To My Fellow Bloggers

Don’t write to be read, Follow your heart not your head. Always be open to inspiration, Don’t get bogged down by frustration. You can’t always force the words to come out, Wait until you have something to talk about. Patience is key with this blogging stuff, You’ll have that light-bulb moment soon enough. Just keep … More To My Fellow Bloggers

Mi Sobrino

That faint dimple in your left cheek that only makes an appearance when you’re either bursting with happiness or being cheeky. That floppy, shiny head of hair that always seems to look professionally styled, regardless of how much you jump around. That tiny little button nose that’s turned up ever so slightly at the tip. … More Mi Sobrino

Late Night Musings

It’s an unbearably humid night and I’m tossing and turning in my bed, unable to shake these random thoughts from my mind: maybe the easiest option isn’t always the wrong option and maybe what we want isn’t necessarily what we need. I know, I know, it’s hardly the breaking story of the century, but I … More Late Night Musings

An Impromptu Q&A

So I was looking through my Drafts folder just now and found this half-finished post that I’d started writing during my travels. I’d answered a bunch of random questions from a bloggers’ Q&A website to pass the time during a seven-hour minivan journey from Bangkok to the Cambodian border. That was over three months ago, … More An Impromptu Q&A

Feeling Inspired

It’s five o’clock in the evening and I’m in my patchwork pyjamas, sitting comfortably on a wooden deck chair with a firm pillow lodged behind my back. I’m situated on a porch just outside the bungalow which I’ll be calling home for the next week. The temperature dial tells me that it’s currently 28 degrees … More Feeling Inspired

I’ll Be Your Clown

Why is it always me? How do I always  manage to get myself into the most bizarre situations? Ok, enough with the rhetorical questions, let me explain myself by using today as an example. So a few hours ago I was happily sitting on the train, on my way to meet a friend after work. I was minding … More I’ll Be Your Clown