About a month ago I made the move from BlackBerry to Android, with the help of the Samsung Galaxy S2 I chose for my upgrade. It took less than a minute for me to become an Android fan, and in those seconds I also got my gmail up and running. After a few weeks, I was so smitten that I decided to get the Galaxy Tab 10.1 too. Which may just be my favourite thing in the world right now. …
May has somehow arrived, along with winter. Maybe it’s part of being a May baby, but I adore winter. Coats, scarves, jeans, jerseys, fluffy pajamas, warm blankets, fireplaces and crisp chilly air make me feel happy. April has been a challenging month on many levels, but there have also been some awesome parts. I may have worked through my birthday, and deadlines were brutal. That’s what growing up is all about though, and I feel very blessed to be in …
As I will tell anyone who will listen, I have been infatuated with my Kindle ever since it arrived from Amazon last year. Before my Kindle, I was a sporadic reader. I read a great deal when I was a teenager, but somewhere along the path of jobs, freelancing and other such soul killers, I stopped reading as much. All of this changed when I got my beloved e-reader. First, I went through a Jilly Cooper phase. Then a Dexter …
Ever since my shark cage diving experience last year, I’ve been dying to see more sharks. While cage diving was amazing, it was also somewhat limiting (read: frustrating) to be stuck in a cage. Obviously, free diving with Great whites is not an option though. So, when I came across the Blue and Mako Shark Dive yesterday, I got very, very excited. Run by Shark Explorers, this dive is quite possibly my idea of heaven. Beautiful Blue sharks and zippy …
Darlings, I have started a new blog to compartmentalise my musings. My new blog is called The Quest for Zen, and is hosted on the Psych Central network. Being about stress, the mehs, finding balance and other zen related stuff, I thought it was the right place to host the blog. You can head on over to the new blog to check it out, and if you like that sort of thing, feel free to bookmark it or leave a …
Between a mad work schedule and a total lack of energy, I have been slacking in a huge way over the past few months. “She’s let herself go” is one of the saddest statements ever, but that is pretty much what happened. I let myself go – not only my body and my fitness, but a lot of other important things too. I’m not sure what helped me reach the point where I decided enough was enough, but at the …
So much I long to say, and so much that I can’t put into words. There are still 11 days left to get through this month. Over 300 days to get through the rest of the year. I am already tired. My body is tired from the personal training that I signed myself up for earlier this month. My mind is tired from the seemingly endless deadlines that began the day I went back to work. My heart is tired …
So what with a brand new year starting and all, I decided it was time to get tattoo number 10. I’ve been toying with the idea of a tiny tattoo on my hand for a while, despite my initial ‘no hand ink’ rule. Inspiration struck out of the blue (as it does after the 4th or 5th one) on NYE day, when I was idly staring at the Thai numeral on my ankle (as one does). Today, I finally got …
I finished last year on a burnt out note – literally. Exhausted, over-worked, unhappy yet hopeful. Somewhere on the amazing NYE spent in Piketberg with family and very old friends, maybe even before we cracked open the Moet, I decided that the next year would be different. While 2011 was not without it’s challenges (some of them almost too big to process), it was certainly different. So without getting all retrospective and pensive about the year that was, instead I …
Today, I found out that one of the Aghmat brothers passed away last Sunday. Zakkie was 16, and had been a fixture on Long Street for as far as I can remember. I’m glad I heard the news from my sister – it was marginally easier hearing the news from someone who loved him. I met Zakkie and his brother Mogamat about 7 years ago, through my sister. She was working on Long Street at the time, and had ‘adopted’ …
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