Mar 11An Ode to MaryExtracted from Chapter Sixteen of Love You Kim, Story of a Teenage Cancer Patient. The full book is available for on Amazon download: https://www.amazon.com/Love-You-Kim-teenage-patient-ebook/dp/B08R5T3CYH Don’t take it for granted. That’s what mom always used to say whenever we complained about washing not done, or dinner not cooked. Having a housekeeper…Cancer6 min read
Jun 21, 2020OPEN LETTER: HELLO UHS, THE CHUTZPAH!My open letter to the Professional Leadership, Board of Governors and Trustees of the United Herzlia schools. Dear Professional Leadership, Board of Governors and Trustees of the United Herzlia schools I write this letter to you all, wondering what in the coronavirus-plagued-world you were thinking when you announced, via email…6 min read
Dec 26, 2019MOVING ON FROM TRAGEDY IS HARD. BUT IT’S NECESSARY.They say, time heals. They say, if you really want to make it through the future you have to move on from the past. …Death5 min read
Published in My First Novel·Jan 31, 2019SECOND CHAPTER: DR SIMMONSThis chapter is still unfinished and may have additional content inserted. My name is Matthew McPherson. I never knew it at first, I never understood it at all, I still don’t entirely have any recollection of why or what; all I know is that recently, people have stood beside me…Novel3 min read
Published in My First Novel·Jan 31, 2019FIRST CHAPTER: FAMILY DINNERI was never really one to get enthusiastic about dinner time when the family was around. In fact, it felt as though we were entombed in some kind of groundhog-day experiment run by a group of indolent and impassive scientists eager to identify the effect of repetitive bickering on one’s…Fiction6 min read
Published in Love You Kim·Jan 31, 2019ForewordIt’s not often that one gets to write a story. Not at least one that tells the story of someone else and their tragic tale. When deciding what to do with this I wasn’t sure how the story would go. Would it be a story of someone else, someone who had fought cancer and survived? Would it be a tale of a young person who went from one life threatening disease to another? I see…Cancer7 min read
May 17, 2018Lessons from being in a startup and why we always say we’d do it again!After just over three years of being at the helm of innovation, I left my role as Chief Operations Officer at Picup at the end of February 2018. A fancy job description, a fancy title, but in reality, though, titles are simply a mere representation of how you want to…Startup8 min read
May 18, 2017Why ‘13 Reasons Why’ gets it right and wrong.Suicide. It’s a sad tale of tragedy. To many, though, it’s a story of strength and courage from a journey of depression to a life free of pain. The irony is in the fact there is no more life — at least not on this planet. Netflix’s new drama series…Bullying8 min read
Oct 13, 2016THE COST OF EATING TO LOSE WEIGHTI’ve recently noticed a few “go-getters” starting their own businesses in the fitness environment. Whether it’s training programmes, meal plans, a hot-headed fitness guru or a healthy meal-delivery platform. Most prominent of these startups, SleekGeek is run by Elan Lohmann and offers it’s participants a fun and safe space to…Food13 min read
Jun 30, 2016The Comitis AffairIt started as a love affair when he launched Ajax Cape Town in 1999 with Rob Moore, after Seven Stars and Cape Town Spurs joined forces, but it ended in a nasty divorce when he and Ajax Cape Town parted ways. Many Cape Town football fans were left seething after…Cape Town City Fc4 min read