India is well known for its love of food and variety of dishes, both veg and non-veg (as I now call it). They certainly don’t do anything by halves, “more of everything please, waiter”. India currently has the worlds largest consumption of sugar, not difficult when you have 1/6th of the worlds population, but some… Continue reading
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Real Beauty
I came across this video during my many travels around the Internet and I think it’s an excellent example of how much Photoshop is used to edit and enhance the photos we see in advertisements. However, I must admit, as an Internet / design kind of guy, I have to also appreciate the talent the… Continue reading
Things That Make You Go ARAGH!
Today has been a very frustrating day. The God of Karma has been saving up all my bad luck from the 14th August and rained it down on me all day. They say things come in threes, and I wouldn’t want to disapoint an old cliche with my own series of three unfortunate events. (I… Continue reading
It shouldn’t happen to an expat
I seem to be having a streak of bad luck recently. Whether the gods are playing with my fate in a game of dice or not, I don’t know. Or it could be my natural carelessness (I’m sure my dad would agree with that!). However, I have a far more interesting theory, so much so… Continue reading
You Had Me At Hello
Every phone I’ve ever had has been a Nokia. Sure, just like other guys I may have flirted with other phones but in the end, I’d come back to the trusty old Nokia, it’s a guy thing, it’s safe and you know exactly what you’re going to get. I once got a Sony Ericsson, but… Continue reading
Attack of the Killer Red Worms (really!)
I’ve been scratching my head, trying to think of a suitable title for this blog entry. There’s not much that can accurately describe the revulsion that you might have after reading this, so if you are of a nervous disposition or have a weak heart, probably best to skip to the next post. Continue if… Continue reading
TII – Sorry boss, we’ve run out of idli’s
This post is part of my TII series, where weird and wonderful things happen that can often only be explained by the phrase: This Is India. On Saturday I was heading over to see my friend. I called her up and asked if she wanted me to pick up anything along the way. She did…. Continue reading
The Quest For A Perfect Haircut
In India, someone has forgotten to tell the men that the 1970’s was 40 years ago and the world has moved on from the silly facial hair grown on the top lip – often referred to as a moustache. Even my own father, after years of an ever shrinking mousch, finally got rid of it… Continue reading
Expat Grocery List
I thought I’d try and come up with the most boring and most mundane thing I could to post on my blog. Ladies and gentleman, I present to you: This week’s grocery shopping list 😀 Maybe a few people are interested in finding out how much everyday things cost here, I think you might be… Continue reading
Upcoming Indian Elections
The General Elections are about to take place later this month in India. In a country of 1.1bn people where there are over a dozen official languages and large swaths of the rural areas have very low literacy rates, it’s incredible that elections manage to take place at all. You could easily compare India to… Continue reading