100 days ago was the 10th March. It feels like a whole lifetime away doesn't it? In these 100 days we’ve managed a few things. No biggies or anything. Just like, finally getting a divorce certificate after lots of wrangling, bought a fucking house, and gotten through a worldwide viral pandemic straight out of a movie script. Also the dreaaaam trip to Patagonia was cancelled, school holidays are now non-existent, and there are currently more animals than humans living in our home. Just what, I mean seriously WHAT, is this learning curve? I think I’ve cried almost as much as I’ve laughed, I’ve ..read more

Haven’t really ever addressed it, but yes I’m divorced post-Singapore. It’s taken a couple of years to get to this point but the here and now is this. I’m happily divorced. Very happily actually, life works itself out even when you have zero belief that it ever will. Any scare stories about being a sad, single, mum and woman if you dare to take control over your life again are completely unfounded. COMPLETELY. Won’t sugar coat it though because the divorce itself wasn’t happy. If you’ve ever been there, been through it, you know. If you haven’t then I pray it stays that way for you. It is, an ..read more

(spoiler alert: not the current weather in Portugal - we went in August - and not a sponsored post) 11th June 2019 I sent my - somewhat new but definitely going somewhere - boyfriend (ALOT has happened since I left Singapore, keep up) a picture of my work computer screensaver with a little caption of “Portugal! This is going on the list!”. Yo, subtle as a brick. Fortunately he’s the kind of chap who a) loves to travel (he’s been to 70-something countries and counting…) b) hadn’t ticked Portugal off his list yet and c) can take a hint. Yeah I know what a man. So that explains why in August 201 ..read more