Sarb Johal

And now it's time to begin the work. My weird thunderstorm asthma kicked off the year, but we’re still doing our five-day family coast trip. We’re in Waitarere, staying at a friend’s bach by the coast. The breeze is cool, and it’s been a

It's more than I thought it was. And more people are getting it because of climate change. A quick update: I lost my voice for more than an entire week - which is a bit of a problem for a YouTuber. After much reading and investigation myself, and

It hasn’t been an easy ride into the New Year. For the past 6-8 weeks, I’ve been struggling with some kind of sub-clinical thing that’s been making me feel totally lousy. This has come to a head it’s me losing my voice totally on the last day of 2024, and its the same on this first day of 2025.

Is Wellington (aka the public service as a proxy for Wellington) being treated like a mutinous Roman legion? Or is it a more 16th century regional tax kind of vibe?

Do you go for cheap yearly subscriptions or cancelable monthly ones to save money? In these tough times, I'm going with the latter. Here's why.

I'm no longer writing to feed the machine that is Substack. It's not a direct to readers model. I don't know what it is, but it isn't that.

This website is now my publishing center, so I will blog here more frequently. My morning was all about strategizing for YouTube content and getting ready for my upcoming Japan trip. I recently listened to a delightful podcast featuring some of my favourite personalities recounting their recent trip to Japan.