Archive for the ‘Humour and light moments’ Category

2 Funny Stories from My Days as an Aged Care Nurse

Sunday, June 29th, 2008

Today let’s take a look at how the pursuit of the dollar has humbled us.

Let’s not discuss it at the abstract or conceptual level: let’s make it real by sharing some stories.

Below are two stories from my days as an aged care nurse/hospital wardsman/general cleaner and gardener/disability care person.

Health care folk

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Lazy Music for a Lazy Day…But Wait, There’s More

Wednesday, June 18th, 2008

Life is What Happens When You Make Plans

Initially, I wanted to make this a post filled with nothing but smooth jams because I wanted us to discuss polygamy more and cause I was having one of those lazy days but I just HAD to give props real quick to someone

This Guy is a Genius (more…)

The Final Three Octaves in the Mo Ma Meme

Sunday, June 15th, 2008

Number 8

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Every Immigrant Has A Story Like This

Friday, June 13th, 2008

I wrote this piece a while back and submitted it to one of the big blogs in the African blogosphere in the hopes of being published as a guest author. But alas, I felt the sting of rejection 🙁 On the bright side, this piece gets published anyway 😀 ….and since there are a whole bunch of you new readers, I would like to welcome you with a tale of one of my experiences from my early days of Australian life. If you enjoy the peace, make sure you leave a comment with a little anecdote of your own.

The Battle Zone (more…)

8 Things I Would Like to Do Before I Do Before I Die & Meek Meek Meme

Thursday, June 12th, 2008

So, yesterday I got tagged yet again by Meek Meek from intricately me and thought that it would be cool if I could kill two meme birds with one meme stone and so here we are. Straight to it.

8 ball

8 Things I Would Like to Do Before I Die (more…)

8 Things I Am Passionate About (The Mo Ma Meme) and Obama

Tuesday, June 10th, 2008

Hey,
I have been tagged by Mo Ma. So I thought that with Mo Ma’s permission, rather than answering all the questions in the “Meme Mo Ma” (brilliant branding) at once, I would spread it out over time and discuss different elements of it. I begin with……

Number 8 (more…)

Is African Writing Really That Bad? Some Ideas For Being a Good Writer

Thursday, June 5th, 2008

Pencils (more…)

You Don’t Have to Be Sane to Succeed in Life

Monday, May 19th, 2008

You…you’re just special!

You’re weird.

I don’t think of you like I do other people.

You deserve your own bell curve.

You’re not normal!

Are you normal?

You’re crazy!

Crazy goat (more…)

The Day a Bus Outwitted a Man

Sunday, April 27th, 2008

The following is based on a true story

Capoeira 1 (more…)

Top 7 Signs You Have Been an Immigrant too Long

Sunday, April 20th, 2008

So how do you know that you have been away from your native country for way too long. Never fear, I am here to give you the warning signs that you have lost touch with the motherland.

African lady representing in the middle of China town (more…)