The Year My Hair Fell Out

The Year My Hair Fell Out My first stab at fiction that's loosely based on that first year one has living and working abroad. The setting is South Korea and the year is 2003.

The Year My Hair Fell Out is a somewhat loose account of one’s defining first year living and working abroad in a foreign culture. We witness the story via the eyes of one Don Laridis, a mid-thirties Australian who has left Sydney to teach English in South Korea, a country he knows next to nothing about. Unbeknownst to Don, the English academy that he has been recruited for has gone belly up. Inst

ead of running he opts to stay, revelling and losing himself in the uncertain situation. He teaches English to farm kids, university students, corporate types and housewives – people immersed in a sometimes obsessive pursuit of a second language, even to the brink of murder. This is an interesting, humorous and at times gripping story of one’s exposure to an idiosyncratic of a foreign culture. It is seen not just in the curious dynamics of private education, but also in the diverse characters Don meets on the hoof. Bob Blunt peeks into the moral fabric of unfamiliar culture that’s dealing with Confucian traditions and new found modernity. Bob narratives, prods, pricks, and observes while keeping us tight in step with the central character.

Thanks to Hayden who picked up a copy in Wellington NZ yesterday. Years on surprises do happen. Enjoy the read.
23/04/2026

Thanks to Hayden who picked up a copy in Wellington NZ yesterday. Years on surprises do happen. Enjoy the read.

08/04/2026
I googled and found this article w/Josh Feola in 2014.
08/04/2026

I googled and found this article w/Josh Feola in 2014.

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This play has everything - it’s dark, twisted with sardonic humour, light and shade; all done with NY street accents that are physical and befitting of the streets that the play is set on. It’s been challenging putting this one on but well worth the ride. Our director Sean O’Riordan has done a great job, with show being the 4th time to experience such tutelage.

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Last shout and opportunity to see this wonderful play ‘Circle Mirror Transformation’ today at 5pm at Darlo Drama. It’s a clever fictional but very real story written by contemporary American playwright Annie Baker.

Come look inside a
six week community drama class and watch the characters connect to each other before unraveling in various ways.

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Darlo Drama Presents Circle Mirror Transformation by Annie Baker. In Shirley, Vermont, Marty, an acting teacher, holds an "Adult Creative Drama"...

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Chris Hemsworth in Disney + series ‘Limitless’ - wonder what he thought - how did it even get onto his lap in the first ...
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In 2013-14 I was lucky to meet a great graphic artist who helped me with this tome. Here's a link about the said process

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