Trip to Osaka

During the autumn festival in China, aka Red October, is the perfect time to take a longer vacation once more to Japan. I’ve never...

Sammi J. Minkes

Sep 24, 20248 min read

A Week In Japan: After Four Years In China

After four and a half years in China, I've taken a trip aborad. I like to pretend that I haven't taken a week off since I visited Tokyo...

Sammi J. Minkes

Jul 19, 20216 min read

I’m about to teach English for the first time in my life. The stage is set. I’ve checked my pens are working and I wore a collared shirt...

Sammi J. Minkes

Dec 29, 202027 min read

January 2020: Being feeling ill since I got here I remember back in early December one of the naughty boys I teach had a surgical mask on...

Sammi J. Minkes

Nov 27, 20203 min read

November 2019: Renting an affordable flat is a new experience I was picked up from the airport by a new friend from the school I work...

Sammi J. Minkes

Nov 12, 20204 min read

It was a cold and grey afternoon in November 2019 when I left England with a one way ticket to a new life in China. I still don't regret...

Sammi J. Minkes

Aug 20, 202021 min read

Seb - Scuderia Ferrari Seb thumps his Ferrari V10 through the gears, fourth, fifth, sixth and still his attacker is on him looking for a...

Sammi J. Minkes

Jun 29, 20206 min read

In November 2019 I finally said, 'fuck it', and moved to China. It had been a long time coming. After years of working dead-end and...

Sammi J. Minkes

Jun 9, 202017 min read

29th March 2020 Sepang, Malaysia The Formula 1 circus has arrived in Malaysia at the quarantined and COVID-19 free Sepang Circuit. This...

Sammi J. Minkes

May 1, 202013 min read

15th March 2020, Bathurst, Australia In seventy years of Formula One racing the feeling of foreboding has never been so prevalent as it...

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