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Namesake
I was named after my late grandmother: Dina. Man was she an epic sort… but then again, everyone in my family is. Left to right: Epic sort, Epic sort. Epic sort. Epic sort But I’ve Read more…
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Blown Away
You’re sitting in your home and the wind starts to pick up. It gets stronger. Stronger. Stronger still. Before you know what’s happening, the whole house begins to tremble and your roof gets whisked away. Read more…
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Legacy
What were you born for?? In this cruel world of suffering and refugees and homeless people and war and taxes and divorce and hatred and PMS and Trump you can’t help but wonder why it Read more…
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Monsoons of Malaysia
“Don’t go to the East coast of Malaysia in February” they said. “It’s monsoon season” they said. As usual, Adeena didn’t really have a plan for Malaysia. I mean, it’s one of those countries that Read more…
Cycle
The Final Leg
Fully loaded with bananas, well rested, and psyched for what lay ahead; I left Townsville and set off on the final leg. As always, the road was paved with awesome people and heaps of encouragers. Read more…
Hitch
Hitching: The Power of Thumb
Ever wonder what kind of people pick up hitch hikers???? Yes, they gave me a ride…. Well, 500+ hitch hikes later, on 6 continents, I’m still trying to work that out!! But I can Read more…
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Life’s a celebration!!!
Because sometimes when you try and subtly lick, it backfires, and they lick back…. It’s 4am and my alarms yelling at me to get up. It’s the last thing that I wanted to do after Read more…
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100 days of happiness
happiness ˈhapɪnɪs/ noun 1. the state of being happy. “she struggled to find happiness in her life” synonyms: contentment, pleasure, contentedness, satisfaction, cheerfulness,cheeriness, merriment, merriness, gaiety, joy, joyfulness, joyousness,joviality, jollity, jolliness, glee, blitheness, carefreeness, gladness,delight, good spirits, high spirits, light-heartedness, good cheer, well-being, enjoyment, felicity; exuberance, exhilaration, elation, ecstasy, delirium, jubilation, rapture,bliss, blissfulness, euphoria, beatitude, transports of delight; heaven,paradise, seventh heaven, cloud nine; humorousdelectation; rarejouissance “her Read more…
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Lessons learned in the year 2000 and last year…
With 2013 came oldness and with oldness came more grey hair and with more grey hair comes more wisdom and wisdom should be shared… Here’s what I learned last year… Maybe, just maybe, this helps Read more…
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Return of the Gypsy
Yes, it’ the sequel… It’s time to finish what was started…My old friend, Unemployment, has returned to me and it’s now or never (so obviously it’s now). Back in 2010, when my Soccer World Cup Read more…