About Me
What's it like to be me far away from the "normal" world I grew up in.
Yeah, well! So, here I am making a little blog with my thoughts, hobbies and life in general. Just to kinda see where this takes me if anywhere at all.
Firstly, I don’t expect this blog to really go anywhere as such, or go big or viral or anything like that. I just kinda found myself one day thinking, that a personal blog could be kinda cool. With the sole purpose to maybe share some pictures and random stuff with friends and family, if anybody would like a have a little sneak peak into life and routines in Phuket, Thailand. If no one ever reads or sees this, that’s ok too. I consider it to be my little online kinda diary that could be fun to look back on in 10 years time.
City Center Bridge
So, yeah. I’m Kevin, born and bred in Denmark, 41 years of age and have sort of chosen SE Asian very early on in my life as my calling, or rather it kinda became my calling after a longer visit shortly after getting my Masters Degree from Tech College North + simultaneous apprenticeship in Denmark in Graphic Design and Desk Top Publishing. I started developing an interest in DTP and Design from normal school years. You all know that kid in the class that was kinda good and drawing and kinda creative in Art Class, that was me.
My dear and beloved genius Godfather Leo, kinda took me under his wing early on in an attempt to try and develop this into something more career based and corporate. Leo Griffin, from Birmingham, UK, has worked and changed the streets of Denmark in terms of branding and visual identities and communicative solutions on a whole different level than ever seen before. So he was the absolute best guy to have in my corner during developing years, and remains a mentor to this day in the background, although we are far apart.
I started my first introduction year to an education in DTP and Design in January 1997 and walked out 5 years later in 2002 with a good diploma in my hands. The initial plan was to travel to UK and perfect the art form to another level and then return back to Denmark and get a normal job and life.
My connection to the UK is kinda revealed in my name, yes mixed parents! Mom from Denmark, Dad from England, so family and help along the way over there should’ve, would’ve and could’ve been a relatively easy transition. However, I found myself all of a sudden thinking, do I really wanna go to an even rainier place and a place a didn’t really appreciate as I found England far behind Denmark norms and way of life?
I have always been bit of a daydreamer all my life, and remember early on always being fascinated with nature and longing to warmer weather and tropical surroundings. I guess it sort of manifested itself in me through growing up and during my educational years. “Cleverly”, I made a decision to travel to SE Asia and explore a bit before returning as England would also be there waiting upon my return. Little did I know, that nothing had ever felt more right than being here and I knew that I was both blessed and in trouble at the same time. It would and does obviously require a whole different life from the normal expected behaviour of a 23 year old that has a new promising career in front of him. So, here we are 18 years later and I have now grown up to become a man here in Thailand and know little else now a-days. I was a kid at home and my youth is there and my growing up life is here.
So in this blog there will be more insight to various… stuff!
