POSTCARD | One For The Boys

Last Sunday I found a toy shop that would make your eyes pop with delight.

CLASS | An International Mix (Part II)

Numbers-wise I haven't got an exact one but ....

CLASS | One Out Of The Blue

An interesting piece found it's way out of my pen and onto the page today.

ACTIVITIES | Open Mic Off To A Flyer!

The 1st open mic night was held in Rectors Room and it drew a large crowd.

CAMPUS LIFE | Anthology Of Raw Talent

Today a proposal was floated among the students that we produce an anthology of all our work.

CLASS | ....And Ink Did Keep Flowing

Weddings, six chapters and just how did I come to know so much about women?

POSTCARD | Special Message For Bardyn

This is a special message for Bardyn about a map.

CAMPUS LIFE | Cafes, Computers and Food, Glorious Food

So far the typical day has been sticking to an easy routine.

ACTIVITIES | Open Mic And Other High-Jinx

Signed-up/registered for some of the activities on offer.

CLASS | ....And Ink Did Flow

Yesterday afternoon, I had my first session with Tim Pears.

TRAVEL | Arrival - Exeter College (Part II)

I wasn't just a name on a list.

CLASS | Tim Pears (Fiction) - Bio

Fiction

Writing teaches writing. Exploring such elements of story telling as structure and plot, character, place, the importance of detail, voice, point of view and editing, this course will offer intensive writing workshops

CLASS | Dr John Ballam (Biography and Autobiography) - Bio

Biography and Autobiography

If there are things in your own experience, or that of your family, or there is someone you have known and always wanted to investigate,

CLASS | It's An Excercise Stoopid

I was really looking forward to the first session and of course, even more so the one with Dr John Ballam.

STREET TALK | Hey, Good Looking

I already felt like I won the lottery. I arrived early and had immediate access to my room. The room was awesome. I dumped the bag and went out to relax.

CLASS | An International Mix (Part I)

The group is pretty ecletic and drawn from everywhere except New Zealand. There are some seriously intelligent and talented people here.

TRAVEL | Arrival - Exeter College (Part I)

My inner GPS was well out of sync. But I made it.

TRAVEL | Excuse Me, Where Do I get Off?

Patting myself on the back became habit forming in the hours after I cleared UK customs.

TRAVEL | Friendly Dudes Those Qatari's

Even the locals are impressed with their Thunderbird vehicles.

TRAVEL | Fighters Scrambling At Two-O-Clock

Flying at night is pretty boring and once I decided I couldn't sleep anymore, I tapped up the inflight map. It said we were just off the coast of India and had kissed the southern tip of Sri Lanka.

TRAVEL | You Are Now Approaching Doha

Even though the heat sucks, I have to admit that visually the approach into Doha was pretty good.

TRAVEL | Thunderbirds Are Go (In Doha)

Arrived in Doha about 6.50am into a stinking hot 38 degrees and exit from the plane to the terminal meant stepping down to the tarmac into courtesy buses that loooked like they were straight off the set of the Thunderbirds.

TRAVEL | Flight - Name That Roadtrip Anthem Competition

Every road trip needs a travel anthem. Hard when you don't have an iPod and easy when you have inflight audio jukebox.

If you can guess the name of the song I've adopted as an anthem, I'll shout you lunch.

TRAVEL | DOHAnuts....Is There Anything They Can't Do?

A recent survey taken at Melbourne's Tullamarine Airport reveals that 0 in 3 Australians know where Doha is.

TRAVEL | London Calling....And Then An Ozzy Walked By

Taking a moment to pat myself on the back, I was savouring victory over UK customs with a coke at Heathrow.