I get no kick in a plane, flying too high with some guy in the sky is my idea of nothing to do “I Get a Kick Out of You”, Cole Porter It’s not my idea, though! In fact, I think it sounds rather fun! Last week, when I was in Palo Alto, Patrick (who [...]
Needless to say, my Dad’s epic, and I love him :) This pic was taken back in 2008, the day before I started secondary school. He was teaching me how to tie a tie :)
This post is going to sound awfully stereotypical, but I’ll go ahead with it. Mum’s the one who provided encouragement, support, cajoling and the occasional nag when I need it to continue whatever it is I’m doing. She gives selflessly of her time, knowledge and determination to help out in any way she can, and [...]
If there’s one thing that my brothers and I have in common, it’s a love of computers. While I use them for music and photos and blogging, Patrick and John are more geared towards programming. It’s something I dipped into a couple of times but never really ‘got into’. I do remember a couple of [...]
In 2009, I gave up chocolate. Not for health or dietary reasons, just because it was something I ate on a reasonably regular basis and thought it’d be an interesting experiment of sorts to do. I didn’t give anything up in 2010 but toyed with giving something up for 2011. I’m thinking of going vegetarian [...]
I was lucky enough to spend a traditional Thanksgiving with a lovely group of people last Thursday. A friend of ours invited us to spend it with some of her family in -wait for it- an 1890s farmhouse! It was nestled near Lake Elmo, a 25 minute drive outside Minneapolis/St. Paul. It was away from [...]
One of the good things about being holed away from the world that you know out here in Minneapolis is that you have a lot of spare time. This is something that’s usually in short supply in the Collison household so it’s lovely to have so much of it between recovery time. I’m using the [...]
Forget media as a career — I should choose my future vocation based on what I showed an early interest in as a child. That’s a first edition Green man on a wood background that’s currently housed under top security in my aunt and uncle’s house… on the underside of their kitchen table. So Leonardo [...]
Arriving hours before your flight isn’t actually such a bad idea: I’m sitting in one of the lounges with free wifi and electricity. iPod is being charged up before 9 hours on a transatlantic flight. I have plenty of books too, but I could pass the 9 hours just staring vacantly out of the window [...]
I seem to have segued nicely into the latter half of my teenage here in France. Had a lovely phone call at 00:15 from a friend of mine too and despite my half-asleep-ness (I’m such a terrible teenager; half-asleep and not even accompanied a drunken stupor), I really appreciated the sentiment :) The weather here [...]