Bitterlemon with a pinch of salt
An island girl's favourite drink
It was June 1992. I had been selected to attend a French exchange programme in Reunion. I think there were 10 of us state school P6 students who attended. For some reason, I remember it being dark when we landed back in Seychelles after the two-week exchange. I am not sure whether it was actually …
Continue reading "Moving on from the trauma of being bullied; with the help of my son"
Photo@sarahhalliday Growing up in the 80’s, most of my after-school time, weekends and holidays were spent outdoors. My only maternal sibling who I grew up with was eight years my senior and bore no obligation to spend time with the little sister who hadn’t been born a boy - like him. Anyway, no pity is …
Prior to the Covid-19 lockdown, I had watched the first six movies in the Star Wars series three times. The last time was with my then 6-year old son who was rather taken by the story and the characters. I recall that first Christmas thereafter. Almost every gift wrapped was a Star Wars merchandise and …
Another wealth-divide rant in the middle of Covid-19 Jennifer Aniston did the sweetest thing the other day. She sent a shout-out through a home-made video to the medical folks on the front-line of the Covid-19 war in the US from her 20 million dollar home. No, that was not the headline of the story. I …
I sat in a court room today, for a brief moment, and listened to lawyers debate about whether my father was legitimately my father. My birth certificate was produced and another one whereby my father legally recognized me, 19 years after my birth and one year before his death. Respecting the rules of the court, …
The situation with the Bangladeshi workers in Seychelles this week reaffirmed a thought which has been on my mind for a while. Just in case you’re not in Seychelles, allegations of foreign workers not getting paid and living in poor conditions have made headlines – and it’s not the first time. Someone from a human …
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The incident which has prompted me to visit my very dusty blog due to hardly having any spare time to write these days happened just over an hour ago. I have experienced enough of life to know that I must never act when I am in rage. However, if I wait and I calm down …
I have always felt uncomfortable to speak up about my pain of trying to conceive. It never seemed right given the fact that my story took place after I’d already had a child. How could I possibly know the torment women who desperately try to have one baby go through? It would be selfish …
Continue reading "Baby No 2 – Where are you? The long wait for Theo Watson"
I have a story from my days as a second secretary at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) which to this day (9 years later) I have been unable to forget or shake off. With my most recent post #metoo, touching on the subject of power, this story to me illustrates very well, the choices …
Sexual harassment has never had as much attention as it has gotten in the past few weeks in the midst of the Hollywood Weinstein scandals. When you have names like Angelina Jolie and Gwyneth Paltrow speaking up about their own experiences, the world goes in shock and then it listens. How on earth could powerful, …
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