Now that I have lived as an expat for a total of 1 year 8 months in two countries (Cambodia and Kuwait), it's time to reflect on the country I come from. Part 1 of this two part series was about the genocide of Australian Aboriginals. Part 2 is about alcohol driven violence among Australia's youth, the cause of a few deaths during 2013/14 new year celebrations. ___________________________________________________The 2013/14 new year celebrations were marr...

My two favorite films are Being There, starring Peter Sellers, and Network starring many including Peter Finch. They are both old, and I like that. Anyway, here is the script of Being There. Now onto what this post is about. What on earth does an expat living in Kuwait, an Australian, think he is doing commenting on the situation in Lebanon? Well, I went there 3 times in October and November 2013. I did part of the beautiful Lebanon Mountain Trail. I met a lot of...

Today I had my first proper day of work and ended up feeling quite exhausted. I guess it is a nearly 10 hour day but I think the main thing was the induction proper happened as it was all the details for the project and learning about how they do mapping here. I'm getting a car soon. It may be a Mitsubishi Challenger (called Nativa here) 4wd, thankfully as drivers here are indeed pretty aggressive. Just like Cambodia but twice as fast so their lack of skill ...