Bumper Car Highways
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…
Brunch Review: La Bréhandaise crêperie
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…
Turkish Delight
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…
Help Me with my Resolutions!
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,…
Saheb, Saheb, please, please, just one coin
I don't get 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…
Oh Man, Oman!
Oman has got to be the sleepiest place i've ever well I only had a chance to check out the Muscat region - but it was still really beautiful with white washed houses…
Watch out goat – the good times are over
Up until Easter last weekend, most Ethiopians had been fasting for the previous 55 like Lent, but stricter and they basically don't eat anything until 6pm each day (some break their…
FGM
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…
Blog posts flood
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…
Mon deuxième blog en francais…
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 (avec grandes dents et claws )…