Category: University

Backpacking In Bournemouth: Staying In The Carrington House Hotel Where I Graduated 16 Years Later

Backpacking In Bournemouth🍒🏖️England🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿: Returning To The Carrington House Hotel Where I Graduated, 16 Years Later

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“Everyone’s changing; I stay the same” – The Corrs (2004). Sentimental journeys are no stranger to my wandering heart or backpack. Neil Finn said it long before I rode my weary soul onto the streets of Bournemouth Town in 1994…my first trip to the iconic seaside town…10 years later I’d be working in a bar Read more about Backpacking In Bournemouth🍒🏖️England🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿: Returning To The Carrington House Hotel Where I Graduated, 16 Years Later[…]

Backpacking In Abu Dhabi: 15 Years Too Late For "GlobCom"

Finally Backpacking In Abu Dhabi🇦🇪: 15 Years Too Late For “GlobCom”

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“But it’s too late, baby, now it’s too late” – Carole King. “Forever, ever delayed” – Richey James Edwards. “It’s a black fly in your Chardonnay” – Alanis Morrisette. Glory days unloyal here. Not everything in this life works out. We forfeit, we miss, regret and this was one. You see in September 2023 I Read more about Finally Backpacking In Abu Dhabi🇦🇪: 15 Years Too Late For “GlobCom”[…]

20 Years Later: How My Life Changed Forever 26th September 2003

20 Years Ago Today: How My Life Changed Forever On Friday 26th September 2003

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“What you leave behind, you don’t miss anyway” – Paul Hewson. Friday 26th September 2003. That’s twenty years ago today. Madness. This was the day when life unknowingly all changed for me. It did for me and it could for you too and you will never expect that. I certainly wasn’t ready for a new Read more about 20 Years Ago Today: How My Life Changed Forever On Friday 26th September 2003[…]

15 Years Ago This Month: Front Page Of The Times – I Work In Bite Communications

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“You’re getting off at Ravenscourt Park for Bite Communications” – Jonny Blair (2007). Whether the high flying life of London city and the world of PR was for me or not is history’s garbage tin. It was 15 years ago this month, I softly slipped away from the world of office work and the bright Read more about 15 Years Ago This Month: Front Page Of The Times – I Work In Bite Communications[…]

Happy Saint Patrick’s Day! My Top 6 Saint Patrick’s Days Down The Years

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Ireland’s patron saint, Saint Patrick is a man of pure oxymoronic nature if today’s commercial excrement could for an ungreedy second be aware of who this guy really was. Money took over the world folks – just ask DickMonalds and Coca Cola. There is no need for Valentine’s Day Thorntons or Interflora or Christmas Santa Read more about Happy Saint Patrick’s Day! My Top 6 Saint Patrick’s Days Down The Years[…]

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Studying Saturdays: My Short Course in Cantonese at the Chinese University of Hong Kong

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There I was, nervous again, fidgeting over my notes, like a first day back at school, checking my hair was OK and my shoelaces were done. In a foreign land here I was now, faced with the task of trying to learn some basic Cantonese. Cantonese is one of many Chinese dialects. It is spoken Read more about Studying Saturdays: My Short Course in Cantonese at the Chinese University of Hong Kong[…]

Studying Saturdays: Learning Cantonese at the Chinese University of Hong Kong🇭🇰

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“Libraries gave us power” – Manic Street Preachers. Saturdays were always my day off as a blogger. I tended to write my Saturday and Sunday stuff during the week and take Saturday off. It’s football day and I should be down Dean Court or the Oval. Even in a flash of inspiration, I’d jot my ideas Read more about Studying Saturdays: Learning Cantonese at the Chinese University of Hong Kong🇭🇰[…]

“It’s only a gameshow, it’s only a gameshow”: The Lock In, Bournemouth, England

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“You’ve made me look like a c*nt in front of millions” – Craig Phillips talking to “Nasty Nick” Bateman on Big Brother 2000. As I continue to write about my journeys around the planet, there are some huge huge gaps from my adventure that are just not covered on this website, and for the lack of Read more about “It’s only a gameshow, it’s only a gameshow”: The Lock In, Bournemouth, England[…]