Hello! So, barely a week has passed and much has happened already. In my first seven days in Australia I found myself a job, a flat, a bike, a bank account, a tax number, a medicare card (free healthcare), had interviews with temping agencies, began giving private tuition, and even had a potential offer of a job as a research associate on a genetics research project - more about this later though I think. Money was definitely on my mind as I was totally blow...

Hello! Here we go then, first blog from part two: On my way to Australia from the UK I decided to make a stop in Taipei, capital of Taiwan, since I was flying with their national carrier and it didn't cost me any more to break the journey up. Prior to arrival though I knew very little about Taiwan, except that all my childhood toys appear to have been made there. I suppose I was expecting it to be somewhat developing, or to be riddled with sweatshops, like C...