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Reflections are those moment of introspection about my own life and experiences, when seemingly different incidences are all surprisingly connected in a way I only recently realised. Occasionally, the connection is profound and possibly dark but, more often it is amusing or downright funny. Either way, I felt the urge to write about them and share them.
It is almost a year since I was diagnosed with liver cancer (Cholangiocarcinoma, to give it its proper medical name). After an operation to remove the tumour, and with it about 66% of my liver, my family and I were…
Read moreI always found it funny (weird, to be more precise) that when you leave a job, a neighbourhood or anything you’re affiliated to such as a club, many people come up to say goodbye, good luck and use this over-used…
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A song I hadn’t heard in a while came on this morning. It dates back to 1980 and it’s called: Take That Look Off Your Face. One line in particular triggered a thought in my mind. The line in the…
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The American playwright Neil Simon wrote a romantic play in the Sixties about a newly married couple who go through initial adjustments to accommodate one another including the wife wishing her buttoned-up husband would relax and do fun and crazy…
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‘Every day, I wake up and see I am good looking. One day, I would like to wake up and find I am rich instead’. These words were uttered to me by a colleague at work when we met in…
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Once you cross your Rubicon, there is no return. That’s what happened to Julius Caesar when he crossed the River Rubicon in North East Italy, defying the rule set by the Senate that prohibited a general from moving to a…
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Colin was a high-maintenance member of staff who took a lot of energy to get him to do anything more energetic than chasing a tortoise. On one of many similar occasions, I had a complaint from a fellow manager that…
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Disclaimer: You may have read this post before under a different title about four years ago. If you had, I suggest you go get yourself a drink instead, it will be a better use of your time. At the Immigration Desk…
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Saturday night in a university students’ house anywhere in the world is likely to bring a random group of young people together for booze and debauchery mixed with loud music and junk food. My housemate and I had been to…
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Crossing the border over the River Jordan, after clearing the Israeli checkpoint, I and six other travelers took a seven-seater public taxi to Amman. After loading our luggage in the boot and on the roof of the car, I found…
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