Expat Notes

Australia, New Zealand & beyond

Desde hace algúnos días en las noticas o medios sociales la gente ha estado usando el concepto de "tall poppy" (amapola más alta que el resto) así que aprovecho de escribir algo acerca del folclore local. Tall poppy se…

Today is the last day of the hackathon, meaning I've been working non-stop since 20-21 days ago to finish few things before switching jobs/contracts. I wanted to test my limits when started this mode. No shaving, no…

Days ago I had a short but vidid dream, I was having an argument with the king of a fallén world, when I said: "The law does not exist to limit free men, but to limit those who break it." The king replied: "look at…

We are in lockdown since couple days ago, COVID-19 delta variant finally made it to the country and the government (and most of the people) were OK about going into a sharp and hard lockdown to manage this. For the rest…

I hope to be wrong but it seems we are already living the "whatever" phase of the pandemic, where governments like England or Australia are giving up and promoting the message that "people will need to live with it",…

It seems, fingers crossed, that end of the year/early next year the borders will be open. Hopefully we can travel and visit each other soon. Meanwhile I just wanted to drop few lines of the good, the bad, the ugly and…

The new normal, a coined phrase we used a lot last year during or after lockdowns. By then we assumed life should have to be different after the pandemic. Topics like remote work, better transportation, supporting local…

Hace tiempo no escribo en Español, anoche no pude encontrar una palabra equivalente a "entitled" en mi idioma nativo - el uso actual pierde sentido con las traducciones literales, se usa para indicar el sentirse con…

Easter weekend I was going to stay home and work a bit, but last minute decided going on an adventure! Visited the Hobbiton Movie Set, near Hamilton (about 2 Hrs drive from home) I'm not a big fan of the movies, I've…