I don't sleep well and I'm aware that I haven't had a consistently good sleep pattern for several years. Insomnia seems to be an issue and I was once mis diagnosed with sleep apnoea. It hasn't been something that I have been overly concerned about until now. Yet there has been an increasing [...]
I haven't posted for a while, but this article caught my attention. The lid is off 'Pandora's Box' and now AI bots are flooding social media platforms, which, of course, does not come as a surprise to anyone. In this case 'X' is an apparent testing ground for things to come. The worry? [...]
The Pandemic might be almost forgotten, but the dramatic shift in workplace norms it created has let to an unprecedented decline in tenancy rates for office and retail spaces. Whilst the advent of on line shopping gave rise to the slow decline in traditional retail sales, it has been accelerated by the absence of [...]
Most people remember or have heard of the December 26, 2004 'boxing day' Tsunami, the widest reaching modern day natural disaster with the highest number of non war related fatalities since the Spanish flu. Penang was not directly in the line of fire from the first wave, yet it also suffered human losses, many [...]
This is the third and final piece in a series of short blogs about Thailand, with a few more stories and anecdotes that I would like to share. So if you are still with me, thank you for your support! OK to begin with, I forgot to talk about Joy Beach Cafe. The picture [...]
As I have said said before, I really loved living in Thailand. This is a continuation of the article I posted earlier and talks about some of the people and the amazing places that I had the opportunity to visit. With Brice (centre) and Christophe (right), the wine man. At one point, [...]
By now a few of my friends, and the occasional visitor to this site, will understand that I like to sing. I am a performance junkie and will walk up to the stage on any 'open mike' night or sing karaoke at the slightest suggestion of a melody on the wind... Any excuse [...]
I never expected to be back in Penang, but as fate would have it, here I am and it is not a bad thing at all. Once I arrived, all sorts of memories came flooding back. Some of you will know that lived here a few years ago at the time of opening and [...]
I enjoyed living in Thailand. That is, I loved the social life and everything it had to offer, the local hospitality, the friendly expats living there and its plain affordability. I can truly say it has been the highlight of my time living away from Australia. Well maybe apart from some rare and exceptional [...]
In recent years a lot has been written about undiagnosed burnout and the consequences for the employee and their business. In addition, it is often the case that leaders are expected to manage the workload and well being of their teams, but just 'suck it up' when they themselves might be showing all the [...]
