Growing up, I’ve had friends who are in the medical field and I’ve always been a mix of curious and awestruck at their ability to deal with death. At times, it feels almost like they are impervious to it, but I do suppose beyond the professional we get to see…

[This is the eighth in a series of stories of my Erasmus exchange semester in Sweden. This series will take you through my amazing time in that country and through the several shenanigans I went through. Read more here, here, here, here, here, here and here.] Background There came a…

[This is the sixth in a series of stories of my Erasmus exchange semester in Sweden. This series will take you through my amazing time in that country and through the several shenanigans I went through. Read more here, here, here, here, here and here.] Ha! What a title isn’t…

I’ve written about hate and I’ve written about minor irritants before. This time I thought I’d shock my brain into gathering and writing about what I like. This isn’t an exhaustive or even categorised list, but it’s a collection of things the little, everyday (ish) things that give me unparalleled…

Okay fine, I’m not a professor, nor am I even in academia, but I like the sound of the term. In my less than three decades on this rock, I’ve had no more than 2 steady, paying jobs, one of which I still have. The other was a stint in…

[This is the sixth in a series of stories of my Erasmus exchange semester in Sweden. This series will take you through my amazing time in that country and through the several shenanigans I went through. Read more here, here, here, here and here.] Food, as folks who know me…

[I did train to become a lawyer and that involved spending half a decade in a residential campus with some of the most interesting characters I’ve ever known. This is a series on things we did there which might give context on why one exhibits certain traits. Or not. Read…

[I did train to become a lawyer and that involved spending half a decade in a residential campus with some of the most interesting characters I’ve ever known. This is a series on things we did there which might give context on why one exhibits certain traits. Or not.] The…

Teaching has been a profession that has been in the family for a long time. My maternal great-granddad and paternal grandmum were both distinguished professors (of commerce and zoology respectively). My mum herself made a career in education working in early childhood and special needs education. I’d reckon a bit…