Yangshuo
Guilin is best known for its Li River cruise with limestone mountains as its backdrop - pictured on the 20 RMB note. There’s three primary parts to Guilin: The Longji (Dragon’s Backbone) rice terraces, an hour and a half’s...
Zhangjiajie
Zhangjiajie is best known as the inspiration for the floating mountains of Pandora in James Cameron’s Avatar. The Blue Mountains is quite well known in Sydney, but this is like The Three Sisters on steroids - it is on a...
Jiuzhaigou
Jiuzhaigou is the most incredible national park I’ve ever been to, and the highlight of my recent trip to China. One friend said “it looks a bit like New Zealand” after seeing the photos, and that can only be a...
Travel tips for China
When it comes to travel, I love natural scenery, and it’s been on my radar for a while that China has some beautiful places. For an Australian, it’s relatively convenient to get to (e.g. compared to Europe), there’s a 30...
The Abrahamic covenant
For the past while, I’ve been thinking through how the Old Testament fits with the New. That is, working backwards from the clearest part of the Christian faith - Jesus’ death and resurrection, and the apostolic teachings, how do Old...
The forest of kings and chronicles
The Ahab tree As I was reading Kings, there was a line that caught my attention: “Have you seen how Ahab has humbled himself before me? Because he has humbled himself before me, I will not bring the...
Changteng CTHT3-F4200 standing desk review
Last year, I purchased my first standing desk, the Zen One and commented it was a tad high even at its lowest setting. I wanted ~68 cm, but was forced to go 73 cm - which required using a...
For whom is it impossible to restore again to repentance?
For it is impossible, in the case of those who have once been enlightened, who have tasted the heavenly gift, and have shared in the Holy Spirit, 5 and have tasted the goodness of the word of God and...
Watch The Chosen
There’s a TV series I’ve thoroughly enjoyed, and I think you should watch it. It’s called The Chosen, and it’s available to watch on YouTube for free. Spoiler alert: since The Chosen’s plot is based on part of the...
Zen One standing desk review
I’ve liked the idea of standing desks ever since I heard of their existence, which is probably when Marco Arment shared an old photo of his makeshift standing desk. Back when I worked in an office with standing desks, I...