: About Me

I am 58 years old, male, born in Thailand, migrated to Australia in 1974, married 35 years, one daughter born 1979, one grandson born 2008. My main employment was in the airlines industry, but I have worked in plastics recycling, offset printing, exotic timbers out of Indonesia and South-east Asia, safety consultant, airport cargo facilities designer. Retired at 47 from executive position because I found the lack of morality in modern corporate thinking too soul sapping. Currently earn a crust designing and setting up Christmas related displays, run a small online Villaging supplies business.

Full-time grandfather - best job in the world.

Favourite pastimes - reading, poetry, classics, hard Science -Astronomy, Physics, Alternate energy, listening to music - Blues, jazz, classics, chill-out. Used to travel a lot, mainly Europe - Switzerland, Germany, Holland but also the Americas, North and Central, Canada and Asia - Indonesia, Laos, Kampuchea, Thailand.

Pet hates - lack of discipline in modern society brought about by laws that grant rights but do not dictate responsibilities, a younger generation that doesn't understand that respect starts with oneself and that every choice comes with consequences, good or bad.

Celebrations & Holidays > Christmas How to build a Christmas village

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Allow me to start my article with an old Chinese tale! An old "Seefu" (teacher) asked his students what was it that gave a wagon wheel its strength? One student said the hub, another said the spokes and a third said the rim. "You are all wrong - what gives the wheel its strength is the space between the three elements you have mentioned. Too strong a hub or too strong the rim and the wheel would be too heavy. And if the spokes are not evenly spread between the hub and the rim, the wheel would collapse at the first bump in the road. Strength therefore comes from the balance and harmony betw...

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