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About Me

i was born at 4am at home in bunwell hill, norfolk, england. i am left handed.

one rainy afternoon, while contemplating the meaning of life, he decided to make leave and start out fresh. upon making such a decision, a certain amount of freedom was gained and the rope that tethered his soul to this finite cage was slackened. he packed up his possessions (that owned he) and made way to a thai-land; and arriving with a 'wai' and a 'krap' headed north. the young man was nothing and could have been anything, but destiny had its part to play. he floated on down, unaware of the river or the boat that made up the vehicle to his life. aided by the hidden hand, that rope was severed and he was plunged into the ocean of existence.

his mind proved to question his heart and so the path was changed. he could not follow his heart blindly and needed an understanding of the journey. he left all he knew to seek a new way and put his now puzzled mind at rest. to the chaotic streets of kolkata he was swept and traversed the land on rail, road and foot. he continued forward and searched the highs and the lows of the human experience to find a glimpse of that which he knew lay hidden underneath it all. and as he changed from heart to mind there was risk, for the transition was not clearly lit, but necessary. after having experienced uniting with himself and the world in the sub-continent, he lived unfulfilled and headed off to china to get lost yet again.

my life at this moment. what is life if it's not for the moment?

this too shall pass.
-unknown

out beyond ideas of wrong-doing and right-doing, there is a field. i'll meet you there. when the soul lies down in that grass, the world is too full to talk about. ideas, language, even the phrase 'each other' doesn't make any sense.
-rumi

we are what we think. all that we are arises with our thoughts. with our thoughts, we make our world.
-buddha

whatâ€™s in a name? that which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet.
-william shakespeare

we travel, initially, to lose ourselves, and we travel, next, to find ourselves. we travel to open our hearts and eyes and learn more about the world than our newspapers will accommodate. we travel to bring what little we can, in our ignorance and knowledge, to those parts of the globe whose riches are differently dispersed. and we travel, in essence, to become young fools again -- to slow time down and get taken in, and fall in love once more.
-pico iyer

those who cannot hear the music, think the dancer mad.
-unknown

what are you here for?
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My Interests

snuggling up in clean sheets after a shower. watching the sun rise. running free. walking down crowded streets with headphones on. taking a nap in the afternoon when it's raining outside. singing loudly on the motorbike. waking up to the sound of birds singing. tasting something sour and having that salivary explosion. laughing from true joy. crying from true joy. eureka moments. smiling at strangers. reading in coffee shops. looking up at the stars. long walks at night. meditating. dawn. full moons. experiencing music. being comfortable with those around me. going crazy. love. being in the moment.

I'd like to meet:

lovers, dreamers, seers and believers

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Music:

anything that is peaceful or beautiful, something you can get lost in, plays with your mind, touches your heart or lifts you onto another plane. anything that makes you want to dance.

Movies:

baraka. waking life. pi. fight club. city of god. crouching tiger, hidden dragon. lock, stock and two smoking barrels. akira. american beauty. pulp fiction. kundun.

Books:

the alchemist. the pilgrimage. siddhartha. the compass of zen. the bhagavad gita. the prophet. i ching. what the buddha taught. a new earth.

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Heroes:

those who strived with compassion and wisdom to reach truth.

My Blog

love

we are to love. everyone. unconditionally. this love knows nothing of me and mine or how i can better myself out of the situation, for this love has nothing else attached to it. love for no reason wha...
Posted by robbie on Sun, 25 Nov 2007 12:47:00 PST

yoga

i've been in a bit of a dilemma as to what to do recently. i've had some time to think here, in beijing about the future and life and truth and other such things and i came up with the idea tonight of...
Posted by robbie on Mon, 05 Nov 2007 09:54:00 PST

zhengzhou

i've been in beijing for a while now, and not much has come of it. today that changed as i was invited to go and do some filming in zhengzhou (a city i passed through on my way to beijing). this is gr...
Posted by robbie on Mon, 08 Oct 2007 11:01:00 PST

pecha kucha

went to an art event the other day put on by pecha kucha. very interesting to see the scene here. i took some photos of some of the pieces i liked. appologies for the quality: taken on my phone. they...
Posted by robbie on Mon, 24 Sep 2007 12:49:00 PST

there - here

i have arrived in beijing.i was greeted at the trainstation by my mum. after greeting, she called some other guy (who was also looking for me) who had come with her to help pick me up. i had been on a...
Posted by robbie on Tue, 18 Sep 2007 08:45:00 PST

the travels continue

so i stayed in changsha for a few more days. went to go look around a university campus of one of zhoubin ex's. it was really nice and modern. i am finding that there is a lot of new money here in chi...
Posted by robbie on Sun, 09 Sep 2007 08:06:00 PST

on the railway

so my travels in china are well on the way. after my short stay in hong kong, i left to guangzhou where i stayed with a girl i met on the internet and her polish boyfriend. they lived in an apartment ...
Posted by robbie on Mon, 03 Sep 2007 01:13:00 PST

kong-fu

so i've arrived in hong kong. no plan seemed to work out alright. you always have to do something right, even if you haven't planned it. i'm in kowloon, across the bay from hongkong island. it's a cit...
Posted by robbie on Sun, 26 Aug 2007 10:13:00 PST

changing life part 2

i had to go to the chinese consolate to get my visa (thats why this post is in two parts). i lost my train of thought. but to put a long story short i went to india in search. felt i had to come back ...
Posted by robbie on Fri, 10 Aug 2007 03:31:00 PST

changing life part 1

i became buddhist yesterday. i have recently been recieving a lot of messages that i need to adopt some sort of belief system. although i was myself still on the spiritual path, i was finding it diffi...
Posted by robbie on Thu, 09 Aug 2007 01:02:00 PST