Jadeluxe
One court reporter's journey from the High Court of Australia to the High Court of Hong Kong - and the adventures of my family and I living in a tiny village in the New Territories, trying desperately to learn Cantonese, and not quite believing our luck at having a full-time helper!
tags: Cantonese, court reporting, creative writing, kids, village life
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I'm a court reporter who's moved from the High Court of Australia to the High Court of Hong Kong. This is my family's adventures living in a tiny village in the South China Sea, patenting Chinglish+charades as a method of communication, and living with a full-time helper - yesssss!
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Dreaming of Vladimir.
Posted on 16/04/2013
Sometime probably around 2010, a group of notable Russians put on their kokoshniks and formed a thinktank to decide where next to send the “Faberge: Legacy of Imperial Russia”...
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Teams Book
Posted on 30/03/2013
Football, the greatest game in the world, is back. If you’re a bred Melburnian, you’re pretty happy about this. Even if you’re fighting with sticks in the...
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Tombowling
Posted on 03/02/2013
Oh good, you’re just in time for some mummyblogging. Gather round, mummies, and put on your fucken smocks or whatever is called for. *except using Comic Sans MS as a legit font,...
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Tombowling
Posted on 02/02/2013
Oh good, you’re just in time for some mummyblogging. Gather round, mummies, and put on your fucken smocks or whatever is called for. *except using Comic Sans MS as a legit font,...
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FREE HOLIDAY. FOR YOU. (sponsored post)
Posted on 22/01/2013
So you know that thing I espouse about not doing sponsored posts? Turns out it only applies to insulting/boring stuff like cans of tuna and expat banking services. I mean if you...
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Dirty birds
Posted on 09/01/2013
You know that feeling when it’s the first blog post of the year and you really want to do it up right with a sparkling fuse of words to blaze off a golden bomb of posts all year long,...
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Year in career: 2012
Posted on 21/12/2012
It’s the last day of the work year, and for someone who… sorry, WHOOOOOOOOO!!!! ..for someone who isn’t allowed to take photos in many of my workplaces, I’ve done...
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Gado gado…AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.
Posted on 30/10/2012
The first job I ever had was in an establishment that fancifully called itself a gourmet fish and chippery. It basically consisted of being a regular fish and chip shop with some...
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Building bridges, with little white pills.
Posted on 29/09/2012
This is it you guys! Mid-Autumn Festival, aka MOONCAKES! It’s now only one day away from the anniversary of my most significant assimilatory moment to...
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