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Trading high heels for steel caps: Life and work in the Pilbara

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17 May

Old Man Emu

Probably my favourite place to eat in Port Hedland is the Port Hedland Yacht Club. I was there about a month ago with friends for Mac’s surprise birthday. I dont think any of us knew it was Western night that night. There were a lot of people dressed in costume, [...]

16 March
Posted in Chinese

Learning Mandarin

One of the things I’ve started doing up here in Port Hedland is to learn Mandarin. I subscribed to ChinesePod so that I could learn at home at my own pace. This blog post was actually originally meant as a review of ChinesePod but it turned out to be a [...]

6 January
Posted in 1001 Books

Book Reviews: What I’ve Read So Far

In an earlier post, I wrote about how I would write reviews for the books I’ve read for my 1001 Books Project. I was in the middle of writing the review for Animal Farm, when I realised that it takes a lot of time to write up anything worthy of [...]

26 December
Posted in 1001 Books

1001 Books To Read Before You Die

I’ve loved reading books as a child but have since stopped reading for most of my adult life. Since moving to Port Hedland, a lot more time has become available to pursue reading again. I find sitting in a good couch with a good book (with no interruptions) is one [...]

2 December

Refresh

Hello! I’m blogging again. This time I’ve decided to archive all my previous posts so I still have them saved in my WordPress database but they are no longer published. I just felt like having a clean slate just in time for the new year coming up. One of the [...]

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I'm a Chartered Accountant from Perth, now living and working in Port Hedland, Western Australia. This is my blog about why and how I came to trade high heels for steel caps, and general random musings and procrastination.

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