Nine years ago I was living in London. It was a time of a lot of partying, drinking and more drinking. I was living and working in a South African youth hostel in Central London. At capacity there could be 74 people in the hostel. It was a long, debaucherous party. I’m not sure how [...]

So I’m crap at money. I have at least 1 maxed credit card and a loan that just doesn’t seem to get less. I realise this is all my own fault. I made some stupid decisions, and then made some more stupid decisions. I can live on my salary, but I can’t really save anything, [...]

It’s 00:21 on the 12th of April. In 20 hours and 39 minutes it will be exactly 5 years since my dad passed away. I can’t sleep because I’m trying to just think of the good things already. It’s partly working, but also, remembering the good things reminds me that I don’t have them in [...]

A friend sent me a message after my “Turn the page, close the chapter” post. She said: “Brutally honest. But it’s good, the poison needs to get out.” It was in Afrikaans. It sounds way better. I write these little posts for exactly that reason. I don’t spend that much time with people. I tend [...]

Whenever my brother phones me he greets me with “Salaam Aleikum” and I’m expected to answer by saying “Aleikum Salaam”. For those of you who don’t know, this means Peace be with you – which I think is an awesome thing to wish someone else. We were raised as Christians, like most other Afrikaners. So [...]