May 1st marked one year since Jen and I touched down in Seattle with only three suitcases each and uncertain futures. It doesn’t feel like we’ve been here a year already – experienced a whole year living in Seattle – and yet it feels like far more than a year since we...

Today I amended the bio in my Twitter profile. The reason for this is due to something that’s been gnawing away at me, increasingly, for months now. And the reality of the situation is something that’s been difficult for me to accept. It used to read “Freelance video-game, tech and music...

It’s almost midnight as I type this, and I’m at Sea-Tac Airport. In just over two hours, I’m headed to Taipei, with a final destination of Bangkok, Thailand, where I’m meeting up with most of my immediate family from New Zealand (my dad excepted). They’re already...

It’s easy to forget that I live in another country, sometimes. Seattle is similar to Auckland in a number of ways. And after a brief period of feeling like the odd one out, everything does seem to normalize, eventually. I’ve quickly slipped into that familiar feeling of routine, of...

It’s a month to the day since we first moved to Seattle. And I’m pleased to report that today I was offered a job, which I accepted without hesitation. From June 11th, I’ll be the curriculum and project assistant at The Pacific Institute. After an interview, a writing test...

Our neighborhood is just what we were after. It’s perhaps not as cultured as, say, the Capitol Hill area, but it does mean we’re away from the constant hustle and bustle, which is often nice to escape from. Besides, we have friends who live in Capitol Hill, so we’ll likely...