One of my most proud lifestyle choices back in Australia was the fact that I was a near fulltime bicycle commuter. My Surly Long Haul Trucker wasn’t just a toy, it was a fully equipped day to day workhorse that was used for shopping, getting around, travelling to and from work, weekend leisure rides and [...]

There are already places in Melbourne that I’d point blank refuse to live in. For the sake of simplicity let’s call it anywhere 10km out from the CBD. The reason? Bugger all infrastructure, extremely limited job opportunities (not everyone wants to be a carpenter, plumber or mechanic) and having to live with a bunch of [...]

One of the biggest things I missed when I came to Taiwan was my daily ‘shot’ of Milo. Two massively heaped tablespoons and about 750ml (or whatever your standard milkshake glass holds) and I was in chocolate energy heaven each morning. Knowing that half of Asia is lactose intolerant I wasn’t exactly sure what I’d [...]

With the discharging of Oscar, the world’s first full face transplant patient, the progress made in the facial transplant field is nothing short of impressive. To actually be able to take somebody else’s face and reattach it to a new host requires some high level medical and technological precision. It’s a sign of the times [...]

From what I’ve read, one of the most common business ideas people come up with whilst staying in Taiwan is proof checking English in business applications. Seemingly due to the simplicity of the operation (having above average English appears to be the only pre-requisite), it’s the natural progression from teaching whilst your Chinese speaking ability [...]

The Australian public also rightly demands transparent government. That’s why the Rudd Government promised at the election to “restore trust and integrity in the use of Commonwealth Government information, promoting a pro-disclosure culture and protecting the public interest through genuine reform”. We’re working hard to fulfil these commitments. -Joe Ludwig, Cabinet Secretary and Special Minister [...]

Whilst we debate about asylum seekers, population growth, climate change, internet filters there’s a much bigger problem that’s been developing ever so slowly over the past few decades. For the most part it’s largely gone unaddressed and appears to have reached critical mass or very close to. In all honesty I don’t really see how [...]

I like to think of myself as somewhat of a television addict. When the US television season is in full swing I can easily put aside half to three quarters of a day a week watching my favourite shows. By no means a quantitative addict instead I get horribly attached to shows I really like [...]

I’m not exactly sure when it started but sometime in the late 80s or early 90s, Asians living overseas decided it was a good idea to emulate the ridiculous hairstyles found in Japanese anime. Western born retards running around with all manner of colors, gravity defying spikes and ridiculous slanted fringes pretending their hair was [...]

If you’ve ever travelled into the suburbs of Australia you’ve no doubt run into the cultural phenomena of increasingly younger kids trying to pass off the ‘don’t mess with me’ attitude. Armed with nothing more then a mobile phone these kids like to hang out in groups of five or so down at your local [...]