

All in
In the year 2000, the UN set eight goals, ambitious goals that included the eradication of extreme poverty, the reduction of child...


New
This is a time of year that brings new starts (in the Northern Hemisphere anyway...sorry to all you Kiwis/South Africans/Aussies etc....


After migration
When I was trying to decide on a topic for my dissertation, one of my priorities was making sure it was relevant, up to date, useful. As...


God in everything in between
I just got my tattoo touched up, hopefully for the last time, because this time was flippin' sore! I guess I've got used to it hanging...


First of July
After being in South Africa for about a month, somehow (I’m still not quite sure how), someone convinced me to do the Oribi Gorge Rope...


An Olympic Silver Medal
Flashback to August 2012... Yesterday, I watched an interview with Valerie Adams, the New Zealand shot putter who was reigning Olympic...


When confusion is good
"If you're confused, this module has been a success"... These were the words of the lecturer at the end of this term's 'Anthropology and...


Make yourself uncomfortable
I like to be comfortable. I really like it. I like to curl up in my pjs, with my hot water bottle. I like to go into situations fully...


What fanned the flame
I didn't even notice him walk into the room, yet once he had, he completely commanded it, whether he had wanted to or not... Paul Farmer,...


Defining me
Do you ever feel like your reaction to a thing is completely out of proportion to the magnitude of the thing? Or that someone else's is?...



























