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Learn To Fight So That You Don’t Have To

Learn To Fight So That You Don’t Have To

Violence is so pervasive in the public consciousness through the news and media that many are turning to martial arts as a solution.
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Match Cut Football

Match Cut Football

Match Cut — In short, it’s often used as that cool effect to show the passage of time, and ultimately, narrative.
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5 Takeaways From UX Australia 2014

5 Takeaways From UX Australia 2014

It is mind-boggling that there exists everyday things which don’t work, work badly, or in the worst case, create more work.
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Is “Faking It” The New Research?

Is “Faking It” The New Research?

The new things and new jobs are often variations and amalgamations of stuff that have gone before.
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Paparazzi Please!

Paparazzi Please!

The popularity of photo sharing by platforms such as Instagram have nurtured a vanity-obsessed culture.
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The Study Game

The Study Game

Interacting with people is inevitable, and I have always found that most of life’s problems can be solved through effective communication.
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Competing For Attention

Competing For Attention

In a society where packets of data are packaged into morsels of easily digestible tidbits, it’s easy to get used to that.
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Where the Wild Things Are

Where the Wild Things Are

Kirchseeon is the home of a pagan demon-banishing ritual brought down by the Bavarian mountain men a century ago.
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Finding Suleymaniye

Finding Suleymaniye

Our final half day in Istanbul saw us head to the last of our intended tourist destinations, Suleymaniye Mosque.
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Cruising the Bosphorus

Cruising the Bosphorus

Having seen most of the holiday ‘musts’, we decide to take the Bosphorus River tour.
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The Sultan’s Pad

The Sultan’s Pad

We made our way to the Sultan’s former residence — the Topkapi Palace Museum.
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Operation Tourist Hotspots

Operation Tourist Hotspots

The skyline of the old quarter, its landmarks and river were all laid out before us like an ancient map .
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Hello Istanbul

Hello Istanbul

For the quickest run to the airport ever, pick a morning flight on a public holiday, oh say, New Year’s Day.
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Happy 2014!

Happy 2014!

The days between Christmas and New Year’s are always a little odd. They are mixed with the excitement and anticipation of a fresh start.
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Hunting a Tyrolean

Hunting a Tyrolean

We travelled south, further into God’s country, to Bad Tölz — a quintessential Bavarian township.
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Seeing Starnberg

Seeing Starnberg

Starnberg — I’ve been told it’s absolutely magical in the summer.
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A Day in Ebersberg

A Day in Ebersberg

The German winter once again turned out a perfect day of sunshine and blue skies, albeit hovering in single-digit temperatures.
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Retail Therapy

Retail Therapy

We also roamed the latest in German shopping centres — very similar to those in Australia, except for the super-awesome Lego store.
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Chiller Box

Chiller Box

Raining. Grey. Cold. But on the bright side, the balcony made for a great esky. Even in freezing temperatures, the beer’s better chilled.
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Scavenger Hunt

Scavenger Hunt

In a time when consumables have become so disposable, it’s heartening to see relics of an age gone by preserved, and often cherished.
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A Christmas Gathering

A Christmas Gathering

The big day in the festive line up in Germany is Christmas Eve, the time close family gather, dine and open presents.
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That Settling-in Feeling

That Settling-in Feeling

I have bookmarked and emailed myself so many videos, articles, blog posts and white papers that my “to read” list is now inconceivably long…
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A Holiday From a Holiday

A Holiday From a Holiday

Some days, you need a holiday from your holiday — and today, was a good a time as any.
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The Magic of Tollwood

The Magic of Tollwood

We decided to have a closer look at Tollwood, a Christmas market located on the grounds of Oktoberfest.
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A Day on the Town

A Day on the Town

The supermarkets are very similar to their Australian counterparts, except for the sheer variety of products and the inclusion of alcohol.
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Moment of Truth

Moment of Truth

With a half day to myself sans instructor, I decided to brave the beginner’s slope again.
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