Hear The Story, Seek The Meaning
Carrying on from yesterday’s post, I noted how this concept of value stems from our childhoods. How we internally form an attachment to particular items we deem as ‘ours’ from a young age. Yet when comparing this globally, there are certain cultures where regardless of age, this trend does not appear. For example in a... Continue Reading →
What do you think is more valuable, the price of these rings in the picture, or, the relationship symbolised by them? No rush to answer! How about the question below instead, as a continuation from yesterday's post: If I gifted you a Swiss chocolate bar to begin with then a few moments later asked... Continue Reading →
They say religion is used to control the masses when really the truth is that it’s money. We give value to pieces of paper and metal, to invisible numbers forever changing in our online accounts. As humans, as a society, we have given value to something which if you really think about it is valueless.... Continue Reading →
Trust is like trying to catch a spawning salmon in a freshly flowing river. You catch it! Then all too soon it slips from your tiny grasp. Whether it's trusting others or trusting yourself. Trust never seems to want to last. Are we blinded by bullsh*t or beauty? All we need is for someone... Continue Reading →
The best way to stick to a resolution is to not have one, yes you read that right. Take it from me a serial procrastinator and die-hard quitter. If you wanna get something done, don't bloody do it! Have a look at the 'reactance theory' - when we feel pressured to perform action A we... Continue Reading →
I think back to how my mother must have felt 24 years ago, spread eagle, screaming 'get this baby out of me'! The exorcism had nothing on my delivery I'm sure. Yet despite being the best possible gift my parent's could have ever received on the Eve of Christmas, the passing of time certainly helps... Continue Reading →
We've all been in this position, you're travelling late at night, maybe coming back from the airport or from burying your noisy neighbour once and for all, when you suddenly get a little peckish. Pulling over to the nearest fuel station seems like the wisest thing to do and you begin dismounting your 4 by... Continue Reading →
When your mother use to tell you to put on your 'Sunday best', was that really for God or for the fellow church dwellers? Time and time again I have been proven wrong, I look at someone thinking 'oh they'll be friendly' and instead I'm met with a look as if they've been sucking lemons... Continue Reading →
Have you ever experienced a day, As grey as the grey day today? You know the kind, That makes you less kind. The kind you wished would just go away? I've certainly experienced a day, As grey as the grey day today It made me feel kind, To the man who reminded, Me to... Continue Reading →
Since the year of dot I have struggled to pronounce my own name never mind 'el gato, le chat or die Katze'. Yet, despite my struggles, my interest in languages outside of my mother-tongue has never wavered. From fable attempts at school to self-taught trials through online resources, my ambition to pass conversation in... Continue Reading →
Being bullied is never an easy thing to deal with, and compounding the matter is dealing with bullying from someone at your place of employment. In this situation you really are stuck between a rock and a hard place, for alot of us, we can't just get up and move jobs or tell the bully... Continue Reading →
Stature slender, Pitch higher. A non-male gender, So he must be higher. Physically inferior, Sit still and look pretty. Don't question the superior, You'll only look silly. Beauty over brains. Man over beauty. I'm not a feminist, But a minority of men give me reason I should be. Are you threatened by... Continue Reading →
Nothing sinks my heart further into the pit of my stomach than the sight of two mums fighting over the same cable-knit jumper in the 'Winter' aisle, or better yet, one of them fighting with yours truly. Not that I would ever buy a cable-knit jumper or anything remotely resembling it but the point still... Continue Reading →
At the ripe old age of 23, it's safe to say that fatigue should be a common occurrence, right? Wrong! Then why is it the norm for me to walk around like a zombie and to fight to keep my eyes open by noon? Lots of us feel tired alot of the time but we're... Continue Reading →
Sometimes I have out-of-body body moments and starkly realise that I've just been entranced by some sorcerer on YouTube swishing saliva about in her mouth, repeating the word 'stipple' about a million times and making weird butterfly motions with her fingers. Please help me! Is anyone else grossly engrossed by this phenomenon? Some of my... Continue Reading →
Walking into the ExCel London yesterday afternoon I couldn't help but think to myself - this place is a canine lover's paradise and feline lover's Hell! The event I was attending at the East London event was the annual 'Discover Dogs' extravaganza. It certainly got tails wagging all weekend with agility shows, best in show... Continue Reading →
I'm Shy. Is that ok? I know I should meet your eyes more than sometimes. But I don't. Should I be ashamed? I get nervous when around strangers. Find I become a stranger in myself. I feel paranoid of the dangers, That lurk just behind the shelf. I'm angry for being this way.... Continue Reading →
