Life with a dash of zing
Culture must be one of the most misunderstood words ever. For some, it is synonymous with pretentiousness, with the so-called artsy fartsy crowd, the pseudo-intellectuals. For others it is equivalent to a skip, a catch-all phrase that captures even the most dubious entertainment endeavours. I’m not sure which is worse. What I do know, however, [...]
Every so often, the fictional characters I love to follow, sort of spring to life. Well, maybe that’s pushing it but it certainly feels that way when the Malta Comic-Con comes by. Think of all your favourite super-heroes – Batman, Superman, Spiderman, The Hulk, Ironman, Captain America…and chances are that if you drop in at [...]
Halloween panic didn’t take too long to hit the cyber-waves this year. Last year we had a parish priest sending an apocalypse-now style missive to the parishioners; feeding pumpkin pie to your kids while they’re wearing a witch’s hat, we were told, is tantamount to selling their souls to the devil. Well, fine he didn’t [...]
Ok I don’t usually put up all these disclaimers but…since when this was originally uploaded on The Times of Malta, many people seemed to miss the sarcasm, I’ll spell it out. I’m not really calling the people of Mellieħa stupid. Promise. It’s just my way of pointing out how nonsensical the court judgement is. You [...]
Cyber-space is full of pseudo philosophers and fake do-gooders who seem to have enough leisure time that they can spend their days passing judgement on lifestyles that don’t coincide with theirs. Such as on those who are in a same-sex relationship. Usually I’m happy to ignore all the thrash that clutters the web, but occasionally [...]
Original photography by Darrin Zammit Lupi for The Times, photoshopped by Bis-serjeta’ – Serjeta biss. The onslaught of memes was to be expected, of course. After all, it’s not everyday that we get to see honest-to-goodness fisticuffs that seem to come straight out of some redneck movie. I’m talking about the Marsaxlokk fight, the video [...]
Keeping tabs on the actual facts regarding the newly proposed IVF law is proving to be harder than anticipated. After days spent reading the myriad news reports and opinion pieces that have been reproduced on various media, many of them contradicting each other, there is only one observation that I feel 100% confident in making: [...]
Thanks to all who took part in the competition Before I announced the winner, it’s only fair to tell you which are my favourite products too. Drum-roll please For the evening, definitely the Catrice Intensif Eye Wet & Dry eyeshadows – perfect for that smoky look. During the week, the prize goes to the Catrice [...]
It’s that time again where the lovely people at Pharma Mt Ltd offer a fantabulous (yes, I just made that up ‘cos pretty makeup makes me happy) goodie bag up for grabs. This one is full of shimmery, sexy, summer colours from Essence and Catrice and I can’t get enough of the bright blue and [...]
An edited version of this post was uploaded on The Times of Malta. A few hours before 17-year-old Polina Rahman was found on Tuesday evening, I had written a post calling for more rigorous enforcement of regulations with regards teenagers who come to Malta to study English. I removed the post later that day out [...]
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