Author: Funkstop
Date: October 1, 2006
Picture taken by Mute* Just to prove that Toronto isn’t lackin in culture – the city pulled of one the coolest events ever yesterday – I’d have to say that it definitely ranks in the top 3 if not the absolute top event i’ve ever been to. Nuite Blanche just took over the downtown core yesterday … Read More
Author: Funkstop
Date: September 28, 2006
finally put up my pics from Bamiyan.
Author: Funkstop
Date: September 17, 2006
Rating: 7.5/10 ok i have to admit i’m weak – if i was in the position of the family in this movie, i think i’d be tempted to help the child commit suicide – i don’t think i would be able to watch the agony and misery they’re going through. This movie seemed to go … Read More
Author: Funkstop
Date: September 17, 2006
Categories:
Movies,
Toronto
Rating: 3/10 This movie sucked – first I wasn’t expecting much to begin with since my friend had told me that Saraphim Falls it was a slow movie about two cowboys in the early part of the century – i imagined a brokeback knockoff and wasn’t expecting too much. It stared Pierce Bronson and Liam … Read More
Author: Funkstop
Date: September 14, 2006
Rating: 9/10 When I was backpacking around India earlier this year, a lot of people told me to read The Namesake but being the lazy guy that I am, I didn’t want to carry the extra weight (the book probably weighs over a pound if not two…). So when we went to go see this … Read More
Author: Funkstop
Date: August 31, 2006
this used to be one of my favourite places, but i’m not sure it is anymore -way too many drug addicts on the street – and not just ganja smokers, but addicts of harder stuff like coke or something. i felt like i was in the movie New Jack City. people were harrassing us everywhere, … Read More
Author: Funkstop
Date: August 28, 2006
The entire time we’ve been in Uganda so far, we’ve been trying to find out where Kamuli and Mbulamuti are (yeah, imagine trying to say those without even knowing how they are spelt…) – our families used to live there before Idi kicked them out in 70s, but everyone here has been telling us there … Read More
Author: Funkstop
Date: August 26, 2006
we went white water rafting on the Nile today. We took on three class V rapids and number of class IV and class III ones. We even flipped a couple of times, but more because our guide let us flip on purpose! Our guide was Uganda’s kayaking olympian in Sydney, so having no fear, was … Read More
Author: Funkstop
Date: August 24, 2006
wow! this city is awesome! unlike anywhere else in east africa, you can actually walk about the streets here without worrying about being mugged or killed.
Author: Funkstop
Date: August 23, 2006
Well today we were actually supposed to go straight to the airport to fly back to nairobi. along the way though – the call came in: a leopard in a tree! some people i’ve spoken to with who live here in kenya haven’t spotted a leopard in over ten years. one guy said that in … Read More