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Jez Kemp's Blog: Packing 6yrs of your life is like a greatest hits with 12 songs
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Wednesday, 1 April 2015. Packing 6yrs of your life is like a greatest hits with 12 songs. Well here we are. I had so many Australia blog posts to write - the Mite Tasting (comparing 6 types of Marmite); that time the Invasion Day protest crashed the official Australia Day parade and it was totally awesome; why Aus and NZ buildings are made appallingly, because they still cling to a pioneer mindset; and so on. I am worried people in my own country will keep correcting my English. I wanted to write blog po...
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Jez Kemp's Blog: April 2015
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Friday, 10 April 2015. Why Do People Make Plans That Don't Make Sense? In my last 6 years of living, moving and travelling, there's been a lot of plans. Plans made, plans changed, plans succeeded and failed. For me, this has largely revolved around visas. All of my visas for NZ and Australia have been 1 year - which makes planning beyond that time very difficult. In amongst all this, people often ask me things like:. So why are you doing that? Why can't you do that? That's a bit weird isn't it? The avail...
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Jez Kemp's Blog: June 2014
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Wednesday, 11 June 2014. Flashes: The Oracle and His Basement. The metal shutter opened. A single eye peered out. Ma'am, we—' began the DocSergeant. He say Pastman only! Snapped a female voice. The accent was Eastern European — Romanian? Over the shoulderpads of giant marines, Mark could see the skin around the eye was black, sagging a little. Middle-aged. Ma'am we—' tried the DocSergeant again. Shouted the lady, slamming the shutter. I know. But you can't.'. Right I can't.'. Pretty sure you can't.'.
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Jez Kemp's Blog: GE2015: I Feel Like I've Been Punched In The Face, Again
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Friday, 8 May 2015. GE2015: I Feel Like I've Been Punched In The Face, Again. Well that was an election and I should clearly stop being surprised by anything any more. Firstly the winners and losers, so far, with results still being announced:. Conservatives - performed far beyond expectations, even scraping a majority. Scottish National Party (SNP) - also exceeded expectations, destroying major Labour MPs. UKIP - massive vote. Greens - again, huge vote. Labour - awful performance. I followed the New Zea...
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Jez Kemp's Blog: March 2015
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Saturday, 28 March 2015. Aboriginal "Lifestyle Choices" VS Agriculture Propped Up By Travellers And Cheap Labour. I'm very sad to make this one of my last posts from Australia. But here is one of the few unique things I can add to a really, really shitty time for Indigenous Australians. As if they don't have it hard enough already. I came to Australia on a working holiday visa for 1 year. You can apply for a second year, and living in Melbourne has been great, so I considered it. And felling, mining.
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Jez Kemp's Blog: Why Do People Make Plans That Don't Make Sense?
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Friday, 10 April 2015. Why Do People Make Plans That Don't Make Sense? In my last 6 years of living, moving and travelling, there's been a lot of plans. Plans made, plans changed, plans succeeded and failed. For me, this has largely revolved around visas. All of my visas for NZ and Australia have been 1 year - which makes planning beyond that time very difficult. In amongst all this, people often ask me things like:. So why are you doing that? Why can't you do that? That's a bit weird isn't it? The avail...
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Jez Kemp's Blog: The "Paracetamol Challenge" Doesn't Exist And Everyone Is An Idiot
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Wednesday, 27 May 2015. The "Paracetamol Challenge" Doesn't Exist And Everyone Is An Idiot. If the first you hear about a new "craze" is the backlash against it, it's probably not actually a "craze". A few hours ago I saw a Facebook friend post an article about the terrifying "#ParacetamolChallenge", where children are apparently daring each other to overdose on paracetamol - which is, genuinely, extremely dangerous. We've heard about the #paracetamolchallenge. This is no surprise - moral panics and scar...
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Jez Kemp's Blog: The UK Voting System Is An Insult To Democracy.
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Friday, 8 May 2015. The UK Voting System Is An Insult To Democracy. I write this in the sweltering Bangkok heat, and I live in 2 worlds: the social media world, where the UK election is raging, and the world of Thailand, where the UK election doesn't exist. It is 30 degrees C at 3am. This is normal in hot season. Summary: Sign this petition to change the UK voting system. And get ready to get angry. The simple fact is this: the UK electoral system is barely "democracy". Is roughly the votes each MP wins ...
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Jez Kemp's Blog: December 2014
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Tuesday, 16 December 2014. Light Lag" - Seasonal Jet Lag From Flying North/South. I am a medical science pioneer, because I think I've found a black hole in medical knowledge: jet lag from flying north or south. This week I flew my 10th mega-haul flight, i.e. 24 hrs and 2 plane trips. This one was 25hrs from Melbourne to London. 25hrs is about the shortest flight you can do between the UK and Aus/NZ, and this felt like one of the easiest. So why do I still feel terrible 5 whole days later? Each time flyi...
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