This is my personal blog. Opinions and thoughts are my own.
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Video games during the pandemic / Les jeux video pendant la pandemie
In March 2020, about one month into the COVID19 lockdown in Canada, I decided that it was time to resurrect that old hobby of mine – playing video games. I am not a serious gamer, I am not a competitive gamer but I enjoy certain games. Back in the day, I completed the full game…
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Being young, oblivious and a brown man
PrefaceIndians do not have the best reputation globally. We are, as a group, known to be rude, uncouth, filthy, have poor personal hygiene, and treat service staff poorly. Nowhere else is this put into sharper focus than on an international, direct flight to the motherland. Whether Phuket to Mumbai or London to Delhi, the problems…
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The full India experience
I dread flights to India. This has been my opinion for as long as I can remember, including when my family lived in the Arabian Gulf. Every summer, we would visit India for about one month. At the start, I always counted down the days till we left, mostly because I hated life in Bombay.…
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The Second weekend train to Toronto
This past Sunday, I rode the GO train from Guelph to Toronto and back. That’s right, we finally have weekend train service between Guelph and Toronto. This means that I can arrive in Toronto for breakfast, watch a movie at TIFF, visit the Spacing store, buy a model tram, amble around, and then ride the…
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The many sides of Canada.
Canada, like anything in real life, is complicated. There are things I like, things I tolerate, things I enjoy, and things I despise. Warning – Coarse language. Vehicle obesity I am not a person driven to extreme opinions and I am often willing to meet people where they are. On one subject in particular, I…