Bhav and I went on another fishing trip (I don’t actually eat fish), this being our third sea fishing adventure. We were in the capable hands of Allan Anderson owner of Karitane Charters and had a mostly great time, although we both felt ill on the way back when Allan’s gutting and cutting up the [...]
Queenstown is the adventure capital of the world and one of the premier tourist destinations in New Zealand. Over the Easter Weekend we, together with a school friend of Bhav’s, drove from Dunedin and had a great time there. The drive in itself was fun. We took the scenic route that locals apparently take stopping [...]
Being back home over Christmas and New Year and with the recent cold snap in the UK there was my first opportunity to witness something which my dad has described many times over the years; walking on the Lake of Menteith. Lets get this out of the way early on, lakes in Scotland are usually [...]
Before I arrived back in the UK I had the pleasure of going to the Dunedin Scottish Festival, a week long series of events celebrating Scottish culture and local peoples’ roots. New Zealand is good like that. When the French were in town for the rugby they still made an effort to welcome their guests [...]
Recommending useful software is a common feature of technology blogs, but I thought I’d share with you some programs that I’ve come to rely on when using my Mac. These are general helpful applications, which can help people regardless of what they primarily use their computer for. It’s easy to go down the geek route, [...]
Recently I’ve been starting up a business with a group of guys here in Dunedin who already own a clothing company and want to diversify their business. We’ve been working together on the new venture for a while, entering competitions, writing business plans, the usual things and with the launch of our website threadjungle.com, I [...]
I was already really looking forward to going to Malaysia and I was promised an experience completely different from my previous Kampong (village) life in Sarawak. We were in Malaysia on business, pitching travel software to one of the most important tourism boards in the country, seeing what future Bhav’s company could have there and [...]
We only had a few hours in BSB this time (I’ve been there countless times before due to having lived only a few miles away over the Malaysian border) and nothing has changed, not that I expected anything new. It was good to escape the airport for a few hours, get some lunch, retrace paths [...]
I don’t know why almost everyone outside of Auckland hates the city so much, I guess it’s the townie/country rivalry, but I really liked Auckland. It probably helped that the weather was so nice and consistently sunny. We were very lucky to be able to use Bhavs Mums apartment in the city centre and have [...]
When I met Bhav all those years ago (OK, it was only 2007) she was studying for her Masters in Entrepreneurship. After missing a few graduation deadlines for previous ceremonies Bhav finally graduated on Saturday with distinction and I’m so proud of her. I felt really lucky to be there to see her graduate and [...]