2021
December
🐣 Diana and I became parents, Marisol Jasmine Lam Clarke was born at 2021-12-06 04:25EST (3.560Kg/49.5cm)
July
🤰 We discovered the sex of our incoming little one
May
🇨🇦 Became a Canadian citizen
March
🥚 Diana became pregnant
February
🔥 Burned out at work at took 2 months off. Invested my time meditating, playing social online games, and working out. Shopify was great support.
January
🏠 Diana, Koala, Panda, and I moved full time to Prince Edward County near Belliville
2020
September
🏠 Closed on my first property investment in line with my de-urbanization predictions
🐱 Adopted two of the kittens we were fostering, Koala and Panda. We found forever homes for all the other kitties too
August
🐱 We started fostering cats. We took in a momma cat, her 6 kittens, and then another kitten from a different litter
🇮🇪 Became an Irish citizen
🐱 Hercie passed away, we were told that he would only have a couple of days to live in late June but he gave us another month of cuddles
June
🐱 Jazz passed away, she was purring to the last moment
May
🏠 Shopify went remote first so we put an offer on a place in the country
March
🦠 Started working remotely
2019
September
⛵️ Sold our boat because we weren’t using her. We had 3 summers, 1 year long adventure, and thousands of great memories on her
July
🛍 Put Memair on the back burner and returned to Shopify as a Data Scientist
2018
November
🧠 Incorporated my first company, Memair
September
🇨🇦 Arrived back in Ottawa after a year sailing
🧠 Decided to work full time on Memair, previously a side project
2017
December
💏 Best man at Scott Mc’s wedding
September
⛵️ Left on a year long sailing adventure with Diana and our cats. We sailed from Canada to the Tropics and back
🛍 Quit Shopify after 4 amazing years
May
⛵️ Bought my first boat with Diana
2016
February
🇨🇦 Became a Canadian permanent resident
2015
June
🏠 Moved in with Diana, Jazz😸, & Hercie😺 in Ottawa
2014
September
🐣 Became an uncle to Sammy O’Connor
August
🏠 Julie and I moved to the Golden Triangle in Ottawa
June
🕉 Started teaching Acroyoga at Upward Dog Yoga Centre
2013
November
👫 Started dating my fourth serious girlfriend, Diana Lam
September
🛍 Ended my contract with Amnesty International Canada and started at Shopify
🕉 Started my 200hr yoga teacher training
July
🕉 Trained as an Acroyoga instructor in Montreal
March
😍 Met Diana Lam at an Acro workshop I was demoing at
2012
December
🏠 Moved in with Julie in the ByWard Market, Ottawa. Julie was looking for a female roommate and I misread the Kijiji ad
November
🇨🇦 With one weeks notice I left the Army and moved to Ottawa to work with the Canadian branch of Amnesty International
🐣 Became an uncle to Archie O’Connor
April
💔 Dhyana and I broke up
🏠 Moved in with Scott, Chris, and PJ in St Leonards
February
🕯 Started work at Amnesty International Australia
2011
December
🎓 Graduated from my Bachelor of Arts
November
🕉 Discovered Acroyoga during a free class at Lululemon
May
🏠 Moved in with Dhyana in Elizabeth Bay, Sydney
April
🇦🇺 Returned to Australia from Afghanistan
February
🇦🇫 Extended my tour and moved to Kandahar
2010
🐶 Molly was put down, we had attempted to rehouse her with the RSPCA but she failed one of their tests and by that time she was out of our custody and couldn’t be saved
November
🇦🇫 Deployed to Uruzgan Province of Afghanistan
June
💂 Changed Army Units and moved on base at Randwick in preparation for deployment to Afghanistan
May
👫 Started dating my third serious girlfriend, Dhyana Scarano
March
💿 Started playing Ultimate with the Uni team and met Dhyana Scarano
2009
May
🛵 Bought a 50cc scooter
April
🇦🇺 Returned to Australia from the Solomon Islands
🏠 Moved back in with Stu and Janell
March
🐣 Became an uncle to Zahli Sampson
February
💔 Nathalie and I broke up, I wasn’t ready to settle down yet
2008
November
🇸🇧 Deployed to the Solomon Islands
💏 Best man at my brother’s wedding on Clark Island in Sydney Harbour
September
💂 Starting preparation for deployment to the Solomon Islands
May
🏠 Moved back to Sydney to live with Stu and Janell. Perth was fun but I was studying by correspondence so I found it isolating
February
🏠 Moved to Perth to live with Nathalie
January
🐣 Became an uncle to Zander Sampson
🎓 Started a Bachelor of Arts majoring in Terrorism, Counterterrorism, and Security through Open University. This course was by correspondence which worked well for with my vagrant lifestyle
2007
December
🇦🇺 Returned to Australia from Europe surprising my family by dressing up as Stuart
October
🇪🇺 Continued my travels starting with a road time through Ireland with Scott & Chris. Then trained around Europe
July
🐣 Became an uncle to Oliver O’Connor (and loss my position as baby of the family)
June
🇬🇧 Moved back to the UK after not having any luck finding work in Cahors (Nathalie travelled to Greece to teach english)
🏢 With help from a second cousin, I had a job within 2 days at the Laurel Pub Company doing office work
April
🇫🇷 Quit my job as a postie and Nathalie and I left for an overseas trip. After a few days in London we trained to France and settled in Cahors
2006
July?
🏠 Moved back in with my mum in Sydney
📫 Became a postman on a motorbike to save up for my overseas trip
June
🎓 I was enjoying university but was getting restless after 2.5 years living in Newcastle so I decided to defer and travel
April
👫 Nathalie came to visit me in Sydney and became my second serious girl friend
March
⛵️ Sailed on the Young Endeavour and met Nathalie Cattaneo
2005
February
🎓 Started studying a Bachelor of Arts / Bachelor of Science at Newcastle University
🏠 Moved in to new place in Newcastle with two roommates (after some shuffling, Ashley a new friend from uni and Ginny)
January
💂 Did basic training with the Army
2004
🐈 Coco passed away after catching a tick
November
🎓 Graduated from TAFE with a grade of 92.5
🌏 Launched Gregology.net
July
💂 Joined the Australia Army Reserves as a signalman
June
🏠 Moved in with a friend from TAFE, Lorena. This was my first time living out of home/not with family
February
🎓 Quit Sydney Hi-Fi
🏠 Moved in with my sister Sam & her partner Aaron in Newcastle
🎓 Started studying a Tertiary Preparation course at Newcastle TAFE in order to go to university
2003
🐶 Adopted our Bull Arab Molly
November?
🏍 Bought a nicer bike 1989 GPX250 and gave my brother the GSX250
March?
🏍 Bought a motorbike, 1983 GSX250
February
🔊 Started working full time at Sydney Hi-Fi
2002
🐶 Lulu was put down, she was completely blind. I comforted her as the green liquid entered her body
September
💔 Julia and I broke up, she ended it and I experienced my first broken heart
June
🎓 Wasn’t enjoying engineering so I dropped out of TAFE
February
🎓 Started studying structural engineering at TAFE
January
👫 Started dating my first serious girlfriend, Julia Stockdale
2001
November
🎓 Graduated high school with HSC score of 51
May?
🚙 Bought my first car, a 1983 Toyota Hilux with a 253 V8
2000
November?
🏊 Started seasonal work at the Manly Water Works as a lifeguard
July
🇦🇺 Returned to Australia
January
🎓 Started 6th form at Harlington High School
1999
🐈 Adopted our brown cat Coco
December
🇬🇧 Went to UK with my Mum to live with my Grandma for 7 months
March?
🍻 First drink with Tim & Scott
1998
😘 First kiss with Jasmine Parker
1997
🎓 Moved to Forest High School because that’s where Scott & Tim went
🌏 Created my first website, Jokes Cafe on Tripod, reaching 600 hits per day at it’s peak
📧 Got my first email address, grules@hotmail.com
1996
🐶 Floppy passed away from old age
🎓 Started at Beacon Hill High School
🇦🇺 Became an Australian citizen
🌏 We got the Internet, I remember seeing chat for the first time and I didn’t believe my brother that there were real people chatting
1995
🎓 Graduated from primary school
🐈 Abby passed away from cancer
1993
🐶 Adopted our Staffordshire Bull Terrier Lulu
1991
🖥 Started programming in Basic with my Brother’s and Dad’s help
1990
🎒 Repeated year one, met Scott & Tim who would become life long friends
1989
🖥 Started using our family computer, an Amstrad CPC
🐈 Adopted our tabby cat Abby
November
😕 Watched the fall of the Berlin Wall but thought they were knocking down the Great Wall of China
January
🎒 Moved to a closer school, Beacon Hill Primary
1988
🐶 Adopted our Beagle Floppy
June?
🏠 Moved to a house in Beacon Hill. This was the house I grew up in
January
🎒 Started school at St Mary’s in Manly
1987
🇬🇧 Went back to the UK with my Mum and Dad. They both had terrible food poisoning so my Auntie and Uncle looked after me. My Uncle was a police officer and he took me for a ride in his police car. I also wet the bed when I stayed with them.
1986
April
🇦🇺 Immigrated to Australia
March?
💭 First memory - My dog Tinker was laying on the couch, I was sitting opposite in her dog bed. My Dad entered and told her to get down, she bowed her head and sulkily obliged. We left Tinker in the UK when we immigrated.
1983
May
🐣 Born into a loving family in London, United Kingdom as the fourth & final child of Alan and Hilary Clarke. I would remain the baby of this family for 24 years until my first nephew came along