Waitangi Day, what’s in a name?
Waitangi Day commemorates the Treaty of Waitangi signed on Feb 6th 1840, when New Zealand became part of the British Empire. In 1972 a bill was passed to change the…
Author Glennys
Valentines Day Dilemmas
Valentines Day always creates a few questions.Sweet On CupcakesWhen you’re at school you wonder whether the letterbox will still be standing when you get home, or will it be lying on…
Meditation Challenge: Part 3
Attempt 6: Drove to the beach, turned off the car, locked the doors and closed my eyes.thanks to Steve TolcherFail: Got distracted by a half naked twenty something washing his surfboard…
Meditation Challenge: Part 2
thanks to clearlyambiguous on flickrAttempt 4: Sitting in the kitchen with an ambient crashing waves CD playing.Fail: The gurgling water sounds just had me crossing my legs for the first…
Meditation Challenge: Part 1
Serene, tranquil, calm, peaceful. New Years Resolution #1: Become the calm, tranquil person, the name Serena implies. Strategy to achieve this: Learn meditationthanks to ChrisK4u Meditation, you just sit still…
A Shared Dream On Australia Day
‘We are one but we are many, and from all the lands on earth we come, we share a dream and sing in one voice, I am, you are, we…
Premature Patriotism
copyright The Ponder RoomThe air is getting thicker, the minutes struggling to tick by. National pride is oozing from streets, supermarkets, and grey office cubicles. There’s an epidemic of lamingtons,…
Why The Ponder Room?
We’ve all had moments in our lives that have left us pondering; sometimes shaken, sometimes stirred. Whether the experience warmed us to our core, or ripped our soul apart, we’ve…
