Irishmen abroad are always (well, nearly always) called Paddy. So it is with me- 45 years since I lived in Dublin and graduated from UCD, yet still talk like a Dubliner,think and drink like a Dubliner. How I finally got here to the Antipodes via Scandinavia, Pommieland and Morocco, well, sin sceal eile.

My passions in life are chemistry, golf, soccer, crosswords, but most of all, the beautiful Korean lady that I live with. I have to teach in a low decile school to keep a shirt on my back and food on the table.