An island girl's favourite drink
Four years ago, I was asked by the-then headmaster of the International School of Seychelles to deliver the graduation speech for the class of 2013 in my capacity as a former student as well as the-then editor of POTPOURRI magazine. Sharing it on my blog today. Good evening everybody. It is at once an …
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After an STC Hypermarket run this afternoon, I found myself in my kitchen preparing a fruit bowl for my kids. Just to taste the freshness of the grapes, I bit into one and to my horror, I bit into a seed. Since when do the red ones have seeds? I almost cried as I realised …
A mother’s account of her journey with an autistic child. ‘Autism is beauty. Autism is passion. It’s deep thinking and wonder. It’s being so closely connected with our emotions. It’s processing the world on a whole other plain’. @kate_aneverydaystory A few weeks ago, five-year old Mia Malow obtained another certificate of achievement in her reading …
Reece, my 7-year old son woke up today with a neck pain. We know it’s legit because it’s Saturday and his football practice kicks off in two hours and that boy would not miss it for the world. After ruling meningitis out, we gave him something for the pain and tried to figure out what …
I come from a mixed race family and as such my sons have been born into a family of cousins with skin colour ranging from one end of the spectrum to the other. To date, no query has ever been made in regard to this. I have told myself that possibly at some point curiosity …
Warning; Content may be offensive Tip 1: Delete that shit Tip 2: Delete that shit Tip 3: Delete that shit Tip 4: Delete that shit Tip 5: Delete that shit I have officially exhausted my pity for any adult who finds themselves in the middle of a sex scandal born out of private intimate filmed …
Whatever time it was, it was way too early for my phone to be ringing. I probably had a hangover. That much I don’t recall. Caller ID was my brother. Me: Hello Silence Me: Steven, ou ok? (Steven, are you OK?) Steven: Marie-France, Mervyn in mor. (Mervyn has died) I am suddenly fully awake. Me: …
Justice, or rather 1001 definitions of it, has been a hot topic in Seychelles for many years. This past week though, it has gone up a few notches on the Top 10 list of controversial topics. If the world was simply black and white, we would all know exactly what justice entailed and how we …
Do you ever get the impression that most, if not all of us love karma? We can spot it right off the bat, smell it from a mile off and love, love pointing it out to whoever may be the victim at that exact point. Karma, as it turns out happens to everyone except… ‘me’. …
Ah. The joys of eating without cutlery. Unfortunately, our pursuit to be ‘civilised’ has robbed us of this simple pleasure which many people around the world claim makes the food taste better. Mind you, nachos is not exactly the best example of being a rebel in this regard. It is literally impossible to eat …
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