Tag: Observations

Some Less-Than-Nuanced Observations From A Week In Bartending

Sometime in the last 2–3 years, I got incredibly fed up with standard white-collar work, which is so often driven by politics and bullshit and ridiculous assignments. I was still doing it because the money was good, late-stage capitalism can be bad, and I liked taking fancy trips and entertain...

Observations From Paris

Paris is, perhaps, the most beautiful city in the world. This might seem almost too obvious to write given how widely acknowledged and thoroughly documented its beauty is. On one hand, that’s fair. It’s a magnificent city that enjoys near unanimous admiration from around the globe. More ...

Observations about Sydney Part 2

Particularly Los Angeles as it was so spread out. We (as in my mother and I) travelled all over the city via train and bus. What stuck out in my first view was how clean and convenient public transport was back then. I say “back then” because the public transport isn’t quite so goo...

Observations about Sydney

For awhile I’ve been thinking of writing an article with some of my observations about my current city of residence- Sydney, Australia. Lots of elements and interesting aspects in this multifaceted city. So trust me there’s much to unpack. I first visited Sydney back in the late 1990s...

2020 Sydney Daily Weather Observations: Visualisation

The weather pattern of Sydney fascinated me when I was planning for my higher education. My country has a similar climate, particularly in terms of temperature and seasons. I arrived in this country in February and faced extreme weather in March. So I came to know that it has been temperate for all ...

5 Mundane Observations about Canada

I decided to leave my home country of New Zealand and move to Canada, which is a country just north of fucking everything. It’s great, but it’s also one of those places where foreigners say “everything is so backwards here”. However, it’s not as they say. You can sha...