Following on from my previous blog about emigrating back to SA, well I have talked the talk, and now the walking has now begun.....

After a few weeks painting and decorating, along with slowly selling some of my personal belongings and furniture etc, I have now put my house on the market with a view to a quick sale. Once sold I will be spending a few weeks living with my parents in southern England while at the same time renewing my contacts back in Bloemfontein and Johannesburg with...

I was born in Bloemfontein, South Africa, way back in 1993, and then after about 5 years my parents, sister and I, moved to Cape Town for 2 years, then Johannesburg for a further 2 years before finally returning to Bloemfontein in late 2002

The reason for all the moving around was because of my dad and his work. The company he worked for was spread far and wide across the main cities of South Africa. However, it was also finding it hard to make profits, and over the years began a...

(Original blog written March 2017)

I intentionally became self-employed just under a month ago, in order to pursue a career as an IT Consultant.

It was a bold, some would say downright silly, decision giving up a perfectly good job with a corporate IT company after less than 2 years. But anyway, the decision has been made and I am now a free spirit enjoying the benefits of being my own boss, working from home (most of the time), and hopefully taking on short-term contract...

(Original blog written February 2017)

2016, was mostly awful on a personal level. Had it not being for meeting up with Jessica in the last couple of months of the year, I would have written it off as just a bad dream!

But it was good to spend Christmas with some of my old friends and relations back in South Africa. And having Jess with me, was an added bonus.

During my time there a friend wondered if I had considered "coming home" permanently! I...