The idea was this:

Jack the city job in and disappear round the world to have some fun with my ill-gotten gains, whilst taking the odd picture. Ah, the best laid plans of mice and men.

Just after this seemingly simple master-plan was finalised this happens. Ondoy afflicted my family rather badly, so drastic adjustments to the plan were necessary.

So now the plan is:

Build a typhoon-proof house in a 3rd world country that I’m barely acquainted with, whilst possessing no native language skills and a general ignorance of my surroundings.

A bildungsroman as opposed to a hedonistic blow out, perhaps?

Hopefully the original idea will come to fruition, albeit with a hiatus in The Philippines….

So why ‘Richard Phillips’ Brain?’

This web-site is a, possibly futile, attempt to ensure I record everything as I go along – I don’t want to forget this particular jaunt.
It also serves as a communication channel to friends and family back home, and believe me, it’s cheaper than lining O2 and Smart Telecom’s respective pockets.
I suspect it’ll turn into a general dumping ground of odds and sods, but hopefully someone will find the odd scrap of info here that proves interesting and/or useful.

Cheers/Salamat Po

Rich