Have you ever met someone who makes you feel like they’ve cast a spell upon you? You have? Well, I haven’t and I don’t plan to. I rather they cast a bucket of Belle’s on me. After single-handedly keeping Barangaroo from resembling a zombie wasteland with their pop-up, Belle’s Hot Chicken have now opened a full blown […]
I come from the streets. Ok, the streets were lined with large, leafy trees and white picket fences but still. I’m not claiming to be hood (the most hood thing about me is my large collection of zip-up hoodies), but I did come from a street of some sort. Where was I going with this? […]
My parents and I have been through Hell and high waters together. But I’m not going to get into that, I’m going to talk about the hardest conversation I’ve ever had with them. I’m going to talk about the time I tried to explain the economic concept of ‘sunk cost.’ For those that don’t know, […]
Have I ever told you guys about the first time I tried to cook? My mother was in the process of preparing dinner and I nominated myself as her sous chef. By that point in time, I had seen enough cooking shows to build up a false sense of confidence in my budding skills as […]
For every generation, there are things that happen which make you realise that you’re not as young as you think you are anymore. Everything seems more expensive, schoolkids start looking like adults, the days all seem to blur together and your body just isn’t as spry as it used to be. Also, all pop music starts […]
Once upon a time, being near Kensington meant I was on my way to class. Admittedly, my attendance during my tertiary education was quite low. I was too busy not going to uni to actually go to uni, you’re not going to believe this but my low-attendance methods resulted in two degrees (man, I hope […]
My parents were never big on giving me advice, they tend to teach via example. I learned about work ethic from them when they were leaving for their jobs before I woke up, I learned about the value of saving when I saw my mother regularly fish out silver coins that had fallen underneath my bed […]
She’ll never admit this, but I was my big sister’s best friend once upon a time. We had our ups and downs like all best friends do; she’d lock me in the bathroom with no toilet paper but she’d also make sure I had lunch to take to school. I’d steal her batteries to power […]
You’re not going to believe this but I spend a lot of time thinking about food. What should I eat for lunch? What should I have for dinner? What should I eat for tomorrow’s lunch? Those questions are always on my mind along with wondering how in the world I’m going to get my novel […]
Once upon a time, I was a part-time postgraduate student at Macquarie University. Ok, I was supposed to be there full-time but life was too hectic for me to be in class all the time. I had old episodes of Friends to watch, I had Minesweeper to play and girls for me to pine over. Keep in […]
At a certain point, my struggle stopped and my writing changed. I’m very much the Jay-Z of the food blogging community. I came into the game rapping about my struggles and what I had to do to get by. But eventually, I got with Beyonce, my career started taking off and I just couldn’t go […]
Once upon a time, young Isaac was traumatised and exhausted from fear. He was in the midst of saying farewell to a girl he had just spent a horrible day with. He hoped that this memory would fade in time. However, the girl felt the exact opposite. She wanted to immortalise the moment and asked if […]
