I am still alive!

Just a quick post to let y’all know I’m still here. I’ve been totally consumed with the project I’ve been working on for my masters degree. The good news is I will have everything submitted by the end of the day next Monday (June 12). I’ll be able to have a life once more, and […]

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2016 in Retrospect (Part 3 – My Near-Death Experience)

February 24

My time in Cambodia had kicked off the year on a high. Things were fairly normal after I arrived back in Brisbane in early February and returned to what was meant to be the final year of my masters degree. It was in early May that things took a sudden turn… I came down with […]

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2016 In Retrospect (PART 2 – Siem Reap and Battambang)

February 02

I know it’s getting a bit late for 2016 retrospective posts, but I’ve been busy. Well, not really, but anyway… The second half of my trip let me tick one thing of the bucket list: see Angkor. And I figured if I’m gonna see Angkor, why not REALLY see it? So I contacted the APSARA […]

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2016 in Retrospect (Part 1 – Phnom Penh: Street Art, Sex Workers and Spiders)

January 12

I know I’ve been quite inactive online over the last year or so.  It’s been a crazy year! A large chunk of it involved me in hospital learning to walk again after an intense medical incident.  I won’t bore you with the full details, but basically I was hit by an illness called Guillain-Barre Syndrome. […]

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So I’m a student now…

Just thought I’d do a quick post to let y’all know what’s new. Obviously I’ve left Vietnam and moved to Brisbane, but why on earth would a proud Sydneysider like myself choose to move to Brissie – a city where you have to ride on the train through a few suburbs to get to good […]

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Goodbye Vietnam (I’ll be back)…

December 31

So my time living full-time in Asia has come to an end. I have now settled back in Australia – in Brisbane to be exact. This retrospective post about my time living in Ho Chi Minh City is long overdue! After three attempts at writing this post, I’ve come to the conclusion that I will […]

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One door closes – the end of my time with Oi Vietnam

September 12

OK, this is certainly not new news, but news I can’t neglect to share here any longer… I am no longer working as staff photographer for Oi Vietnam. While there are stories floating around that I am returning to Australia very soon, I will not be leaving Vietnam until the end of the year or […]

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Dinner With Locals in Saigon

June 06

Last week, thanks to Withlocals, I experienced an amazing Vietnamese banquet prepared by a former restauranteur. Withlocals is a great way to really experience the local culture when travelling overseas. One kind of experience that can be arranged via their website is to enjoy an authentic home-cooked meal in the home of a local family. […]

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Even if you give up on your dreams, they may not give up on you…

Do you ever feel that despite your most concerted efforts – the blood, sweat and tears – you cannot seem to get anywhere in life, in your career, or in following your dreams? I feel you – I was there exactly one year ago. This day one year ago, I announced to the world that […]

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My wife’s photos misused in a Czech hoax!

March 16

I had never imagined my photographs would be used to fool so many media outlets in Europe and Asia! Here’s how it all went down… Any photographer is happy for wider audience to see their photos, so when I got an email from somebody in the Czech Republic back in 2009 asking if they could […]

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