About me

I read, write, and daydream about adventures. I consider myself a weekend warrior – work is just something I happen to do when I’m not running around. I do field hockey, swimming, and circuit training regularly. Hike some, dabble in muay thai during the off-season, try to make it to dodgeball games, and try to fit in some running whenever I can. I continually try (and fail) to self-learn Chinese.

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My previous homes have been Hong Kong, Toronto, Hong Kong, Jakarta, Bangkok, Rayong, Hong Kong, London and now Hong Kong.

People tend to ask, so I thought I’ll tell you.

That tidbit of information tends to help people get a grasp of my quirkyness and somehow explains why: I have a Canadian accent (apparently); I can speak shopping-Thai and taxi-Thai; I have (ashamedly) poor Chinese language skills; I do not have an affinity for Cantopop or marathon karaoke sessions; I didn’t know who Li Ning is when, apparently, the rest of Hong Kong does.

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I used to climb and cycle in London, I wish I can cycle in Hong Kong. I love to eat. (A whole lot.) I can’t cook. I imagine that I take nice photographs. I love a good adventure.

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I left my job in Hong Kong in October 2008 and bought a one-way ticket to London in November 2008. I then left London at the end of April 2010 on an overland journey back to Hong Kong by bus and rail. I stopped over in Berlin, St. Petersburg, and Moscow before spending six days on a trans-Siberian train. I arrived in Beijing through Mongolia and then traveled down China with my father, arriving in Hong Kong at the end of May 2010.

I have dreamed of doing that journey ever since I was a teenager. Planning it was tedious and scary. Doing it was easy-peasy. It was the journey of a lifetime and a dream come true.

I then spent three weeks of July 2010 in Malaysia, scuba diving, jungle trekking and cave-dwelling, and swatting mosquitos.

Now I’m back in Hong Kong, gotten myself a lovely cubicle, and working hard while plotting my next set of adventures. People are constantly amused and surprised by the amount of travelling and things I get myself into given the measly amount of leave I get from work. I consider that a talent. :)