7 Tips Regarding Racism in Australia

March 19th, 2008

Hello hello hello!

Racism in Australia

I work with the disabled about once or twice a week. A couple of days ago I was helping a disabled man with his morning routine. Over the course of the past couple of weeks we have become pretty good buds. By this I mean, we speak to each other on a very personal ‘man to man’ basis as opposed to a professional or superficial level of conversation.

It was at this level of familiarity and kinship that I got an insight into the Australian Caucasian that I never would have got otherwise.

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My Heroes (Bonus): Dead Prez

March 18th, 2008

Part 6 of the 10 things I wish I knew before I left Africa

1) Erwin Mcmanus

2) Kirk Franklin

3) Eric Wainaina

4) Malcolm X and Steve Biko

5) Anthony Robbins

6) 7 special people

7) Fidelis Wainaina

Dead Prez

NB: This post has a lot of cussing via the music so if that turns you off then skip right by the music tracks and enjoy the article!

This series was only supposed to be seven articles long but I had to show love to Dead Prez. Like Malcolm, Read the rest of this entry »

My Heroes: 7 Special People

March 17th, 2008

Part 6 of the 10 things I wish I knew before I left Africa

1) Erwin Mcmanus

2) Kirk Franklin

3) Eric Wainaina

4) Malcolm X and Steve Biko

5) Anthony Robbins

The second last article in yet another series. Yay! 🙂 I want the final one, as always, to be special and so in the meantime I thought I would share with y’all seven other people who have really affected the way I think and why Read the rest of this entry »

 
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My Hero: Anthony Robbins

March 16th, 2008

Part 6 of the 10 things I wish I knew before I left Africa

1) Erwin Mcmanus

2) Kirk Franklin

3) Eric Wainaina

4) Steve Biko and Malcolm X

Tony Robbins poster

It was a dark lonely night in the CBD of Sydney, Australia. Read the rest of this entry »

 
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My Heroes: Steve Biko and Malcolm X and the Great Africans of the 20th Century

March 14th, 2008

Part 6 of the 10 things I wish I knew before I left Africa

1) Erwin Mcmanus

2) Kirk Franklin

3) Eric Wainaina

Malcolm X
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My Hero: Eric Wainaina

March 14th, 2008

Part 6 of the 10 things I wish I knew before I left Africa

1) Erwin Mcmanus

2) Kirk Franklin

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My Hero: Kirk Franklin

March 13th, 2008

Part 6 of the 10 things I wish I knew before I left Africa

1) Erwin Mcmanus

My second of seven heroes is the man, the myth and the legend of the gospel music industry, Kirk Franklin.

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Report: Mistakes Overseas Students and Migrants Make and Just Pay With Credit!!

March 12th, 2008

Hey hey hey,

Sorry, I have been a little bit slack over the last week in terms of blogging. A truly great lady passed away last week and I am working on an article to remember her amongst other great things so I have been kinda gone but this blog is far from forgotten.

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Australian Doesn’t Want Us Africans Any More

March 9th, 2008

Hello,

Today I came across this article that looks like it was written by an Australian man and I just thought I would share it with y’all to look at and make your own conclusions on below that I have attached my comment that I left on his post: Read the rest of this entry »

What Would You Do If You Were the Minister of Health?

March 7th, 2008

I was the only testosterone filled individual today who happened to be sitting in a cooking class somewhere in Melbourne. As the discussion wandered from food and a healthy lifestyle to bras and breast cancer I had brief moments where I let my mind wander. In those moments I thought:

Hospital

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