Why I wouldn’t want to be famous, you know, assuming I have a choice…

The most important reason is that, if I were famous, I wouldn’t be typing this blog post at 11pm on a Sunday evening. This great literary event right here wouldn’t take place, and it’d be silly of me to do that, wouldn’t it.
OK, I lie. If it REALLY was the most important reason, I would’ve [...]

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Cape Town: It’s the roads that are rugged, not necessarily the men.

Living in Cape Town has its perks. I’d jot down a list, but really, you could just visit Cape Town Tourism for that.
While the city may currently be all sunshine, and great.big.huge.mountain, there are certain things one needs to survive…
Guts. Driving in your little car, on the narrow roads, sandwiched between trucks that don’t feel [...]

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My inner feminist doesn’t like your outer sexist

I walked to the local supermarket this weekend, just after lunch.  As I tend to do, I walked totally consumed by my own world – lost in my thoughts. While approaching the entrance, I noticed what I’d perceived to be a group of shady characters. For those of you desperate to stereotype me for “judging [...]

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The more I think about it, the more it makes sense.

South African Government is launching a new legislation that requires all prepaid SIM card owners to register with their relevant service provider. Sure the process of going in person and registering one’s number is a bit silly … but think of the possibilities/bonuses! I thought of 3:

Fewer prank callers: We’d be able to track those [...]

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Time travel down memory lane

I now have numerous email accounts, a blog, Twitter profile, Facebook accounts. By default, I’m the go-to person for online queries in the company I work in, I literally provide IT support for my family (my mother doesn’t know how to find the “Enter” key, and some colleagues mentally run in fear when the word [...]

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