I studied in North London, worked in North Sydney, now I live North of Paris with my wife from South Taiwan

My Favorite:

🎬 Movie: Jackie Brown 🇺🇸, A Brighter Summer Day 🇹🇼, Infernal Affairs 🇭🇰, A Dirty Carnival 🇰🇷, Le Bonheur Est Dans Le Pré 🇫🇷, House of Flying Daggers 🇨🇳, Gettin' Square 🇦🇺

🎸 Instrumental piece. Little Wing: Stevie Ray Vaughan version, Ocean: John Butler - title he originally played when he was busking in Perth, San Catri written by Popa Chubby in the style of Jimi Hendrix, Cold Sweat: Bernard Purdie

🎙️ Live rock. Gimme Shelter: the Rolling Stones, Cortez the Killer: Warren Haynes & DMB, Hammer to Fall: Queen

🎹 Live piano. The Köln concert: Keith Jarrett, Sunday at the Village Vanguard: Bill Evans

🎧 Music cover. Little Wing: Stevie Ray Vaughan, Play With Fire: Calvin Russell, You Really Got Me: Van Halen, A Change Is Gonna Come: The Neville Brothers

🦘 Aussie artist: John Butler Trio, AC/DC, Pete Murray, Powderfinger  

📽️ Actor: Christopher Walken

😂 Comedian: Will Ferrell & Ben Stiller 🇺🇸, Ricky Gervais 🇬🇧, Dave Hughes 🇦🇺

📘 Writer: Elmore Leonard 🇺🇸, Andrea Camilleri  🇮🇹, Carl Hiaasen 🇺🇸

🎨Painter: Caillebotte 🇫🇷, Hopper 🇺🇸, Van Gogh 🇳🇱, Friedrich 🇩🇪, Hokusai 🇯🇵, Bierstadt  🇺🇸, Claude Lorrain 🇫🇷, Canaletto 🇮🇹

🌏 Place: Sydney 🇦🇺, Florence 🇮🇹, Lijiang 🇨🇳, Penang 🇲🇾, Cijin Island 🇹🇼, Hong Kong 🇭🇰

🍤 Dish: Salmon, duck 🇫🇷 🇨🇳, dim sum 🇭🇰, tapas 🇪🇸, bbq 🇰🇷, lôc lac 🇻🇳, cheesecake 🇬🇧 🇺🇸

🍲 Food: French 🇫🇷, Taiwanese 🇹🇼, Italian  🇮🇹

✨ Some quotes: Without music, life would be a mistake: Friedrich Nietzsche.
Better light a candle than curse the darkness: Chinese proverb used by JFK.
Difficult roads often lead to beautiful destinations: Zig Ziglar.
Nothing is permanent except change: Heraclitus.
Les Italiens sont des Français de bonne humeur: Jean Cocteau,  Italians are French people in a good mood!