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turn the lights down
My thighs ache. The balls of my feet feel strained under the hard wooden floors. The temperatures rising.
the hair thing
So what exactly have I been preoccupied with? Oh I don’t know; dealing with my hair identity, my expat identity and my relationship status/identity.
the irony of impermanence
Here’s the thing about living in a new country on a one year visa; everything feels pretty impermanent, because it is.
eye openers
So last weekend I was travelling on a train minding my own business, on my way to see Do The Right Thing at the Kino Cinema on Collins Street.
from afar
The last few weeks have been stark. That's the only way that I can think to describe them. Stark, shocking, illuminating, devastating. My London, my city, and my country seem to be (literally) burning from afar, and all I can do is watch.
making moves
I've had one big “First Step” goal since I moved to Melbourne; get a place in the city and live there.
when you're the one who leaves
Leaving a place can be hard. But being left behind, that's harder.
home and away
OK so full disclosure, this post is not about the famous Australian soap Home and Away, which brought us such movie stars as Heath Ledger and Chris Hemsworth.
the hitchhikers guide
I feel a bit like a hitchhiker here in Melbourne, albeit a metaphorical one. I seem to be eating and walking my way through the city, hitching a ride at each restaurant, coffee shop, street, interacting with the people there and then moving on.