Do the words Stephen and Fry bring you out in a cold sweat? Do you wilt and die a little bit inside every time someone looks you in the eye and asks you to do simple multiplication that even your children can do with their eyes closed? Were you someone who failed their driving theory test thirteen times but says “Me? Once, of course!”when someone asks you how many times your driving theory test took? Maybe you hated the kid Read the rest of this entry »

How many of us can say that we truly trust another human being with any important information about ourselves? I reckon that there are not that many of us who would and those that do are setting themselves up to be disappointed.

Friendship is a concept we are all used to. We surround ourselves with people that we have things in common with. They are people who share the same passions, same interests and hobbies and the same tastes in Read the rest of this entry »

The Panda—it has to be one of the world’s most beloved cuddly animals, doesn’t it? It’s cute, it’s furry, and it’s dying out rapidly: three of the ingredients any endangered animal worth its salt needs to be at the top of the charts.

This story really put a downer on my day: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/8497973.stm

I could empathize with the two Panda’s in question, since I too had moved to a foreign country and started a new life. How cruel, I Read the rest of this entry »