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Don’t Look Away – Act Against Abuse! The lot of us here at The BlaBla Blog fully support the 16 Days of Activism campaign. In fact, we’d like to encourage you to not only do the same, but to actively support the aims of the 16 Days...
It’s been 10 years since you looked at me. Cocked your head to the side and screamed “I’m hungry”! 10 Years since you stole my heart. You’re a priceless treasure, a work of art. [with sincere apologies to The Barenaked Ladies] Happy...
For the first time in something like 40 years, the annual observance of the Hindu festival of Diwali coincides with Guy Fawkes Day (Remember, remember the fifth of November). With both occasions being traditionally marked by fireworks, the potential...
This Wordless Wednesday post is dedicated to The Only Cin who is in the midst of giving up smoking. Because all of us that do smoke and have tried to quit the habit know just how hard it is to stop. And we need all the help, support and advice...
© The Doghouse Diaries In case you ever do come across that elusive genie in a lamp who grants you the standard of 3 wishes, and you’re not certain what to wish for, here’s what to wish for first. You can’t lose. Genies are going to...
For a number of the many years that I was employed by The International Hotel School our chosen charitable organisation was The Sunflower Fund. We raised funds for them, sponsored prizes to them (through the Schools’ parent company), and...
This article has been around the web for a number of years and is perhaps one of the first examples of a viral message. It’s taken on a host of different forms and variations over the years, and keeps popping up as either an article, an adapted...
My daughter ain’t there yet, but she too will benefit from these words of pure wisdom should she start acting up. You have been warned sweet child o’ mine!
Rosh HaShanah begins this week, and we want to take a moment to wish all of our Jewish family, friends, neighbours and BlaBla Blog readers L’Shanah Tovah – may you all have a very good year! Rosh HaShanah is the Jewish New Year. It falls...
Aweh Bru’s! The time to Braai the Beloved Country is once again almost upon us. Jan Braai (@janbraai) and the crew over at Braai4Heritage.co.za are again drumming up support for the annual Braai4Heritage campaign. Besides the fact that...
We’ve all heard it before. But have you ever wondered why we attach names to the groups of people born at a specific point in time? People born before 1946 were called The Silent Generation. The Baby Boomers are people born between 1946...
The last time I was at FNB STADIUM it was still a construction site. It formed part of Greg, Mrs VOTED and my photobook for the YMJG Ama-Zing race. So this was to be our first LIVE event at the newly rebuilt 92000 seater stadium. And as it would...
Casual Day is an annual FUNdraising project benefiting persons with disabilities. A project of the National Council for Persons with Physical Disabilities in SA (NCPPDSA) each year they call on South Africans to dress differently on the first...
I overheard two women talking outside the gates of my daughter’s school some time ago. They were discussing their children’s eating habits; one said her son had refused anything but two-minute-noodles or pizza for over a year, the other...
“If you treat a sick child like an adult and a sick adult like a child, everything usually works out pretty well” Ruth Carlisle Everyone is sick in my house: Old Spouse, Original Bunn and Our Alice have flu and I am the sole hale and hearty...
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