The Essays That Got Me Admitted to the Wharton Lauder MBA/MA Program

Believe me, I still can’t believe I got in either. Wharton Essays How do you plan to use the Wharton MBA program to help you achieve your future professional goals? You might consider your past experience, short and long‐term goals, and resources available at Wharton. (500 words) As the world becomes increasingly digitised and technological…

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The Essays That Didn’t Get Me Into The Harvard MBA Program

No, of course I’m not still mad about it. I think I can speak for everyone who applied to Harvard Business School (HBS) last year that we were all thrown off by the radical changes made to the application last year. The new HBS Admissions Director introduced a new set of admission criteria and rewrote…

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In Our Backyard, A War Against Monkeys Rages On

7 monkeys vs 2 people, not exactly a fair fight, is it? For the past few months, my weekly calls with my dad have been peppered with tales of his latest escapades with a troop of monkeys in our backyard in Harare. Greystone Park, in Harare’s northern suburbs, is no stranger to encounters with the…

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Eating My Way Through Heartbreak – A Collection of Meals for One

Spoiler alert: the grocery list includes wine. Heartbreak is inevitable. As much as we take precautions to prevent it by making promises and concessions, sometimes words are not enough to save a 2.5-year relationship. Seeking comfort in my friends, the same question came up over and over again: ‘What are you going to do with…

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Thai Green Curry with Crispy Duck

Inspired by my go-to takeout order. We are slowly marching through the most miserable time of the year – Winter. The trees look lifeless without their leaves to adorn them. The sun begins its descent too early each day, leaving me trudging home after work in darkness. It’s on days like these that I burrow…

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Dining In Weekly #2

Who said that taking shortcuts was a bad thing? The workweek was (thankfully) cut short by Martin Luther King Jr day and this week’s menu was cut short by work lunches and social outings, meaning I only had to prepare 6 meals this week. The theme of this week’s menu is shortcuts: made clear by…

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Dining In Weekly #1

In for 2024: leftovers This is a series that’s lived ephemerally on my Instagram stories for the last year, but I’ve decided to give it a permanent home on the blog. The essence of Dining In Weekly is a way of holding myself accountable to both the groceries in my fridge and my credit card…

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Simple Vegan Lemon Vanilla Blackberry Cake

Emphasis on the word ‘simple’. This recipe was birthed from scarcity. No eggs or butter in the house, I turned to trusty old Pinterest to find a simple vegan cake recipe and was positively astounded at the difficulty of such a basic task. I didn’t need all the bells and whistles of processed vegan eggs…

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