I’m a KL-born, Canberra-raised, Sydney-based millennial who spent formative years in Latin America and Spain. I write about identity, (expat and post-expat) life, faith, culture and the deeper questions embedded in everyday moments and things.

As of 2025, I’m publishing on Substack (subscribe below!) but my online writing journey began here. This is now the archive for all of my posts from 2011-24.

When I relocated to Ecuador and later to Bolivia in my twenties, I used this blog as a way to share my journey with family and friends. Never a travel blog, this was for several years an expat blog. My writing is more about the traveller than the travel; it’s about the travelling my mind and soul have done, both abroad and at “home”.

Topics range from my time abroad, to relationships, books and my work in the nonprofit sector. Generally I post monthly and occasionally I’ll get two posts out in a month. Subscribe to my Substack.

You can also connect with me on Instagram and LinkedIn.

The best of this blog

Here’s a taste of how I write, and what I write about:

The H is silent
Nomad no more
How my education shaped my faith
Almost-no-longer-twentysomething
How to edit your life
Memories of my grandmother
The stress with the dress

Articles published elsewhere

We shall not cease from exploration
And the end of all our exploring
Will be to arrive where we started
And know the place for the first time.

T.S. Eliot, “Little Gidding,” Four Quartets

4 comments

    1. Thanks for stopping by, Jacob!
      PS: Totally agree with you about honey outrage and enjoyed your list of things you suck at – I’m gonna steal that one for a (hopefully not too distant) future blog post.

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