Category Archives: Friends

Burger

Written by Darryn Mitussis. Posted on 24 October, 2009. Filed under Consumption, Friends. Tagged food. 1 Comment.

I’ve not posted, because I’ve not had much to report. Did make a tower of a burger though. Its obvious, though, I’m no food photographer.

Birmingham

Written by Darryn Mitussis. Posted on 26 October, 2008. Filed under Friends, Personal, Photography. Tagged Birmingham, Photography. 2 Comments.

A former student (and now friend) of mine is spending a semester in the UK as part of his PhD studies in Australia. We met in Birmingham and wandered around a little to see the sights while talking about teaching and research. The cities in the English Midlands are useful places to visit for those if us [...]

Packing, Moving, Unpacking and Settling

Written by Darryn Mitussis. Posted on 9 July, 2008. Filed under Friends, Personal, Work. Tagged moving, packing, Work. 3 Comments.

I have been back in the UK about two weeks now and my time has been spent getting back into the routine of work in the office, settling into my new place and catching up with friends and on sleep. Perhaps the hardest bit has been settling into a new routine at home. Some mornings I [...]

Sunny Xian

Written by Darryn Mitussis. Posted on 27 February, 2008. Filed under China, Friends, Research, Teaching. No comments.

I am in Xi’an primarily to investigate bringing my students here–check hotels, see what activities might be suitable, etc. It is a great place to visit, capital to 12 or 13 dynasties (I can’t remember exactly) and clearly different to the south of China in all sorts of tangible and intangible ways (food, weather, industry, etc). A [...]

Yiwu, Hangzhou and Shanghai

Written by Darryn Mitussis. Posted on 25 February, 2008. Filed under China, Education, Friends, Research. No comments.

I have had three busy days travelling, and quite a few to come. The travel is for three reasons–to make arrangements for my students’ field trip starting later this month, have some research meetings and to represent the university in education fairs. For the first, I visited Yiwu for the first time and was impressed by [...]