Unusual holiday lets

May 10, 2018.Reading time 8 minutes.

I have stayed in some dumps in my time. So I know what it means to have a nice place to return to after a day’s exploring. With some savings and old age, clean and comfortable accommodation is a must now. Nothing too fancy or too expensive, although I would never decline such an offer. […]

Accidents of birth

April 30, 2018.Reading time 4 minutes.

Peace, equality, stability – both political and economic – are precious commodities we cannot afford to negotiate or lose under any pretext or self-serving agendas. It would be devastatingly sad if our children and their children miss out on their right to a good life and become accidents of birth

A leap: turtle to parenting

February 12, 2018.Reading time 7 minutes.

Having a child is only the beginning. Being in charge of another human being is an incredibly mammoth responsibility. How do you know when to hold your children tightly and when to let them go? How do you know if you are doing right by your children?

Chocolate addict

January 15, 2018.Reading time 3 minutes.

I want to eat healthy and enjoy my chocolate and desserts in moderation, like most normal people I know. But I falter big time in the face of chocolaty enticements. Simple logic betrays me every time chocolates and sweets are involved.

Forever friends

December 7, 2017.Reading time 6 minutes.

When we meet up we chat and laugh as if time has stood still. There is an easy comfort. No airs, no pretensions. Babbling away about anything and everything. And yet, we didn’t keep in touch for over a decade.

What’s fair in the air?

December 6, 2017.Reading time 7 minutes.

My husband and I were flying home to KL from a holiday in Melbourne. It was an eight-hour flight and we had especially booked and paid more for the premium flat-bed in the hope of catching a few winks and to enjoy the comfort of space. In our previous trips we were lucky not to […]

People and power, and authority

November 29, 2017.Reading time 7 minutes.

Power is not absolute and it is transitory, and yet what is it about power that makes some people overbearing and cavalier in their attitude? How do people who have been in power for long periods of time, whether running a country, a company or managing a family, feel when they don’t have the same authority anymore.

Caring for carers

November 28, 2017.Reading time 4 minutes.

The job description for a carer does not call for a martyr. What it does require is for carers to be sensible, care for themselves first and enlist help wherever possible, if they are to be any good to the cared for.