My thoughts

I always laughed when I saw engineers improvise with things to get them barely working and I thought "that can never be me".  I was wrong!! This picture clearly shows that I would rather use a face tissue paper and a hair holder than a band-aid on a cut. I found there are two advantages to this   It applies pressure, therefore the bleeding stops faster.  It is cheaper, safe and still does the same job as a band-aid

Hello everyone, Me without my gun I  know I have not written in a long time. The truth is I feel I didn't have anything to write about. Also I have been going through some 'soul searching' moments in my life (this happens like every two months since I started my PhD). I try to spice up my weekends so I do not have the urge to binge or pick up a journal article to study. Of late I have been trying out things I never thought I would do, going on rides, tour of Johannesburg, go-kart racing , trips to the zoo etc. I have done all these adventures with friends, people I am very comfortable with and they know all the personal space boundaries I have set. Last Saturday I went Paint balling with a group of people, about 19 of us of which I only knew 3 people. It was torture at first because I had to start talking to people I do not know or haven't met before without the help of alcohol . I was going to do a combat activity tha...