To all my eagle-eyed readers out there, you may have spotted a change to the “Celebrities” page on my blog. Now I know what you are thinking but no, unfortunately I have not shot to stardom and turned into a diabetic sensation overnight through the success of my blog and have hence added myself to […]
Has anyone seen my lunch?
So a person with diabetes walks into a sugar factory…… You might think that this is the start of bad joke however this is not a joke but a recent experience of mine. During the holidays, following the completion of my first semester at University, my family brought me on the Chelsea sugar factory tour […]
The art of self-injecting insulin
The art of injection taking is something I pride myself in as I would now consider myself quite the experienced self-injector. I don’t really brag to many about this form of art but thought there was no better place than my blog to share this special skill and provide a few of tips and tricks […]
A Postcard from NZ
Kia Ora, I’m sorry you have not heard from me in while but my first semester at university (Otago, Dunedin) has been rather hard work despite the fun I’ve also been having. If any of my friends at St Margaret’s College (my residential college at university) are reading this, thank so much for being so […]
The Wood Frog
Coming from Malaysia I had attempted to mentally prepare for the weather here in NZ. I thought about refusing to wear a jumper in our local cinema (it does get pretty chilly when you’re inside) and perhaps thought about tactically positioning myself in front of the air conditioning in my school classes (these were military […]
Quarantine I Spy
Kia Ora. Done with my full two weeks of quarantine so I can officially say that I’m a seasoned quarantinee. I have some tips on completing a 14 day isolation in NZ, some of which are related to diabetic survival and some of which fall into the bracket of general survival. Two weeks can feel […]
VIP
Not going to lie, I was a little anxious to hop on board a plane as this was going to be my first time flying with Type 1 Diabetes but a few travelling jitters weren’t going to stop me. I rejected the idea of being left behind in Malaysia with the dogs. Don’t get me […]
“Smaller, smaller, smaller, less, less, smaller, less”
I hope you had a merry Christmas everyone. No doubt that some of your festivities may have been a little different in the year of 2020 with the new normal being face masks and temperature checks. For me it was face masks, temperature checks and glucose checks. On Christmas Eve we went to watch the […]
Diabetic Shark Cage Diver
There is a show I’ve come across on Netflix very appropriately named Sugar Rush but perhaps not for the reason you might first think. It is a baking competition where pairs of cupcake warriors have to scrap it out through a series of baking head to heads striving to survive a knockout competition. Not only […]
Diabetey McDiabeteyface
Hello! Long time no blog but I’m back on the scene now as exams are finished. Yay!!! Now that I’m not revising and taking A levels I’ve started reading more. I came across an article recently that commented on a recent Diabetes New Zealand campaign that was disappointing Type 1 diabetics. (https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/health/123359777/type-1-diabetics-disappointed-with-diabetes-nz-campaign ) The controversy […]