As the kids were marched off to their first day of school on Wednesday, 11 January 2017, perhaps the most significant experiences, were those starting for the first time, and those going into high school for the first time. As children embark on their journey to school, I believe that parents should also embark on...
Wo khulum’ uwabale amagamakho singabase Mndeni so sang a group of boys a few years ago, as they walked past my house from a soccer match, presumably victorious. I remember thinking I wonder how many of them will play for our national team; make their families proud, become ambassadors of our possibility and rising above...
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“An F-Type 400 Sport Launch Edition available only for this model year exclusively”. Roughly four years since Jaguar unleashed its two-seater supercar; the British carmaker is set to bring an updated F-Type for the 2018 model year. Although you’ll have to be a diehard Jaguar fan with a magnifying glass to spot the tweaks, beginning...
By the time you read this you will realise something that you should have realised 3 weeks ago :Kuyalaleka mawungena mali. After using your last few notes to fill up the tank. You will be missing the Xmas food you never ate. In agony you will want to pounce your head against the wall,...
Marvin reckons New Years resolutions should start in December. He figures it’s a bad idea to jump on the January bandwagon because by the end of March, the wheels fall off. It is generally the same pattern every year because people are inspired but it doesn’t last, there is no momentum. People put so much...
Before talking about what we should eat before a workout, what about not eating at all? A popular fat-burning strategy is to exercise first thing in the morning on an empty stomach. In his book Body for Life, Bill Phillips states that performing 20 minutes of intense aerobic exercise after an overnight fast has greater...
Monday morning is by far the most important couple of hours of the whole week. Why? Because Monday mornings set the pace for the next 168 hours. If you start your Monday morning off successfully, that increases your chance of having a killer week. If you have a really bad Monday morning, that sets a...
had visions of returning from India feeling enlightened and looking emaciated – the enlightenment would be from the morning, noon and night yoga sessions that I would partake in, and the drop in dress size would inevitably be caused by the worst bout of Delhi belly ever recorded. The pressure was on. Not only did...
The Alien series has been something on my to-watch list for a long time. There are a bunch of classic movies that I’ve never seen before. For example, I’m a huge boxing fan but I’ve never seen Raging Bull. I have a general reluctance of watching movies that are more than 30 years old or...