Tag Archives: overseas

passport to go

Posted on 16 June, 2008 by Vernon

My old passport has expired. It’s so sad. The Post Office staff cut the corners off it and all! Never mind. With an electronic chip and a photo of me that looks like a hardened criminal, the all new passport … Continue reading →

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Amy, dragons and a tiger (part 2)

Posted on 25 August, 2007 by Vernon

Leaving Anhui after a week holiday, all full of love, was simply the greatest. 6 weeks later, leaving my wife at Jinan airport, I bawled my eyes out. My handkerchief soaked with tears and sniffles jerking my whole body. Nothing … Continue reading →

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tiger and monkey – a love story

Posted on 21 June, 2007 by Vernon

After finishing the third week of our teaching English program in Jianzhu University, a little get together was organised by fellow teacher Chris Murphy. Thus far we hadn’t had much opportunity to meet our local counterparts. Amongst the throng of … Continue reading →

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Amy, dragons and a tiger (part 1)

Posted on 1 May, 2007 by Vernon

Amy and 3 dragon fountains Meeting Amy started a special something in my life. Tan Dun – Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon | To The South The test of whether I was a good guy began a few weeks later, without … Continue reading →

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Olympic kite

Posted on 22 April, 2007 by Vernon

Weifang 潍坊 International Kite Festival was a spectacular and colourful event that highlighted our weekend. With both foreign and local friends together, a day-trip to the festivities was just what I needed. Every year in the middle of April, competitors … Continue reading →

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Easter dragon

Posted on 14 April, 2007 by Vernon

Some of our students used to think Australia Day is April Fool’s Day! Finishing work on Friday afternoon, we tasted a sizzlin’ lunch, tested the Blue Mountain coffee in the newly discovered campus cafe, and toasted to our survival of … Continue reading →

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tools for the twilight zone

Posted on 2 April, 2007 by Vernon

I honestly didn’t believe extreme culture shock was possible on one’s second visit… How utterly foolish of me! In fact so bizarre and amazingly different to my first visit, so distant to the clichés of Shanghai shoppers and Beijing bush-hankies, … Continue reading →

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The chicken god

Posted on 23 March, 2007 by Vernon

I have to pack now, and try not to forget anything important. T-shirt, check. Shorts, check. Camera, check. Smile, check. Seems like I have everything! A few plane rides later I am a little south of Beijing, in a freezing … Continue reading →

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a Tibetan travel tale

Posted on 7 March, 2007 by Vernon

Running Bull Productions proudly presents 2 nights of back-to-back screenings of the digital impressions slide-show trilogy, including the première of a Tibetan travel tale. Following on from where we left off in chunks of China, the third part of the … Continue reading →

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where do you work?

Posted on 4 February, 2007 by Vernon

In my job, the office isn’t always the office. Sometimes its a cinema, a cafe, a sound studio, a winery, a news printer, a gallery, a museum, a bowling alley… I have to admit, teaching English rocks! Check this out … Continue reading →

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