Lessons from Isolation #1 (18 March 2020)

Day 5 This is my fifth day in isolation, my second with my family. On Friday night I developed a cough, muscle fatigue and a slight fever. On Monday night, following the announcements made by Boris Johnson, my family also went into isolation with me. Because of all of these measures, we will not beContinue reading “Lessons from Isolation #1 (18 March 2020)”

Gurl, where you been? (28 February 2020)

It’s time for me to re-emerge from my self-induced absence. Hello there reader. I have returned. It’s been over a year since I have posted anything, and it is safe to say I am pretty ashamed of myself. It isn’t that I haven’t had ideas for posts. I have had tons. But I haven’t beenContinue reading “Gurl, where you been? (28 February 2020)”

Love Letter to a Stranger (7 February 2019)

Dear Stranger, I see you. Every day. I have studied your face multiple times and yet you are still far off to me. Your elusiveness may make you seem aloof, but what you fear is being known. You fear the thought of someone knowing you, because you fear that they will know, as you do,Continue reading “Love Letter to a Stranger (7 February 2019)”

Time for a change? (31st December 2018)

SO. New Year is here. The time of change. The time of year in which the world makes the ultimate excuse to radically change their lifestyle. Want a new you? Why don’t you start a new diet, break a bad habit, give something up, take up exercise, read more books, learn an instrument, learn anotherContinue reading “Time for a change? (31st December 2018)”

Yes, I fart. (13 December 2018)

Disclaimer: For those who are worried, this is not a blog in which I will be discussing flatulence, although it will play into it. In this blog I want to discuss views about gender. The fart was mainly to grab your attention. Because who doesn’t react when someone farts. Recently I have been hearing aContinue reading “Yes, I fart. (13 December 2018)”

Poetry time: Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. (12th December 2018)

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder: Fly Bee, fly. Take your holder and have him behold The beauty you find, Buzzing from tower to flower, For there is no beauty here. So fly, Mister Bee, carrying your bee holder To behold beauty. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder: Fly Bee, fly.Continue reading “Poetry time: Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. (12th December 2018)”

What’s held me back? (26th November 2018)

This blog has been a pipe-dream of mine for almost a year now, but I never had the courage to write and post anything. I was not overly sure what was holding me back, but for some reason I couldn’t bring myself to write anything. A friend of mine has been continuously encouraging me saying:Continue reading “What’s held me back? (26th November 2018)”