Dede Sophie

PNG has taken the lead again as big brother in Melanesian Spearhead Group (MSG) Prime Minister’s Cup football challenge and propose the introduction of women football in the next edition of MSG Cup next year. PNG Sports Foundation Executive Director Albert Veratau said PNG is pushing for women football amongst the Melanesian countries to promote gender balance and promote women folk to be part of the football tournament. Other sports proposed to be part on the MSG Sports Program include rugby which Fiji will be taking the lead to promote in the region and boxing. As the say goes, Mr Veratau said sports in general has no boundary and love to see other sports being part of the MSG program. Mr Veratau who took over the reign as new sport boss less than a year ago has been fighting tooth and nail after sports almost came to its knees due to lack of good administration and other related issues. He does not want to blame anyone but urged everyone including his officers and stakeholders to co...

So I decided to try going raw vegan for at least one week. The reasons were tenfold, but it was mostly about trying to boost my immune system, be healthier and about trying to distract myself from going completely cold turkey (omg should I say cold tofu?!) from all the (legal) drugs I’ve been taking for the past years (caffeine, alcohol, and of course, refined sugar). Yey. When I first decided that I was going to try raw veganism I really needed a good raw vegan meal plan for a week but I could not find one! Loads of the plans included things that weren’t raw (like one with cooked chickpeas) or weren’t even vegan (like one with honey??? Why)? And even when I did find actual raw vegan meal plans they were still problematic for me for 3 reasons: 1. they relied heavily on dehumidifiers which is something I (and many others) don’t have and as a travelling vegan isn’t exactly something I can carry around (the hand blender is bad enough). 2. they relied heavily o...