For my latest challenge against the clock, I’m going vegetarian for a quarter of the year whilst backpacking throughout Asia. I could write a zillion words post explaining my reasons for doing this and hope that you care enough to read. Alternatively, I’ve manifested an imaginary interview in my head, with questions from cool celebrities [...]
A Broken Hearted English Football Fan’s Guide to Australia Rules Football
It was a Sunday morning, my alarm clock went off and I sprang out of bed in a: “zipp-ah dee doo dah, zip a dee aaaay, my oh my, what a wonderful daaay” kind of fashion. Those close to me will not believe that last sentence as I’m usually completely incoherent first thing in the [...]
Are you Good Stubborn, or Bad Stubborn? (and is it Affecting Your Happiness?)
BOOM. Flashback: I slumped at my desk and reread my unsavoury email that I was about to send. High emotions clouded any hope for logic and justification levels became devastatingly impenetrable. Tempers between the two of us had finally reached boiling point, resulting in a breakdown of communication, and I was about to send a [...]
New Challenge: Man Vs Jumping Out Of a Moving Plane
Hey Since I left the UK a year and a half ago and completed the biggest challenge of all, (getting the hell out of the place, to travel this big and sexy world) – my challenges against the clock have been a little shy. Man Vs Clock is an accountability tool for me and a [...]
Challenge Complete: The Quest From Scrawny To Brawny – Results and Musings
Last November, whilst living in Cambodia – I decided to be nice and finally meet up with an eager fellow Englishman who had been stalking the shit out of me since the birth of Man Vs Clock. Apparently the artist formally known as ‘Gonzo,’ the anti-travel blogger was “just passing by” after spending half a [...]
Minimalist Travel Cult – Why I Renounced My Faith.
Back in May last year, I joined the cult that is ‘minimalist travel’ and decided to see what life would be like travelling with carry-on luggage only, as a three month challenge (and ended up doing five). Like any other religious organisation – I became indoctrinated quickly into the regime and committed my allegiance to [...]
Motivational Monday: Why You Should Learn To Be an Arsehole (At The Right Times).
Newsflash: The cliché is true – nice guys really do finish last. I know it because I’ve been there and I have the footprints on my back to prove it. “So what are you saying? We should be mean to everyone who we come into human contact with, instead of being polite and lovely,” I [...]
Depth of Devotion – Thaipusam in Malaysia
Brits call it “holidays” and North Americans call it “vacation.” Whatever the hell you call it – you probably love it and so does your body for its well-earnt rest, as does your soaring excitement levels (but I’m not so sure about your bank account). Some people like to kick back and relax on a [...]
Motivational Monday: In a Parallel Universe, You’re a Fucking Superstar!
The concept of a parallel universe is an interesting concept brought together by quantum physicists. I’ll do my best to explain in my own words what it’s all about in my short video above, for those not initiated with the meaning. In a parallel universe, you don’t desperately seek counsel in others and you take action [...]
7 Reasons Why Burma Wasn’t Perfect
I bloody loved my month in Burma. It stole my heart and broke it at the same time, but I am aware that I could be in danger of falling into the trap that many other travelling folk do – making out that my time in a country that I loved was all skippy-in-the-daisy-fields, oh-so [...]
Welcome to Man Vs Clock
Currently in: Thailand, waiting for new passport!
Check out my against-the-clock challenges (past and present) here
Current Challenge: Confused Carnivore Vs Vegetarianism:
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Plastic Surgery in Thailand, a Cancer Scare, Broke and an Untimely Erection
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New Challenge: Six Months Abstinence From Alcohol In South East Asia
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Rescued (& Almost Killed) in The Land of Smiles
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I’ve Booked A One-Way Ticket Out Of England To…
