Expat Notes

Australia, New Zealand & beyond

Haven't had time in a while to sit and look back, so I'm writing few words. This change has been a rollercoaster! Initially what I had in mind was to move from New Zealand to Australia, work and live here, then travel…

Writing down few notes about the experience of buying online while in Australia. I moved here only with a suitcase and a backpack, initially I stayed at the most random places, AirBnB, cheap hotels... once I finally got…

Hace algúnos días revise mi lista de contactos de Facebook, nunca he sido de muchos amigos pero aun así me sorprendió darme cuenta que después de vivir casi 8 años en Nueva Zelanda, no hice ningún amigo cercano kiwi,…

As many others in New Zealand, I got tickets to fly away. Not because New Zealand is a bad place, but because after two years of isolation the experience of taking a flight or living overseas is pure joy. Coincidentally…

In 2007 The Washington Post asked Joshua bell, a Grammy-winning violinist, to pretend to be a street performer playing for change in the Metro. It was a social experiment for a magazine article : if a world-famous…

Days ago I realized I’ve been building web thingies since before 2000, back then I did not own a computer so I had to use shared computers/terminals at university to learn how to create cool things. At that time my only…

Imagine you prepared and packed to go on adventure, to then discover the main bridge ahead is broken so you have to take a long way around it. Now imagine the situation and words in your mind while you wander across a…

Ligne Maginot is a line of concrete fortifications, obstacles and weapon installations built by France in the 1930s to deter invasion by Germany, based on the trench warfare experience gained during World War I. The…

This morning at church one of the messages mentioned the "look and live" story, if you are not familiar with that, it can be found in the Old Testament, Numbers 21. The Israelites were complaining or murmuring against…