I’ve been told by some people close to me, recently, that I am rigid. The first time I heard this, I was shocked and sure that the person I was talking to had it all wrong. On second thought, though, I see where these people could be coming from. About certain things in my life, I see no compelling reason to compromise (at least not for the most part) and so, in these areas, I stick to running my life exactly as I see fit. One such area of my life is sleep. Continue reading
Category Archives: Product Reviews
Bags Whose Name I Know Not…
As a child, growing up in Côte d’Ivoire, I found myself at the Félix Houphouët-Boigny International Airport quite regularly. Often, it would be to send off or welcome my Dad to or from one of his many work trips, but at other times, it would be because I, some other member of my family, and/or one of our many visiting friends and relatives were headed to or from yet another destination by air. Whatever the case, it was during these frequent visits to this airport that I first became aware of the item that I would like to tell you about today. Continue reading
Del Monte Juices
When I was growing up, the breakfast table at my parents’ home always included a jug of freshly squeezed orange juice. Breakfast was never complete without this! Somehow, when they moved to Kenya, during my teen years, that habit came to an end. Instead, at breakfast, my parents chose to serve packed orange juice. Still, they tried to make sure that the juice we drank was as healthy as possible. My father was particularly attentive in making sure that the juice we bought had no added sugar. This is how I was first introduced to the Del Monte juice brand. Continue reading
Fisherman’s Friend
When I “pack” my handbag before I go out everyday, I recite a list of items that I want to be sure not to forget. Without going into too many details, my current recitation goes: phone, money, swipe…(insert a few more couple of items here that include a small tin of petroleum jelly 
)… mints, camera. I am sure you can understand why I carry items such as my phone and money, but an item like mints may baffle you a bit (as it has people who’ve seen me put my bag together in the past). Continue reading
Nice & Lovely Petroleum Jelly
For all my supposed gistyness, I like to keep it simple when it comes to moisturizing my skin. For me, the secret has always been to use petroleum jelly. I always have a tub of the stuff on my dresser table at home, and believe it or not, I carry a mini-tub of petroleum jelly in my handbag too (I would never think of leaving home without it!). For most of my life, my preferred brand of petroleum jelly was Vaseline, but sometime in 2006, that changed. Continue reading
