• Recents

    Chronological list of all posts to this website.

    • 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…

    • 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.…

    • 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…