Surbiton — This broccoli spear/head might be the size of my thumb but I’m incredibly proud of it, even if I didn’t mean to plant it. I grew broccoli last year on my balcony garden and it bolted, going to seed b...
Long beach — “I’m looking in on the good life I might be doomed never to find.” I anticipate the end of the song, but it’s reduced to an intermittent whisper. The laughter and chatter all around me have been pers...
Hayling island — Happy birthday Mum! Lovely day at the sea, and spending time with my Mum and siblings.
London — Boy racers tearing up the streets of London. My mum stayed over and it was nice to spend some time with her. She said that she admired my independent and ‘brave’ nature, the way I travel around the ...
Ciudad de méxico — Tener amigos es bueno para la salud, y más cuando vives en una megalópolis.
Heidelberg heights — My mother, your grandmother, said, my father held you, longer than he held my brother & I put together…You just stared at each other for about 30min. Then you went to sleep. I asked my father if...
Macau — 因为职业的关系，我会较一般的HR同行更多地接触新员工的喜怒哀乐，让我感触最深的不是那些成功的喜悦、被委屈的恼怒、失败的落寞和放弃的悲壮，而是“成功是熬出来的”这句话给我的感觉与冲击。曾经优秀的员工履历里二年内更换三个以上单位更加常见；面临挫折或短暂的不顺，便有同事提出辞呈，而且是越快越好；稍有进步便对公司提出了更高的要求，甚至条件。我每每可惜于许多同事短暂的坚守、过快的放弃，他们总是与成功失之交臂...
London — A lovely day visiting a really good friend, playing with her daughter and meeting the newest member of the family - the most chilled out and happy baby I’ve ever met. We went out for a walk too, brav...
Rosehill — Going to be one of my last posts on the site so decided to put a little more effort into this one, best way of doing that? Writing a little more descriptively so bear with the longer post. Went to Sm...
Surbiton — I was doing so well. I’ve been feeling relaxed and in a holiday haze for the past few weeks, but the toll of daily life has finally hit home. Family stress has made me feel stressed and anxious, and I...
Changsha shi — 很喜欢这个网站，真的希望Carig可以同意或授权此网站在中华人民共和国境内继续营运。
London — Spotted this narrow boat on the River Thames as I was crossing Blackfriars Bridge, leaving work. Normally, the Thames is full of large commuter boats, tourist boats or cargo ships. I don’t think I’ve ...
Haymarket — Finally check up the closure date of this site and man was surprised. Next month! Wow, that was fast (for a new user). Well it’s a shame considering; fell in love with the site straight away. Than...
Haymarket — Haven’t updated in a while, might as well brush up on my recount skills. Ran into some people of the past week. Had a Caramar fiasco last week. Really hate the Bankstown line. At least Francis had th...
Surbiton — Making the most of the lovely summer weather with fish supper, by the River Thames, watching the sun set and evening rowers energetically row by.
Sakyō-ku — Impermanence is something in life that I seem to forget exists - or maybe I try and ignore. Yesterday, during the Daimonji festival in Kyoto, I was reminded not once, but twice of its existence. The...
West hollywood — I want to preface this by stating that, I don’t want this letter to be misinterpreted. When I use the word Anxiety, I do not want that to be a label placed upon me, or become a word that you stamp on ...
Surbiton — Working at home today and got to enjoy some lovely afternoon light and shadow from my balcony garden. Simply lovely!
Ciudad de méxico — Hola, me llamo Ramón Ramírez y soy uno de los que llegó a Hi.co atraído por la perspectiva de que los momentos que guarde en este humilde blogcito puedan perdurar más que las pirámides de Giza. Ya van...
Cincinnati — After finally finding a parking spot off the beaten path I started walking to the free open-air concert held on Fountain Square. In a unnecessary rush, I looked around for the street names at the near...
New york — Reordering photos, finding this one and suddenly remembering the moment in which I stopped to take it, getting away from Battery Park. (It has been so nice saying hi to you all. And I loved many of y...
Surbiton — Gorgeous moon in the early evening sky, and framed by a tree that looks like it should be in Africa, rather than south west London! And a nice day catching up with colleague-friends, putting the worl...
Lake forest — I had a life coach once ask me about my peak experiences. Pondering the question, what came up for me was landing my first job out of college with a management consulting company and studying abroad w...
Redditch — Mistakes were made. Chapter 1: The Detective Esra jumped up with fright at the sound of the door knocking. She looked at the clock slowly - 4AM. She placed her head against the cold, condensed windo...
Surbiton — Smell is really evocative. I love the smell of tomato leaves. It definitely says summer to me, and hope, hope that the tomatoes will ripen. It’s also slightly tinged with disappointment - when you rea...
London — I’m hoping that I get to adopt this plant from Farmopolis, a ‘floating’ garden on the Jetty on the Greenwich Peninsula. It’s an urban oasis, and cultural space and houses plants from the Chelsea Flow...
London — Brilliant blue skies today, without a cloud in the sky. Making the most of the weather with some lunchtime sunbathing in Inner Temple Gardens. And spotted a drone flying overhead, so my sunbathing has...
Portland — ‘Flying through the north-east neighbourhoods, up and down Going street—to the city in search of inspiration, and then back to the base, tipsy, nearly cruising into parked cars. Cities feel different ...
Rancho palos verdes — I’m small. I had no say in what was going on. Small ones never do, you know? So we moved here. Shoutout to Paul B You remind me of Paul Irving
Surbiton — Jumpsuits are nice in theory, but totally impractical! I bought this culottes jumpsuit in New York, and really like the way it looks and feels, but the reality of wearing them is another matter. Lets ...
New york — “No one understands me,” she said. Her grandmother was silent for a minute. It seemed she was searching for an answer in the star speckled sky. “But no one understands anyone in this world, darling. W...
New york — A woman should do exactly as she pleases no matter what a man may think.
Paddington — Getting up for an 11am actually feels good. Sure I didn’t go to the lecture but still. Ran into Tony on the train. Had a good chat, hadn’t seen him in ages. Tried to do work in the Socs Office… Bu...
Positano — All the photographs, the daydreaming, the months of anticipation for the Amalfi Coast were sharply replaced by the nervous reality of Amalfi Coast’s SITA bus. Whatever it lacked in pace, it made up fo...
London — Quick lunchtime walk to enjoy the sunshine, and back to my old tricks of photographing manhole covers! But when you come across one so beautiful, it has to be photographed! I like the sense of history...
Berlin — This is, unfortunately, likely to be the last Hi.co post I’ll be writing, since I believe it’s soon to be shut down for submissions. But sad as this may appear at first, there is always a romantic vie...
Surbiton — Busy working at home day today! And working late too. I had to get a manuscript off my desk for handover tomorrow. It was enjoyable though - it’s going to be a great book! I realised I hadn’t taken a...
Minneapolis — I live in a place that each day is the exact same
Karachi — Note to the reader: Hi, Thank you for reading it. It is a long and intimate story I will try to finish it as soon as I can. — Derya Kaya- A sister, a friend and a partner in crime. We met in the sco...
Karachi — As a Pakistani, I have seen more violence than I could bear. This year has already brought deaths of- a gifted artist, an outspoken women and hundreds others. Often, before going to bed I ask myself:...
Ivybridge — The screeching one evening while on holiday was quite distinctive, and persistent. We could hear it from indoors, so we ventured out in the dark to explore, and were rewarded with the sight of two ba...
London — Enjoying the sunshine and plants in bloom in Inner Temple Gardens, and learning what the fuss is about with Pokémon Go. I’m not convinced, and was more interested in the hydrangeas, which are giants!...
Berkeley — What am I doing? Today I am chasing a girl who sometimes loves me. Sometimes it is obvious that it will be good, sometimes she is tired of me. I am not tired of her, so it is not difficult to love he...
Ardabil — I couldn’t find the right words to explain how much better you can be and how much happier you can become, by believing in good. But you chose leaving instead of believing that you deserve love and pe...
Surbiton — A lovely quiet day, walking by the river into town, and as the sun was still out in the afternoon, a walk home by the river too! And I’ve walked passed this electricity substation for years but today...
Lucknow — It is possibly the best time to catch up the nature and watch daily routines people do to keep themselves fit .Some times you feel quite energetic and some times lethargic to walk in the morning .I th...
West hollywood — The Shriner’s Hospital for Children really changed me. I had the opportunity to go with my Job’s Daughters Bethel sisters, which made it even more special. We even brought our own Shriner (it was just...
Surbiton — A gift from my parents - One of my most favourite fruits! (And in my new ceramic basket - from NY!) And a lovely day spent being a tourist in London with my parents and brother - visiting St James’s ...
Muir beach — I did not see the beauty of the world directly in front of my eyes. Then, one day, I stood on a beach with my toes in soft sand, the wind blowing in my face, and the ocean waves crashing against me. I...
Hampton — The perfect day off - picnic, sunbathing and swimming at Hampton Pool! (The outdoor pool is heated too!)
Pune — Back in September 2008, I arrived in Cambodia - one of my first ventures into a country with a distinctly different culture compared to what I’d grown up accustomed to in Melbourne. I was most definit...
Kingsbridge — I do apologise. That should of course have been ‘The Beetles’, but I didn’t think you would drop by if I used the correct spelling :-) These are just 4 of the many insects that we encountered on ou...
Bowling green — Sadly for you, you’ve never met this kid’s family. You would not believe how amazing all of them are. All of the siblings are similar in one way or another but different enough to make them all specia...
Surbiton — The napkins in my local Thai cafe made me smile. Someone has been having lessons in the art of folding! And my darling three and half year old nephew telling me his favourite painter, and room at the...
Brixham — This beautiful patchwork came into view as we headed up the River Dart from Dartmouth to Totnes. The patchy cloud meant that the red ploughed soil kept changing in brightness, almost as if it was pul...
Kensington — It’s been what? 64(?) years since the founding. Rainy as today though so that dampened the stalls. Didn’t really care for the stalls this time but a bit sad I missed out on the carnival stalls. Stayed...
Hingham — Should I really feel guilty for this? Should I really feel ashamed of myself? Is it bad being somewhat introverted? Someone who actually enjoys being alone sometimes? Don’t get me wrong I love sociali...
London — A good day at work, and beautiful light on the Thames as I was leaving work this evening.
Kingsbridge — We stumbled across this happy face set in the wall outside a house in Kingston, Devon. Clearly not an original feature (many of the houses and other village structures are hundreds of years old), but...
Vancouver — Eliza sat down to type a story. At first she changed her name several times in the title. I mean, who isn’t carrying a multitudes of nicknames inside of their head based on interactions with others? ...
Surbiton — The moment when your social media accounts tells you to follow yourself - getting the suggestion email made me smile!
Miller — Wow forgot to publish (and write) about this one. Well I’m pretty sure I already talked about it later. TLDR the Australian government should be less heavy handed when drawing up identification perio...
Fairfield — “In a lieu to a certain vitamin water ad” Big day today, so I bolted out the door after leaving late and barely got to the train station in time only to have to take the wrong bus and then head over ...
Montpellier — Depuis un an environ, Coline Pierré et Martin Page ont lancé monstrograph, qui propose à la vente des objets faits maison, ainsi que quelques livres que nos deux auteurs ont choisi d’éditer eux-mêmes ...
Surbiton — I love getting things for free! Today was my first day back at work after almost three weeks out of the office, and it was made better with two free books!
Vitoria — Sorry about poor picture. Cort Boys in action! Cort B5FL (fretless) - brown wood! Cort GB75 with Mendes preamp.
Kuantan — Life is where you learn about yourself & others. Positive things happen when you get into positive surroundings but being nice kinda boring sometimes. People says that you need some spice in your ...
Surbiton — Out supporting the cyclists today for Ride London, a 100 mile cycle ride from London-Surrey-London. My brother had to pull out as he hurt his wrist in a cycling incident, but we were out to cheer on a...
Salcombe — …is just out of sight to the right of the photograph. That’s the name of the beach-side cafe here at Salcombe North Sands. We rewarded ourselves with drinks and cake here after walking round int...
Blacktown — Pretty relaxing first week…. Except I’m already behind!! Well learning Maya again this time texturing and modelling. Should actually learn rigging from Charlie’s guides. Went to a Mircosoft event....
Minneapolis — If only there was a way to let it all go- to say goodbye to this feeling. A feeling that overwhelms my body and causes my limbs to shake and heart to pull and punch through my skin. This feeling that ...
Itabashi-ku — It was way past dinner time, and I couldn’t tolerate another youtube video, so I decided to disconnect my router, feed it to the dog, and get to the kitchen, only to realise the microwave isn’t workin...
Surbiton — Look up! Yes, that black blob on the upstairs neighbour’s balcony (and my balcony ‘roof’) is a snail. I am staggered that they can climb up to a second floor balcony, and sleep upside down! Just keep ...
Surbiton — Eureka! Lightbulb moment! Not quite, but I have to admit that I hadn’t noticed these ‘manhole covers’ in my neighbourhood before. (Are they still manhole covers if they aren’t manhole shaped or sized?...
Ivybridge — Here’s a male “Beautiful Demoiselle” damselfly, spotted sunning himself next to a stream just outside Modbury in south Devon. The photograph doesn’t really do it justice, partly because of my photogr...
Surbiton — Beautiful views of London as we flew in from New York. Hyde Park and Regents Park looking lush and verdant. I kept pretending I was living in NY but I would miss London if I did move away.
New york — Old school 1950s style diner, just a few blocks up from Bloomingdales, with a great name. We came across it 4 years ago, and have visited on every visit. And it was great to be remembered too, even f...
New york — Random things you see whilst walking around Manhattan. I do love New York!
New york — Embracing my geeky side and taking pictures of manhole covers around New York. This one is really beautiful - love the lettering, sunburst and shared geekery on Instagram.
New york — I have been getting into the presidential conventions on TV whilst on holiday in NYC. I saw this antique weighing machine in a shop asking a rather pertinent question. Let’s hope it’s a momentous occ...
New york — Exploring Governors Island and love the planting, although the trees need to grow a bit more to provide some much needed shade. And I went on the longest slide in NYC- I like that they thought about ...
New york — View from the Highline, the beautiful garden on a disused railway line in the middle of New York City. I love the ‘bell towers’ with the Empire State Building on the horizon. I’d like to know more abo...
New york — I love that you can get to the seaside from Manhattan on a subway in just over an hour. I love the tradition of eating the yummy Nathan’s hotdog, walk on the boardwalk, watching the excited people on ...
New york — Brooklyn Botanic Gardens sprinklers were creating rainbows. Rather apt since I think these gardens are rather magical and special. Video here: https://instagram.com/p/BIEW0bzDFlb/
New york — First day exploring Manhattan and NYC, and came across this pineapple growing. I love pineapples and keep meaning to grow my own, and this has inspired me to try it. I’m not sure we have the climate f...
New york — I’m hoping to write some fiction inspired by this photo, which to me was a lovely vignette of life. There is a story to be told from this snappily dressed couple, seen on my first evening in New York ...
Salcombe — Never before have I seen so many small pink daisies as I did on my holiday in south Devon. And even when I have seen pink daisies, they’ve only had a pinkish tinge. But these were very strongly colo...
Leeds — The Writing Squad’s workshop as part of Young at Arts was full of firsts: our first intergenerational workshop, our first led by Malika Booker, and the first we’ve begun by handing out cash. It was a...
Kensington — Sitting in on a 2041 lecture. Learning about filters in UNIX. Laptop is out of power (thanks Toshiba). Just got my ass handed to me in Yugioh by Aaron. Need to buff up. Went to the Microsoft Tech ta...
Salcombe — While on holiday in south Devon the other week the weather forecasts were never great, but thankfully they often proved unreliable, as on the day we visited Salcombe and enjoyed a walk along the Kings...
Alajuela — Another morning. I wake up entangled in my sheets. My eyes are tired and I find myself alone in a house where five people used to live. Now it’s just me. As I walk through the hallway of the house, I ...
Katrineholm — Can you hear that? What? The crickets. The sound is almost deafening. It’s strange how it sneaks up on you, how one minute you think you sit in absolute silence, and the next you realise that you’re...
Auburn — I should have done this a few days ago tbh. Yea so, finally took the family to the Japanese Gardens again. It’s been a while. $4 per person though. The family kept claiming it was free when we last w...
Burwood — Hmm I guess I should explain the title. Well just finished Katanagatari yesterday and man it was awesome. Nothing like a good samurai tragedy to en the holidays. Oh yea today was Welcome Back day at ...
Istanbul — It was a simple Friday night. Watermelon and rum; roasted chicken salad and take out pizza; friends and a rooftop. We had just finished dinner and moved out of the oven-like kitchen to the rooftop whe...
Kingsbridge — Built in 1929 and extended just 3 years later, the Burgh Island Hotel is situated (rather obviously) on Burgh Island, about 300 yards from the mainland across from Bigbury-on-Sea. It is accessible on...
Prescott — I have forgotten what it’s like to feel safe in someone’s arms. have forgotten what it’s like to feel needed or wanted. I have forgotten what the warmth of another feels like. I have forgotten how ...
La perouse — Well ignoring the fact that I was already home by this one… Went to Brighton again. Not only there but Botany too. Let’s rewind a bit I guess. Well was visiting my grandparents yesterday… Had som...
Kingsbridge — As you might imagine, seeing a sign saying “Please drive slowly through the pub” as we drove slowly through winding country lanes while exploring the small villages dotted around south Devon certainly...
Toronto — Beautiful dusk light in the Frank Gehry extension to the Art Gallery of Ontario (AGO), the venue for our conference gala dinner. A lovely space to explore, unwind and dance in, to celebrate another su...