It doesn’t matter how successful a person becomes, there is always room for a little failure. Setting a goal, working hard to achieve it and then falling short, may be one of the hardest life-lessons for me to come to terms with. I participated in my first ever speech competition and placed third in the third round, which is actually a pre ...

Today when I was having coffee with a friend she asked me whether MS Word was just a weird program or whether she was missing something. I love Word as a program, but if you don’t understand how she thinks, she can be extremely frustrating to work with. You may notice that I assume Word must be female. I apologize if this offends anyone, b ...

Having an international day of happiness doesn't mean we shouldn't aim to be happy everyday. It is however,  a great opportunity to remind ourselves of all the things in our lives that make us happy. Take a moment to appreciate them. 

Here I sit in a noisy pub in Vancouver listening to the loud cheers and cries of anguish of impassioned rugby fans. These are true fans as this game started at 6.30 am. Why am I here? Although I do love rugby I would not have chosen to get out of my warm bed and venture into the pouring rain if it was only me I was thinking about. However, as I ...

Do you feel that somehow you aren’t as happy as you should be? We are bombarded by the idea that our ultimate goal in life is to experience never-ending bliss.

Do you remember the last time you went away for a holiday? Did you have fun? Hopefully we can all answer yes to that question. Did anything negative happen during your vac ...