It is a strange feeling to be nervous about returning home. It is, after all, home; where the heart is. My trepidation comes from the strange sensation of seeing something familiar but in a different way, through an altered perspective. For the last six years, I have called Singapore home and now my time to…
Category: Living
A new way to argue. Or what do you get if you cross a sports car with a ute?
I had one of the most bizarre days on this year’s International Women’s Day. I posted about my feelings on my life and career on Facebook and it is fair to say it brought on a great deal of response. And after a significant amount of some bitter backing and forthing plus me searching my…
And now for something completely different.
2016 was a bit of a drag, wasn’t it? A heap of monumental changes which may or may not turn out for the best. For me there was one major thing missing from it, gratuitous laughter. It was not just 2016 though. Laughter seems to be on the decline. Let’s bring it back. And contrary…
There is nothing down about it
A year in review.
Homesick
When all you need is home.
Why everyone should read this blog and then write their own to save America
Originally published on 29 October 2016 on LinkedIn. I am so sick of the American presidential election. And I am not even American. Nor do I live in America. Yet my Facebook, LinkedIn, news watching and everything else is constantly interrupted by the endless ‘he said, she said’ of the election all citing some media outlet. It…
Crowded House and my grade four teacher are the secret to some of my success
Originally published on 6 September 2016 on LinkedIn. I was at the gym this morning. Exercise does not come naturally to me, as an antipasto platter and wine does, but I recognise it makes me feel better, perform better on multiple levels, and clears my head so I try. As I am pounding away on the…
Gold, recycled tyres and other valuable things
Originally published 25 August 2016 on LinkedIn. Humans have always held certain items and goods as dear, valuable and desirable. For instance, we have considered gold as valuable since ancient Roman, Egyptian and Inca societies and in the modern day, trade it on the stock exchange. But why do we continue to value gold? It…
The Reverie 