Wat De Fu (watdefu.com) is a long-running, highly active personal lifestyle blog authored by a self-described "dude" who shares casual daily updates, personal anecdotes, and family milestones. Originally from Corby and now living in Tonbridge, the author balances a corporate city career (mostly working from home) with a busy family and pet-filled life.
📂 Blog Overview & Content Strategy
The blog operates essentially as an open digital diary. Rather than focusing on a single commercial niche, the content spans the everyday activities of a modern family man:
- Family & Home Life: Frequent mentions of his partner (April), his two children (including son Arthur and daughter Flo), a "slimming cat," and an energetic 5-year-old dog.
- Sports & Hobbies: Heavily centered around grassroots rugby (specifically the local TJs youth teams). He also regularly posts about gaming sessions, board game nights, and playing Football Manager.
- Social & Leisure: Lighthearted reviews of local restaurants in Tonbridge (like a recent Vietnamese lunch spot), random indie/rock music gigs in London (e.g., Alien Chicks near Brick Lane), and neighborhood pubs.
- Career Updates: Honest, relatable reflections on the realities of corporate contracting, commuting, and navigating work contract extensions.
📈 Consistency & Archive Depth
The most remarkable feature of Wat De Fu is its sheer longevity and posting volume.
- Massive Archive: The blog has been continuously updated for over two decades, with historical archives dating all the way back to 2004.
- High Frequency: This is not a abandoned project; the author posts multiple times a week. For context, he managed 502 posts in 2024, 549 posts in 2025, and has already logged hundreds of entries over the current year.
🎨 Tone & Style
The site is built on Google's Blogger platform using a simple, text-heavy template themed by Airyelf. The writing style is intentionally unpolished, conversational, and humorous—the author openly warns readers to expect "typos, grammatical errors and lazy writing". It relies heavily on community tags/labels (such as
work, rugby, cats, and beer) to help readers navigate thousands of micro-logs.
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