Intuitively I feel I am entering unchartered waters. Shame I never really learned how to sail I guess? I’ve been living on the ‘flip side’ as I like to call it (living in New Zealand), for just over six months now. I have a whole bunch of friends! A cool boss, I’m in the most technically challenging brass band of my life?! However, if I said I don’t miss anything about the UK I’d be lying…

There are still the few of you over there that remain in my thoughts - you know who you are! Apart from people though there are other things I miss. Predictability is one of them, over here every single day is unique, and you are constantly living a Russian Roullette especially in Wellington - which could experience another major earthquake any day. I don’t say this last thing to diminish in any way what has happened in China by the way. That truly is a sad occurance; though my gut tells me the worst isn’t over yet.

….Hmm…guess I’m in a bit of a rambling mood tonight - feel free to switch off and surf on.

Every day, it seems a new distraction in escapism is invented. A new way to escape or displace yourself from reality. I ask myself the question is this truly the right direction for humanity? To run and hide in some video game, or tv show? instead of facing the real world around us? We have become accustomed to the hyptnotic addiction of the media that surrounds us so completley, it is often too easy to trust it. I fear that many in the world have forgotten what it is to be human. There’s so much death and brutality; almost like it’s a game! Well I don’t know about you, but I don’t wanna run out of any lives - and I am buggered if I know the cheat codes for life…..not that I am thinking of hitting the reset button any time soon, that would be silly.

Baby’s are born without the proper manual to live in a world like this. It’s not the mothers fault, these primary values of ‘being a parent’ aren’t taught any more. Lifes priorities changed with the invention of the humble television and more crucially the continuing domination of the world by accountants and bankers. Well if you believe recent signs in the news with regard to banking and money, then like me you will suspect sumewhat of a global financial timebomb waiting to go off.

I know I probably have it all wrong, and that the National Reserve of ‘whatever’ country has their interests covered? I just wish the markets were a little less uncertain so I could sell my house in the UK. It’s proving to be a real cancer in my ability to move on.

…I must live in hope, the glass is half full right?