For the past few weeks I’ve been working on an online arts auction in aid of charity. The aim is to fundraise enough money to send 15 under privileged boys on holiday during their summer holidays. The boys are aged between eight and 18 and are residents...
Love him or hate him, Franco Debono was right about the judicial system. He was right when he said that our judicial system was in shambles and that it was in urgent need of reform. Whoever disagreed with him ON THAT must have been wired to the...
A couple of years ago British child psychologist Dr Tanya Byron, set up a study that looked at the risks that children are exposed to when using the internet. The report revealed that, in general, parents feel that they are not equipped enough to handle...
(Cheap and cheerful sense of humour required) The dead of winter seems to be over, and with it the pits of small island politics. I don’t know which one of these I’m happiest about but, the combination of the two is making me break into dances...
Just in case you hadn’t noticed, we’re now well into 2013, the electoral mayhem is finally over and, lo and behold, the sun is still rising from the East. But our ceasefire was short lived because as soon as the ballot sheets were put aside, we...
90mg of Sarcasm required - Repeat dosage after every paragraph Ok so here’s the deal – it’s Sunday morning and we’re all waiting with bated breath for the first indications of the results of this blessed election. If you’re anything like me, you’ve had it...
Last week, a relative of mine was worried sick that for the first time in her life, she might have landed herself a traffic ticket. I too was kind of shocked to hear this news because the person in question never goes over 20km/hr, keeps her...
Election fever makes people say and do all sorts of things. Yesterday, an old friend of mine publically ‘accused’ me of being selfish. She told me that my support for Alternattiva Demokratika is based solely on my wanting gay marriage to be introduced in Malta. She...
I was just sitting quietly at my desk typing and working away when, suddenly, I was startled by a loud cheer from the office next door. Being Valentine’s Day I thought that someone must have gone down on one knee and proposed. Considering that this year it...
A couple of days ago I had an epiphany. Well, it was more of an obvious revelation, or rather, a final resignation to something that had been staring me in the face for a long time. Though the writing had been on the wall for ages, when it happened, it was like...