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On Saturday night I threw a mini surprise party for my friend Jane, whose birthday last month was a bit of a fizzer—one that was topped off by a lack of cake. “A party without cake is just a meeting.” —Julia Child— What made the lack of cake even sadder was the fact that Jane is the […]
MoreWhen it comes to Segways, most people know one of two things; that President George Bush—dressed in tennis gear and clutching his racquet— fell off one in 2003 when taking it for a test ride or that the owner of the company, James Heselden, drove one off a cliff to his death. But the Segway […]
MoreIt started with a text message; a plea for my best friend to join me on The Stampede—a 5km obstacle course which organisers claimed would ‘push you to your limit’. The Stampede is an epic challenge for you to test yourself, help others along the course and have a laugh with your mates. http://www.thestampede.com.au On […]
MoreI love to win stuff. I mean seriously LOVE to win stuff. I won’t forget the day I won three cooking skillets in a raffle at the pub. The other diners and drinkers thought they were in the audience of The Price Is Right such was my joy. It also may have been because I […]
MoreThey say the first year of anything—marriage, parenthood, moving home after living abroad—is said to be the hardest. I don’t know who ‘they’ are, but I assume their theory has something to do with all those long, sleepless nights. And while I’ve not yet dipped my toe into the grown-up world of marriage or babies, […]
MoreStanding in the middle of one of the world’s largest shopping malls, I couldn’t help but shiver. Not because I was overwhelmed by the 520 stores than make up Dubai’s Mall of the Emirates—although they were quite jaw dropping—and not because the centre welcomed more than 33 million visitors in 2012. (Although to put that […]
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