I just finished reading an article in Wired with Will Ferrell, taking stock of all the fantastical and imagined Jetson-like lifestyles we expected to be living by now. Will Farrell added in his commentary of what he wished had materialized by now with some amusing propositions such as automatic dog translators and underwater cities. In the essence of … Read More
Looking for a bit of ‘joie de vivre‘ for brunch? take a trip out to Queen West just past Shaw St, for a visit to La Bréhandaise crêperie to indulge in traditional french galettes (buckwheat crepes), french wines, or if you prefer to stay local, quebec apple cider and cheeses. From the first step in, you’ll … Read More
Istanbul is by far the jewel of Turkey, if not the Near East – not sure if I’d go so far as to say that it is a cross between Asia and Europe though – not quite sure what Euro-philes mean when they say that anyway, but it felt more ‘Modern’ than many European cities I’ve … Read More
This weekend was Navroz (Persian New Year) , which is when I normally start my resolutions for the year. This year I tried starting them like normal people on Jan 1st, and now that Navroz and a bit more than 2.5 months of 2009 have passed, I’m assessing how my theme for the year is going. … Read More
I don’t get this…. Is this a form of modern day colonialism or just plain greed and child labour exploitation? I guess the argument is that, the child actors from Slumdog Millionaire should be happy they have a job at all – after all, there are over 65 million people (twice the population of Canada) … Read More
Oman has got to be the sleepiest place i’ve ever been… well I only had a chance to check out the Muscat region – but it was still boring… really beautiful with white washed houses all less than four stories, and surrounded with mountains, trees and the ocean – but dead boring… The most excitement I had is when I … Read More
Up until Easter last weekend, most Ethiopians had been fasting for the previous 55 days…kinda like Lent, but stricter and longer… they basically don’t eat anything until 6pm each day (some break their fast at 3pm), and then even after that they won’t eat any meat or meat by-products. I haven’t really understood the reasoning – some … Read More
Girl(fairly senior in an NGO here): FGM (Female Genital Mutilation) is very common around these countries because there are a lot of Muslims here. Me: ? What does Muslim have to do with it? Girl: The Muslim tribes say they perfrom FGM because of their religion. Me: Just ‘cuz they say something, doesn’t make it true… … Read More
Don’t worry – it ain’t an error somewhere – i just haven’t been able to get proper access to my blog for the past couple weeks and that’s why they all went up yesterday… WordPress needs a way to post via email or mobile… i’m sure there’s a plugin for it somewhere…
Je n’aime pas des chiens! Hier, je suis allé a la maison d’un ami pour du cafe. Elle a deux chiens – deux grande chiens… (avec grandes dents et claws aussi…) Mais, quand nous partions, le chien a couru across la jardin, et elle est mordu ma cuisse… je sais que je suis la ‘sweet … Read More