In my little fruitloopy world of happiness and rainbows and roses, I focus a lot on mindset and how to think in a different way but also be open minded and open to change. Sometimes this is exhausting, I kid you not. But then I do things I enjoy, like reading, this is my favourite…
🌍 The Weekly Slice | The Skill of Being Human — and Staying Curious There’s a moment before every new skill begins — that tender gap between “I can’t” and “Maybe I could.” That’s where November begins for Brida, and where this edition of The Weekly Slice takes us: into the soft architecture of human…
Newsflash: most people are busy thinking about what to eat next, not plotting your downfall. Well isn’t that good to know. I have been in so many situations where I think to myself “Have I said the right things?” “Am I dressed appropriately?” The situation wasn’t uncomfortable but, I was. For some odd reason, I…
Ever wondered what the world would be like without communication? For starters it would be difficult. It would be boring and it will surely be quiet. Imagine we didn’t have languages to communicate with each other, we would have no idea what is happening in the world or even in our lives. What happens when…
Dear enthusiastic readers, Man, do I have a story for you. The Mayor aka Frank and Fruitloop aka Janita, that would be me, have decided to create an advent calendar for Brida members to do small tasks, all Christmassy. We decided to play around with AI, The Mayor used ChatGPT and I used Gemini. The…
I have learned a lot about myself in the last week. Let me start from the beginning. After a wonderful holiday in the Kruger National Park, I came home with a piece of my heart left behind. Visiting the bush has always been my favourite holiday and coming home and trying to fall back in…
The Weekly Slice | 31 October 2025 This week on The Pineapple, Europe stretched from the kitchen window to the Mediterranean horizon, then outwards through cables, clouds, and conversations that turned distance into insight. The theme across every story was perspective — how we see, how we learn, and how we care. We began in…
🍍 This Week in The Pineapple — 20–24 October 2025 This week at The Pineapple, the stories travel — from a French village tangled in bureaucracy to the wide skies of Kruger, from the scent of barbecue smoke in northern Germany to a philosophy of language that turns a preposition into a revolution. Each article,…
Because you exist… Somewhere out there, a potato just sighed in relief because you exist. Potatoes can be changed into so many things: Fries, chips, potato salad and even vodka! So if a potato can do it, you can do it better! Someone’s heart does a happy backflip just thinking about your face, your smile…
Why “Learning in English” Changes Everything Most people think learning English is about verbs, vocabulary, and confidence. But what if English wasn’t the subject you study — what if it was the space you live in? That question sits at the heart of Brida, a quietly radical global learning community where English isn’t a goal….
