Your first Lockdown As we get closer to being released back into the wild, we might start to reflect on the past 3 months. Time that felt like it would never end, has suddenly crept up on us, and we are now adapting and thriving in new ways. Lockdown has…
Make that change I like people, I’m a social butterfly, people give me energy and inspiration. I hate people, I love being alone, people drain me and give me despair. This virus is differentiating these people easily right now. I have been isolated for 8 days just leaving the house…
The worst day of my life “I’m just going to have a brief look back to see how far we’ve come.” A sentence I said to my friend James whilst on a 15km long walk last week. I’ve had a couple of low weeks recently and with not much happening…
Depression- Its not me, Its you “Before you diagnose yourself with depression or low self-esteem, first make sure you are not in fact surrounded by assholes” A quote by the notorious psychologist Sigmund Freud. This topic has been on my mind for a while now since the cancer days, because…
I’m sat in the hospital waiting room wondering what will happen next and if there is anyone I can see here that speaks English. Dr Daniel must still be upstairs in the operating theater so I have to keep waiting for another 30 minutes. It’s about 9pm and there are…
Sorry what? It could be a tumor? What exactly is a tumor because they are bad I’m sure of it. All of a sudden Gonorrhoea doesn’t seem like a bad choice. But no he can’t know it’s a tumor just by looking at me. I’ll have to book in a…
1st September 2016 I’ve been living in an Air B and B apartment on Rua Djalma Ulrich, Copacobana for the past couple of weeks. I was sharing the apartment with my new friend Ed but he spent a lot of nights at his girlfriends apartment across town. When he was…
What is this? It’s the last day of the 2016 Olympic Games and I am working at the boxing finals and then tonight I’ve got tickets to the Closing Ceremony at the world famous Maracana Stadium. Yessssss what a time to be alive! I’m feeling a little hungover today but…
“If you’re going to try, go all the way. Otherwise, don’t even start. If you’re going to try, go all the way. This could mean losing girlfriends, wives, relatives, jobs and maybe your mind.” The opening lines to a poem named Roll the Dice by Charles Bukowski. Not a direct…
Two star crossed testicles, both alike in dignity, in Rio where I lay my scene I shall set the scene. My name is Afsheen Joseph Panjalizadeh Marseh, Or Af for short. I am 29 years old and a lad that loves sports, parties, adventure, making people laugh and generally taking…