Month: October 2014

Recently, a dear friend, Dr Chris Millar, died. Yesterday was his funeral. He’s going into the unknown. My heart is with him and his loved ones.   Even in life we are going into the unknown. We don’t really know what the next step brings. We can plan, structure, have visions and goals – have… Continue reading Going into the unknown – and having ground underneath our feet

“Until you make the unconscious conscious, it will direct your life and you will call it fate.”  C.G. Jung I came across this quote the other day – in Facebook of all places. Then again, a lot of quotes fly about in there. Being sick with the flu I didn’t have energy for much else than… Continue reading C.G. Jung says so – and a bit of self promotion

I find human beings so interesting. Observing how we think, how we do things, and respond to our environment is one of my favourite pastimes. There is much learning to be found. One morning I was riding my bicycle to a daily acupuncture appointment. I left a bit late and was zipping through the traffic.… Continue reading In China for a week – the human adaption process (and another ‘visa run’)

Today I am writing about traffic in China, or, more precisely, cycling in Shenzhen. To be fair, on that trip I only saw a few suburbs of a huge city with ‘special economic status’. This is only a tiny, tiny bit of China. So, I’ll write about cycling in Shekou, the expat suburb of Shenzhen.… Continue reading Cycling in China, an awareness game