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This week's list is all about FOOD GLORIOUS FOOD! I love food. Love, love, love it! It's not only for the flavours and textures; I love food because it's so much more than just food. Food has, and creates, history and culture. It can teach you things about a person or place that you wouldn't [...]
Hello, hello! It’s been a while right?! I took a little unannounced mental health break from blogging (and largely from social media) to help me adjust to the big move home and after being home for over a month, I think I'm ready to get back to it! On one of my many walks since [...]
When we think of progress we immediately think of numbers- how much more money did I make, how many pounds did I lose, how many words did I write? We like progress that we can quantify. Ironically, one of the things holding us back from progress is something unquantifiable and quite abstract. So what could [...]
I started running in 2018 when I came to Japan. I hardly knew anyone, the closest gym was a 40-minute drive away and I thought running would be the best way to explore the abundance of nature that was around me. Before then, I didn't run. Ever. Even in the gym, I’d choose to walk [...]
This week's post is a special one! I'm sharing my super awesome, surprisingly easy fitness and weight-loss strategy with you guys. I've been pretty consistent in following this self-made plan for the last six weeks now and I'm happy to say that I'm already seeing results! I've lost 7kg (15 pounds) so far, without major [...]
Good morning Starshine, the Earth says hello! Hearing this first thing in the morning is hell for some people. You know them, maybe you’re even one of them, the grumpy-lidded morning hater, quilt pulled to chin as though allergic to morning itself. My sister is one of those people and so is my mum. Well...my mum [...]
A volcano, historical Japanese estate, sapphire blue ocean, UNESCO museum, a cute Starbucks…. Sengan-en has it all. I visited this feudal estate, built in 1658 by Shimadzu Mitsuisha of the Shimadzu clan, before Ste went back to the UK. It was recommended by my awesome friend and Kagoshima connoisseur, Lydia. Her recommendations are consistently brilliant [...]
Coronavirus and the more recently used COVID-19 are probably one of the most spoken and typed words in the world right now, and as a result, I’m sure almost everyone will know the facts. In brief, it’s a virus with respiratory symptoms, originating in Wuhan, China and spreading out across the world. Vulnerable people are [...]
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This weekend, my last 3 day weekend for a while, I decided to hit the road with my lifelong companion, Winnie, to Fukuoka. Fukuoka is a 3 hour bus journey north of me, in the next prefecture (at the top of Kyushu). Fukuoka is well known for the shopping utopia (or dystopia if the thought [...]
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