesting to take the road less travelled. In so many ways this sums up my year – one of new discovery and somewhat unconventional living. Conventional is easy. Conventional is predictable. I’m not turning my back on it entirely but more and more I wish to challenge myself to [...]

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Half a year in images

November 24, 2010

Six months ago marked the beginning of my 30th year.  My birthday usually comes and goes without much fuss, and often with a good measure of heartache.  This year was strange.  A numbness about the day, a quiet dinner with my parents and a mind full of anticipation about how the year might unfold. I [...]

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Dear Universe

November 22, 2010

You know the feeling you get right at the top of a rollercoaster after slowly climbing up to the launch spot?  The knots in the stomach, the fast beating heart, the adrenaline pumping and perhaps your breath caught in your throat?  Just before the release, the excitement and fear built to an absolute high, you wonder [...]

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Vegetable Masala

November 16, 2010

I’ve been a bit indulgent lately. Okay, so by “lately” I mean for the last six months… Lots of cheese, wine, desserts and decadent morsels.  It’s been fun and not for a minute have I felt guilt or considered limiting my experiences or intake.  Anyone that knows me well enough will find this surprising.  A [...]

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Kangaroo Kheema Matar

November 8, 2010

I recently posted a picture on my other blog – foodhands – of a guy making chapati in Kuala Lumpur.  I love chapati and the assortment of curries that they usually acompany. It reminded me of my quest earlier this year to create a full Indian thali meal. I’d wanted to replicate some of the meals [...]

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Shoes

October 26, 2010

The sun is out. I have pink shoes. I think they were made especially for adventure. Bookmark on DeliciousDigg this postRecommend on Facebookshare via RedditShare with StumblersTweet about itSubscribe to the comments on this post

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Legacy

October 11, 2010

When I visited a friend in Sydney recently he said he had been the previous day to visit his great grandfathers grave in a country town. He had spent time tidying up the flowers and making things neat. I wondered at the time if this great grandfather would have imagined that almost a century later [...]

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Listen

September 30, 2010

Outside the window the cicadas are deafening.  That happens here, when the earth heats up and the air is still in the hottest part of the afternoon.  The sound starts ever so quietly and builds and builds until the air feels like it is throbbing with their noise. Lying on the bed, the cicadas rhythm [...]

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Dear Ubud

September 26, 2010

Each time in the past I have been swept up in to you as one of your many moving parts, my breathe in synch with yours and my movements becoming part of your perfectly choreographed dance.  This time I feel as if  am jarring, as if I am on the outer. I am an observer of [...]

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Mangosteen

September 20, 2010

My Grandfather hadn’t eaten a Mangosteen since he was 16 and left Sumatra. Earlier this year we were speaking about them and he said they were one of his most favourite things to eat and that for over 60 years he had thought about them, wishing he could get them fresh and sweet in the [...]

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