This topic has been pending since the beginning of my 8-month project. A debate that consistently comes up within my friend circle and my family from all acr...

“Set your goals high, and don’t stop until you get there.” ~ Bo Jackson Common sense tells us that marriage isn’t the ‘end goal’, that it is one of the many ...

“A dream doesn’t become reality through magic; it takes sweat, determination and hard work.” ~ Colin Powell Hey! Maybe you’ve landed your dream job – or mayb...

“Culture shock isn’t only when you move away from home – but when you return and find that home is not as how you remember it.” ~ Me As in my last blog about...

“Cooking is not difficult. Everyone has taste, even if they don’t realise it. Even if you’re not a great chef, there’s nothing to stop you understanding the ...

“I want to be different. If everyone is wearing black, I want to be wearing red.” ~ Maria Sharapova I love how the quote depicts exactly what I’m thinking. I...

“The limelight is a tricky place, because you can’t believe what’s going on around you. You stop observing. You stop perceiving. You stop extending yourself,...

“I think it’s important and I think it’s true that our life experience is going to be about our attitude, our thoughts, our beliefs, our speech and our actio...

Hues of You – Michael #1 Hues of You – Michael #2 Hues of You ~ The Observer #3 *** That night when Talia gets home, as expected, she hears it from her Mothe...

Read the first chapter and second chapter yet? *** Damn. I curse under my breath as I take a look at my watch. I’m so late. It’s just past 5pm, and I know sh...

Hey! Have you read the first chapter of this short-story series? Here’s the link in case you haven’t already. 🙂 *** I can’t seem to stop thinking about the ...

Tick. Tick. Tick. Filtering sun rays are making its way through the curtains. Peering on my side to the digital clock, I observe the time through groggy eyes...

We are shallow because we have become enslaved by gross materialism, the glitter of gold and its equivalents, for which reason we think that only the materia...

“Racism springs from the lie that certain human beings are less than fully human. It’s a self-centered falsehood that corrupts our minds into believing we ar...

“I hope you have an experience that alters the course of your life, because after Africa, nothing has ever been the same.” ~ Suzanne Evans Over this Easter b...

“Africa changes you forever, like nowhere on Earth. Once you have been there, you will never be the same. But how do you begin to describe its magic to someo...

“I see my path, but I don’t know where it leads. Not knowing where I’m going is what inspires me to travel it.” – Rosalia de Castro Before I had left to New ...