Good morning/middle of the night to you, I would like to paint you all a little picture. I am currently sat at a computer typing (obviously), the surface on which the computer is resting is appoximately hip-height to the 5 foot 3 individual. The chair on which I am sitting is in the manner of an armchair and is, I would estimate, a grand total of 11 inches from the carpet. Take a moment to picture this and you will realise that there is something not quite rig...

Hello readers, I would like now to bring to your attention a fascinating lexeme of the english language. I have found it to be used by the global english-speaking community with very little variation in meaning, which is interesting in itself. It is a word favoured particularly in the anglophonic southern hemisphere that I currently inhabit, possibly for its versatility as not only a noun, but also a verb and an exclamatory expletive. I personally feel that it...

Good evening or morning readers, I hail to you from a pit of black depression. Well ok it's perhaps not that bad but I am not happy. My passport arrived today with only an hour to spare before I had to be at the airport, as it was so late I assumed that it wasn't going to arrive in time and was preparing to stay in Queenstown until I could arrange a flight home. The result of it actually arriving in time is that my leaving came as a surprise to everyon...

Good evening readers, I am writing this at the end of a day from hell, one that I fully expect to spill on into tomorrow. I shall begin at the beginning as is traditional in these cases and I apologise for the possibly ranting nature of this entry. Firstly I was woken up this morning by a vacuum cleaner after a terrible night of sleep due to my continuing cough and resulting rib pain. Already I'm sure you sense this was not a good start to my day. I the...

Good day readers, As I write this update it is exactly one month until I return home (31 days). I can't wait for this day so that I can see everyone again and finally be back in a room I can call my own where I don't have to pack up everything I own and move on every few weeks or so at the most! Not that I haven't enjoyed my trip immensely, I definitely plan to come away again many times in the near future, but I need a bit of time at home again be...