“Help! Someone please call the police, he is going to kill me!” Those chilling words penetrated by sleep in the early hours of this morning. I live in a quiet neighbourhood, the most exciting thing[…]
Category: Misc
Tonight we ate cake and didn’t care: the startup edition
Tonight, I ate cake for dinner and I didn’t care because I work for a startup and having dessert for dinner seems like the only reward at the end of particularly bad day. I am[…]
A life unlived: why I keep running away from home
My biggest fear is that I will fail miserably at living my life. I live in Cape Town. It is one of the most beautiful cities in the world and I don’t think I could[…]
When in doubt, try to blow a hole in the universe and see what happens
Growing up I had a friend that was always willing to get into trouble with me. There was never a question whether we were allowed to do it, if our parents would approve or if[…]
Missing Paris, the Christmas spirit and Love Actually
I love the holidays. There is something about a season that forces us to be the best of us that makes me have faith in who we are the potential of mankind. I love everything[…]
The feminist dilemma: I am not a manifesto
This is not about one single globe trotting adventure but the trip of this year. “You’re such a feminist,” a friend once told me. I looked at him mildly assumed, he meant it as a[…]