Danger Heats Up

I want to warn you in advance: what I’m about to tell you next will not make sense. It doesn’t even feel real to me, and I was there to witness it. My memories are a fog; I can tell that they are there but can’t make out anything except the vastness of it all. … [Expand…]

Gnome Home Loan

There is a little-known fact about the rental market that I am going to spell out for you today, so listen closely. Every architect, interior designer and builder who knows their stuff will tell you that there’s one secret no tenant will ever find out. Every Melbourne property will come with its own gnome.  Those … [Expand…]

Invisible A/C Bandit

Being invisible would have been unbearable if it wasn’t for the mischievous nature that had followed Goob into the afterlife. It was the only thing that he figured he also was when he was alive. Not that he had any clear memory from his time as a living being but he liked to imagine that … [Expand…]

Hiding Wood Work

The sky was forebodingly beginning to turn a stop-sign red by the time Otto neared the store. A trip that would have taken him less than five minutes before the zombies had appeared quickly turned into a half-hour stealth route. Even during their resting hour, he had to be sure to stay out of sight … [Expand…]

The Final Sewer

The final confrontation was upon them. Nate and O’Sullivan realised they needed more help to battle Victor Drainage’s forces. They rallied the city’s plumbers for the last stand. Together, they formed the Alliance of Drainage Contractors Melbourne, to stand against the sinister plot. As the clouds darkened over Melbourne, Victor Drainage emerged near the Yarra … [Expand…]

Another Buyers’ Advocate!

Well, it’s been four years since I moved to Australia and I can safely say that it’s the best country in the world. Even with all the riches in the world in my home country, living in Australia is better.  The last time I updated you all I had just landed in Australia with my … [Expand…]

Bathroom Renovation Memories

Until last month I had never written about the nostalgia I felt for my first love. It was something that I had always internalised, especially because I’m pretty happily married now. But ever since I wrote about it, I haven’t been able to get her out of my head. I keep thinking about how young … [Expand…]

Orc Houses?

Walking through beautiful Forgotten Springs, the quality of the houses strikes me as simply incredible. That is until I reach the orc encampment, where the houses can barely be called that at all. It is, after all, a camp. The stench of it reaches my nose, and I turn to go to a more pleasant … [Expand…]

Renovation Frustration

My mum and I don’t always see eye to eye, which I assume is normal in any mother-daughter relationship. It’s super frustrating though because she does a lot of things that really annoy me. It’s like she will purposely go against what I want just for the fun of it. If I say it’s purple … [Expand…]

Compulsory Children’s Orthotics

My twin brother and I are identical in every way. No one can tell us apart, sometimes even our parents get confused about who they’re talking to. I love my brother and I’m happy that we’re so similar, but it sucks in some ways because I’m the lesser brother.  Even though we’re identical and no … [Expand…]