Yoga and starting journalism

Yoga is an amazing human physical activity.  It tones the body and prepares the mind for stillness and success.  I’ve been practicing yoga for many months now and can apply it to other activities in life.  For instance, hiking up a hill.  Turn on your core strength, focus on your leg muscles and bones being in alignment(…)

Changes and Challenges in Life

I’m about to become a homeless bumkin, or maybe I already am? Seriously, next week I pack up my stuff from my ‘halfway’ house and set out on the road in my troopcarrier van, which will become my primary residence. I’m daunted. I will however have things to write about. New places, the man who(…)

A lot can happen in a year

This time 12 months ago, almost to the day, I was about to step on to Etihad flight EY19 bound for London via Dubai. Embarking on a trip of a lifetime that I had worked, saved and meticulously planned for over two years, I was elated. I would see no less than 10 countries, met(…)

My chat with a Dame

Honourable Quentin Bryce was sworn in as the twenty-fifth Governor General in September 2008 until March 2014, and this role amongst many various esteemed positions throughout her distinguished career, has lead her to assume the position of The YWCA’s Patron. As part of my internship with Queensland News, I was fortunate enough to have the(…)

How old is too old?

Should I have moved out of the family home by now? I’m 24, turning 25 next month (which I am kind of excited about – is that weird for a grown man to get excited about his birthday?). Most of the time I feel fine about it but sometimes I get these little pangs of(…)

Sterling buy for City

Sterling buy for City

Manchester City have bolstered their attack and chance to reclaim Chelsea’s crown with Liverpool enfant terrible Raheem Sterling getting the move he’d been craving for some time. The £49 million transfer fee paid by City makes him the world’s most expensive player under the age of 21, the Daily Mail reported yesterday. Opinion is well(…)

Internet trolls

Internet trolls

Wimbledon recently wrapped up with Serena Williams taking out the title for the sixth time. Amazing right? The woman just won her sixth Wimbledon, her 21st Grand Slam Title and cemented her World Number One ranking. Instead of celebrating yet another of Serena’s career milestones, people choose to take aim at her appearance, saying she(…)

Oh to be a kid again.

Oh to be a kid again.

When I was a child, all I wanted to do be was an adult. As an adult, I often dream about having the same simplicity in life as children do. You wake up with breakfast waiting for you. You get driven to school where you spend the day with your friends, eat your packed lunch(…)

Childhood

It’s strange how your childhood sort of feels like forever. Then suddenly you’re sixteen and the world becomes an hourglass and you’re watching the sand pile up at the wrong end. And you’re thinking of how when you were just a kid, your heartbeat was like a kick drum at a rock show, and now(…)

Silent Ego

Our biggest paradox and luxury as human beings is our state of self-awareness. We recognize love is a vital element to thrive in any society, but we are more ashamed to admit we want or even need love from our parents, friends or a stranger than to confess we cheated on a test. We internally(…)