Author - Noah Cooper

I'm the head of the Cooper heard. My wife and I moved abroad when our first son who came along in May, 2011. I am a typical Brit abroad with a family to raise and am sharing the journey of the expat life abroad.
Rocket Fuelled Babies

Rocket Fuelled Babies

Early morning view on November 9, 1967 of Kennedy Space Center, showing Apollo 4 Saturn V prior to launch later that day.(Wikipedia) It all makes sense now. I thought it was just power napping that gave him the ability to wake up at 4 in the morning...

The First Lie

The First Lie

It’s as plain as the nose on your face (Wikipedia) A few weeks back we spent most of the day visiting doctors because Mr. T woke up with a dodgy leg.  It was quite frightening because as far as we were aware he hadn’t banged it or...

Imagination

Imagination

“Imagination will often carry us to worlds that never were.  But without it we go nowhere.” Carl Sagan Destination: Imagination (Wikipedia) One of the joys of being a parent (and there has to some sort of valid reason for putting up with...

100 Not Out

100 Not Out

Jacques Rudolph cover drive (Wikipedia) “And Head of the Heard plays a glorious cover drive to reach his maiden century.  Surely there are many more ahead of him in what promises to be a glittering career…” I am a cricket fan and...

Chasing Birds

Chasing Birds

Sneaking up on them doesn’t work either (satakieli) We’ve all done it.  Who doesn’t like to chase birds?  When you’re walking through a park or a town square you see a group of likely looking birds and you can’t resist...

Brazilian Dishes

Brazilian Dishes

Brazilian Dishes by Liana Leão and Luciana Patrícia de Morais Exotic Foods: Yucky or Yummy?  Desserts Straight from Seventh Heaven.  The Fruit that Cries: Acai.  Weird Foods with Funny Names. These are some of the titles from a book I was recently...

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