Going Green in Lantau Part Two 31 Jul 2013 | 10:23 am

Accor’s PLANET 21 initiative was launched last year and promised to reinvent the hotels of the future as “a hotel industry that is sustainable, responsible, innovative and open to the world.” In the l...

Going Green in Lantau 8 Jul 2013 | 01:50 pm

This article first appeared in the June / July 2013 issue of Life On Lantau magazine. As perhaps the world’s biggest cynic, I am the last person to give undeserved credit to a corporate giant. But it...

The Welsh Mouseketter 27 Feb 2013 | 07:42 am

This is from my first trip to America a little while ago. There is a photograph of me tucked away in album somewhere holding my mother’s hand looking awkward and shy. I’m wearing a Mickey Mouse T-shi...

Revolution, War Zone or Vancouver? 20 Jun 2011 | 06:08 pm

Today...but before. 20 May 2011 | 12:00 pm

1902 The United States ends its occupation of Cuba. 1927 U.S. aviator Charles Lindbergh takes off from Roosevelt Field in Long Island, New York, aboard the Spirit of St. Louis on his historic solo fl...

Things I want to eat. 19 May 2011 | 02:14 am

apple pies fresh baked bread strong cheddar cheese branston pickle pickled onions pork pies roasted chicken legs of lamb joints of beef soups and stews lamb again roasted winter vegetables cheese on t...

Is Koo Ja-cheol a switch-hitter? 18 May 2011 | 09:22 pm

An excerpt from an interview with Korean footballer Koo Ja-cheol. Do you think you can play for both teams? I never thought about playing for two teams, but if I had to, I could do it. As I said, no...

Things I have learnt from work recently. 5 May 2011 | 04:28 am

In a new series I have decided to post an entry every week about thigns that I have learnt in work. Well I say every week, I meant to start this a few eeks ago, hence the ‘recently’ in teh title but I...

Fear 11 Mar 2011 | 08:11 pm

A fluttering heart points to love but pain is waiting in the wings. Breathless lungs and blinking eyes Anxiousness. Rapid breathing, swallowing, frustration and cold shivers. Time ticks down and brea...

iphone 4G repost! 4 Mar 2011 | 11:16 pm

Hold on to your hanbok, the iPhone 4G is coming to Korea, soon. Maybe. Eventually. The where and when are yet to be answered officially but the proverbial cat is out if its proverbial bag as far as wh...