My transition blog

That's right it's not the end, it's a transition.

So, we're living in Brisbane. 37 to 21 degrees, spicy green papaw salad to mushroom risotto, Thai to English, monoculture to multiculture and motorbike to car. It's hard to imagine what that transition was like for Lit. It was just coming home for me, but for Lit it was discovering a new one.

It's hard to write a blog on coming home. It just doesn't have that exotic element to it. So I'll do a quick week in review, then move on.

Lit is studying English 3 mornings a week for free. It's a pretty good deal. She's meeting some new friends, Thai ironically, and rapidly improving her English. She's also practicing Thai massage from a room downstairs in the house. So far only a couple proper paying clients, mostly family other than that, but it should come along nicely. We've been climbing, bouldering, mt biking, coffee drinking, footy going and family visiting. Lit's also made some good Australian friends, Nick, Sam when we see him and Oscar virtually inseparable when we see him.

Foods intersting. I'm officially not allowed to cook because it's tasteless. I'm not sure whether this is a good or bad thing at the moment. Lit's found a Thai shop which is helping with food homesickness but otherwise Mum's food is holding up with a little extra fish sauce.

Missing the toilet hose we had in Thailand. Toilet paper alone just doesn't cut it.

Culture's great but a little hard on the ego. Nobody looks at us anymore. Lit loves this, that was one of the worst problems with being in Thailand, we were different and everybody noticed it. Here we're different but that's normal. I don't get 'wowed' at when walking down the street anymore, but I think I'll survive.

As for myself. This is the next transition. This blog finishes here (well in a couple of lines). I'm now learning my way into the property development industry. It's exciting, confusing and frustrating but I have 2+ years worth of ideas waiting to be put into practice and a whole lot more to discover. Which is what my next blog will be about. Only problem is I don't know what to call it. I'm thinking eco-effective design, architecture, climate change, new initiatives, new thinkers, and how that's all happening in Brisbane. Anyone got a name for this new blog? Please... Pretty Please.........

(Sorry I lied, there'll be one more blog to let you know my new blog's address and Lit's too for that matter)