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I just wanted to say a quick apology to everyone for not being online a lot recently. However, I’ve been run off my feet trying to sort out my new working conditions and settling into a new sche… more →

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Quick Update — 2 comments

Patrick Thomsen wrote 8 months ago: I just wanted to say a quick apology to everyone for not being online a lot recently. However, I … more →

Tags: Updates

To Be Samoan, a Blessing Indeed — 5 comments

Patrick Thomsen wrote 11 months ago: As Samoans around the world celebrated 50 years of our beloved nation’s independence, I was he … more →

Tags: Personal Musings, Updates, Korea, multiple identities, New Zealand, prejudice, Samoa, samoan independence day

Lest We Forget... ANZAC Day Dedication 2012 — 1 comment

Patrick Thomsen wrote 1 year ago: They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old:Age shall not weary them, nor the years condem … more →

Tags: Personal Musings, Politics, Updates, New Zealand, ANZAC Day, Australia, Gallipoli

When is Tolerance Acceptable? — 1 comment

Patrick Thomsen wrote 1 year ago: Most of us at one time or another, have had the fortune (or misfortune) of having to participate in … more →

Tags: Personal Musings, Politics, Discrimination, Tolerance, Acceptance, Women's Rights. LGBT Rights, Hate Crimes, Minorities, Minority Rights

Since When Was Free Speech Only For the Masses? — 3 comments

Patrick Thomsen wrote 1 year ago: It’s funny, I tend to over think a lot of things. For real, I stay in bed late at night, going … more →

Tags: Personal Musings, Politics, Updates, New Zealand, Freedom of Speech, twitter rants

No Funding, No Parental Leave, No Government Spending, National Says No — 5 comments

Patrick Thomsen wrote 1 year ago: I’ve been relatively quiet recently in terms of the domestic political situation in New Zealan … more →

Tags: Personal Musings, Politics, New Zealand, National, gov, Government, paid parental leave, MFAT, Budget Cuts New Zealand

Don't Dream It's Over — 6 comments

Patrick Thomsen wrote 1 year ago: Well what can I say? I didn’t think that I’d be writing this entry in April considering … more →

Tags: Personal Musings, Updates, New Zealand, Korea, Seoul National University

A Long Time Between Drinks — 1 comment

Patrick Thomsen wrote 1 year ago: First of all, I apologise for not blogging at all for the past few months. How slack have I been! Bu … more →

Tags: Personal Musings, Updates, Discrimination, prejudice, activism, Samoa, New Zealand, South Korea

Two Weeks of Operations: A Detailed Update — 3 comments

Patrick Thomsen wrote 1 year ago: As most of you wonderful people, who have been sending me well wishes in regards to my surgeries kno … more →

Tags: Updates, cornea transplant, Korea, hospital, eye operation

Do you believe in second chances? The Story of My Eye Condition - The Story of My Life Really — 14 comments

Patrick Thomsen wrote 1 year ago: ‘The day I lost my sight in my left eye, ironically was the day that my vision became clearest … more →

Tags: Personal Musings, Updates, Samoa, New Zealand, Operation, Eye-condition, Life Story

Election Blues: Lament of a Political Dream Dissolved — 1 comment

Patrick Thomsen wrote 1 year ago: So New Zealand emphatically voted for the return of the centre right to govern. And with it the coun … more →

Tags: Personal Musings, Politics, activism, democracy, NZ election 2011, Labour Party, pacific islanders

Democracy: Reform or bust?

Patrick Thomsen wrote 1 year ago: For the past few weeks, my Labour and Social Policy lecturer has been making bold statements in rela … more →

Tags: Politics, Updates, New Zealand, democracy, capitalism, reform, policymaking

Public vs Private Faces

Patrick Thomsen wrote 1 year ago: I remember a while back, ok when I was a child, I watched Sushmita Sen win the Miss Universe pageant … more →

Tags: Personal Musings, Miss Universe 1994, Sushmita Sen, Discrimination, prejudice, activism


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