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April 30, 2005

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Em, Sorry to have been so slack in not responding to your comment sooner: I have been turning the question you asked over in my mind. Yes, I do think it makes a difference to how I see things on...

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Posted by Tiffany at 08:58 PM | Read Comments (0)
March 19, 2005

Strange days

It's hard at the moment not to fall headlong into the trap of thinking each day, 'it's not long now until this trip will be over ...' That's a bittersweet thought - I mean, there have been countless times I've...

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Posted by Tiffany at 08:13 PM | Read Comments (1)
March 02, 2005

Nine months, two days ... Look, Ma, I could have had a baby!

Two days ago, something happened. We reached the nine month mark of this twelve month-long trip, and it felt great. Admittedly, nine months is not quite the 22-month gestation period of an elephant, but the thought that it's long enough...

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Posted by Tiffany at 07:58 PM | Read Comments (0)

Dirty, dirty, diiirrrty

I am officially the dirtiest I've ever been. However, it's not necessarily a rolling-in-mud kind of dirt. On a good day, you hopefully wouldn't notice it if you met up with me. But on a bad day - watch out!...

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Posted by Tiffany at 07:15 PM | Read Comments (4)
February 17, 2005

Lost in Translation is on my TV

Sofia Coppola's "Lost in Translation" is playing in our Singapore room right now. Even though I can't see it from where I sit typing, its soundtrack alone - all haunting, meditative notes and off-key karaoke and disjointed snippets of dialogue...

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Posted by Tiffany at 10:42 PM | Read Comments (0)

Blog-as-Tamagotchi

Blogs are voracious, hungry beasts when it comes down to it. No sooner have you written a post than it goes cold, and your blog needs yet another top-up. On endless loop, your blog develops a demanding persona, ungenerously demanding...

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Posted by Tiffany at 11:14 AM | Read Comments (2)
January 10, 2005

When the exotic and the everyday collide

A few days ago, I wrote an entry (Of strings and sealing wax and other fancy stuff) explaining that many of my earliest travel associations are not to do with the act of travelling itself. Instead, I think that many...

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Posted by Tiffany at 03:34 PM | Read Comments (0)
January 06, 2005

Of strings and sealing wax and other fancy stuff

As is not uncommon, there wasn't a huge amount of overseas travel in my childhood. Australia can be an expensive place to leave, and our island status means that trips abroad are officially a Big Deal....

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January 03, 2005

In praise of gadgets

I can't think of the word 'gadget' without thinking of my grandmother, Gee. In my mind's-ear, Gee has always used the word gadget quite liberally and with enthusiasm, and it may designate anything from a computer mouse to a TV...

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Posted by Tiffany at 07:02 PM | Read Comments (0)

A reflection on seven months of travel

Seven months on the road have now passed, and I have been thinking a lot about what that's meant. In some respects, the RTW trip has been as I expected, but it's mostly far exceeded anything I could have foreseen....

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Posted by Tiffany at 05:40 PM | Read Comments (0)
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