advice, life, thoughts

It’s a fine, fine line

There are many definitions of the word “balance”. According to Collins dictionary: If you balance one thing with something different, each of the things has the same strength or importance. My fellow musical theatre lovers will have noticed the “Avenue Q” reference in the title. However, this post is not about musicals but about the… Continue reading It’s a fine, fine line

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big issues, life, thoughts

I am not your maid

So it has been over a year since I wrote Don't Trust a Black Girl and even longer since I wrote The Everyday Racist. Collectively, those have been my most read posts and I am constantly surprised that they are still getting so many views and shares so long after they were written. I think… Continue reading I am not your maid

advice, big issues, life, thoughts

Before him, there was you

So today is International Woman's Day. What a time to be alive! I have loved seeing people posting all over my social media accounts celebrating all these inspirational women, sharing their own experiences and pushing for a more equal society. I had been wondering if I had anything to contribute to the existing rhetoric and… Continue reading Before him, there was you

advice, life, thoughts, university

Say NO to this…

So after what was the most amazing summer of my life, I am now back at University for my third year. It feels like only yesterday that I was writing about freshers on here and now I'm nearly finished. All my fellow musical theatre lovers will have noticed the 'Hamilton' reference in the title. It's… Continue reading Say NO to this…

life, summer, travel

Backpacking 2016: THAILAND

So the wheel has come full circle and I'm back in Thailand where all my backpacking adventures began! I've been travelling for over a month with my sister and so far we've been to Cambodia, Vietnam, Laos and of course - Thailand! From Laos I crossed the Border into Chiang Khong. It had been three… Continue reading Backpacking 2016: THAILAND

life, summer, travel

Backpacking 2016: LAOS

So this is the THIRD part of my travelblog as I backpack around South East Asia with my sister. So far I've written about Cambodia and Vietnam. This one will be all about my adventures around Laos... From Vietnam we flew into Vientiane. That night me and my sister went to go explore and stumbled upon a market… Continue reading Backpacking 2016: LAOS

life, summer, travel

Backpacking 2016: VIETNAM

This is PART 2 of my travel blog as I backpack around South East Asia with my sister. Click here to read my first one all about my stay in Cambodia... After crossing the Cambodian border we stopped off in Chau Doc as we had already been traveling for over 10 hours on a bus and we were… Continue reading Backpacking 2016: VIETNAM

advice, life, summer, thoughts

Memoirs of a teenage worker (part 2)

This is PART TWO of my Memoirs of a teenage worker series. Click here to read part one where I talked about about working in KFC. Part 2 - Betterware So a couple of weeks after leaving KFC I applied for another job as a catalogue distributor for a company called Betterware. They are a… Continue reading Memoirs of a teenage worker (part 2)