{image credit} When I was 13 I had a really close friend. I annoyed her to bits in the early days but she stuck with me; maybe it’s because I stuck like glue to her. Who knows which is more the truth? We had the best belly laughs of my life and uncluttered and unfettered…
{image credit} I was a workaholic for many years. I wasn’t an ambitious, climb-the-corporate-ladder type. I was just an extremely loyal worker bee slaving my butt off to do the most perfect job I possibly could. Unpaid overtime was the norm, as was working late at night and on weekends. My days flew by in…
{image credit} Are people born racist, biased, prejudiced? Or are people trained, conditioned, brainwashed in these traits? Today’s post is my third, and last, in the series, “I’m Not Racist, But…..”. It was inspired by a post from With Some Grace which was and an SBS Insight special, “I’m Not Racist, But…….”. The show, in turn, was most…
{image credit} Lately I’ve felt so busy and rushed. A lot of it is me getting caught up in the momentum of my own hot air. All around me is the evidence of things undone, evidence of my incompetence at being organised and keeping on top of my own life, let alone that of my…
I remember a time about 10 or so years ago when I was very worried whether my future children would look like me. If they didn’t look like me, would I be able to bond with them? Now I know that sounds very shallow, and it is in many ways, but let me explain where…
When I’m sick, I tend to keep pushing on. My head tells me this is counterproductive but this other unreasonable and stubborn part of me only hears, “LA-LA-LA-LA”. I was forced to see the doctor yesterday, not because my head finally won that battle, but due to a work situation. He listened as I described…
Do you ever march straight out the front door, Without an inkling or idea of what is in store? . When you hit that point where you’ve just had enough Do you just let things go, and stop being tough? . Should you go right? Should you go left? Should you set out and just…
I don’t often have days that I wish I could rewind, do over or totally skip, but today, no doubt, would have to be one of those shambolic days. Instead of taking a deep breath and salvaging what I could from the mess, I longed to escape. So I popped my “take-me-away” music on high…
I used to live under the misguided impression I was organised. One day, I woke up and asked myself, if I was so organised, why am I so far behind on almost everything? Then I had an epiphany. My behaviour and tendencies were not so much about being organised but about being orderly. What is…
I wrote recently about needing some breathing space, from many things, from my family, my children even. I enjoy the moments where I don’t feel responsible for anyone but myself…..like when they’re asleep. Adjusting to the responsibility of caring for little ones 24/7 was a challenge when I first became a mother. One day I was…
Photography has become a growing passion especially since I started using Instagram in June 2011 and also joined my first of 19 photo-a-day challenges. This year, I felt the need to take a fresh approach. I didn’t just want to merely snap an image along a theme. I wanted to mull over the theme and…
Hello dear readers. It’s been a while. I almost can’t believe it’s close to a month since my last post. It’s February already! After writing about my new blogging direction, inspiration and personal productivity seem to have slowed right up, photography included. Maybe it was “The Jinx”. I never believed in “The Jinx” until I…
If you’ve followed blogs for a while, you will inevitably notice that bloggers tend to have epiphanies somewhere along their journey about their purpose for blogging, the direction of their blog, their branding. I started this blog to create and connect mostly through my writing. I grew up with the thought of possibly being a…
This is the last of my year with the Fat Mum Slim Photo-A-Day Challenges. For 2013, I’ve embarked on a new photo challenge with Project Life 365 and will be sharing more of that in due course. In the mean time, enjoy! You can follow me on Instagram to see more of my photos. {image credit}…
Only one more post till I’ve caught up on my daily photo challenge snapshots for 2012. Even for someone who professes addiction to these challenges, keeping up the habit up was becoming a challenge by year’s end but I did keep going. So without further ado, please enjoy! {image credit} You can follow me on Instagram to…
Mixed Gems 