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Fleeting Glances

Alastair Gordon

Moments, incidental, accidental or even existential that I've noticed while passing through life.

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It was 2016. I was 64 and riding my grandly named “Megapro” motorcycle around the back blocks of East Timor when it happened: I had a vision.

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Bad People Get Eaten By Crocodiles

Dili Harbour at Sunset. The crocodile still keeps an eye on the Timorese. © A. Gordon 2017

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Gratitude Squared

Young women in traditional tais, part of a religious procession, rural Timor 2017. The smiles are part of the reason I keep returning to Timor-Leste. © A.Gordon 2017.

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Hubris of The Heart

A few years ago I suffered a severe attack of hubristic over-confidence.

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    Writer, VSA volunteer, marketer and researcher. Interested in people and what makes them tick. I've been lucky enough to live and travel around the world, studying everything from Taiwanese laundry habits to British voting behaviour. Living in NZ.

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