About Graeme

Some essentials

• Born 1970, I was the most beautiful baby in the whole nursing home (according to my mum who, of course, is very objective!)
• I am happily married to Ally who I met in a tiny sea side resort on New Year´s eve 1992. I proposed on our 7 year anniversary - best way to scratch a 7 year itch!
• I was lucky to be born and grow up in Cape Town, the most beautiful city in the world I believe. My mum, sister and gorgeous nephew and niece still live there.
• Ally and I have lived and worked in the UK (London and Cambridge) for 6 years.
• After 6 glorious months of travelling around South America , we emigrated to Sydney, Australia where we are now settling down into life downunder.

The values I treasure most

• wonder, love, adventure, calmness, gratitude, fun, simplicity

My passions

• pursuing my life list
• experiences that take my breath away
• photography
• blogging
• the internet and its amazing capabilities
• MindManager (and any other tools that enhance personal productivity and thinking skills)
• rollerblading, tennis and paddle skiing
• hiking
• birding and nature
• travel
• humour
• cinema
• meditation and spirituality (my own blend)
• thought provoking quotations
• food
• music
• reading
• sharing any of the above with others

My role models

• My grandfather, David Attenborough, Nelson Mandela, Peter Jackson

Qualities I adore in others

• a sense of fun and adventure
• the ability to laugh at oneself
• the ability to be real
• crazy and quirky people who also like to be calm sometimes
• anyone who loves any of the things I do

My worst fears

• sharks
• heights (unless their is water below in which case I just have to jump!)

Weirdest food I have eaten

• bull testicles (Brazil), squirrel (Thailand), crocodile (Namibia), whole battered frog (Thailand), mapani worms (South Africa), guineapig (Peru) (can´t say I enjoyed it all!)

My vices

• lists (like this one!)
• digital squirreling
• sugar (preferably in the form of chocolate or ice cream)
• surfing the web
• any high tech gadget

Pet hates

• I am very tolerant but not too fond of forgotten left overs in the fridge, extreme saggy bottoms and soggy tomatos

Favourite web sites

• Flickr (photo sharing), The Internet Movie Database, Wikipedia