that time of the month that means i want to spit fire at my husband when he tells me to ‘jaldi, jaldi’ (hurry up) in the mornings.
that time when the honking horns of Mumbai traffic freakin’ well get on my nerves.
that time when I feel like gouging the eyes out of the taxi driver who stares [...]
Archive for March, 2007
friday poem 2
Posted in fridays on March 30, 2007 | 2 Comments »
you little beauty
Posted in sport on March 30, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
The Black Caps continued their storming roll through the World Cup with a solid win over the West Indies last night. Our bowlers looked in beautiful form with Bond, Oram and Vettori all getting 3 wickets each. Fleming had some great shots and looked good with the bat – his run out was one of [...]
dilbert makes me giggle.. again
Posted in interesting distractions on March 29, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
click for a readable version
Indian cricket team
Posted in daily stuff on March 29, 2007 | 2 Comments »
K and I went for dinner last night at a restaurant in the Taj hotel. We finished up quite late, around 1am, and when we went outside we discovered a large group of cops by the entrance. We figured there must be a bollywood star arriving but then looked around further and noticed another 10 cops [...]
while I’m on the subject of marriage…
Posted in daily stuff on March 28, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
The world’s tallest man, Bao Xishun, got married a few days ago. He stands at 2.36m (7ft 8.95in) tall and tied the knot with Xia Shujian He sounds like something of a celebrity with BBC having this to say:
“The 54-year-old gained fame last year when he saved two dolphins by pulling dangerous plastic from their stomachs. He [...]
The ‘Institute of Marriage’
Posted in daily stuff on March 28, 2007 | 12 Comments »
Being a foreigner in India married to an Indian I often get asked about how I feel about Indian marriage values compared to the ‘western world’. I first say well I dont know where the western world is but I know about NZ. Today I had another journalist email me with questions about a foreign-india [...]
more tales of Mohammed
Posted in daily stuff on March 26, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
I have yet to met our mysterious and unlucky new colleague as he has been out visiting various ports around India since he arrived. You may remember however, the unfortunate airport incident when he arrived inMumbai.
I just talked to Capt. George, a Greek associate who is showing him around and was distressed to learn that Mohammed’s luck [...]
can you see…
Posted in daily stuff on March 26, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
…a pig with six legs? From the Cloud Appreciation Society’s excellent website.
How to Date a White Woman
Posted in daily stuff on March 26, 2007 | 3 Comments »
How to Date a White Woman
does anyone else find this horribly offensive?
imagine if copies of “How to Score an Indian” were published in NZ?
I’m sure it would be deemed extremely racist..
indian disappointment
Posted in daily stuff, sport on March 26, 2007 | 2 Comments »
Been in Dubai again for the past week so have lost touch a bit.. but am back again and enjoying World Cup Cricket in full swing.
While NZ has had a great last week with easy wins against Kenya and Canada to take them into the Super 8, poor India didnt fare so well..
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/6490701.stm
After losses to [...]
nz vs england
Posted in sport on March 17, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
New Zealand vs England – 16th March
New Zealand win by 6 wickets.
kiwis first game in the world cup and it was always going to be a bit of a nail biter. Fleming won the toss and chose to put England in to bat.. a fantastic start with a wicket off the second ball. the England attack [...]
a funny story
Posted in daily stuff on March 15, 2007 | 2 Comments »
we have a new colleague, Mohammed, starting in our office today. he’s here for a few months for training and arrived in Mumbai this afternoon from his hometown in the Maldives.
his flight arrived around 2pm and he gave us a call at 3pm to say the driver at the airport hadn’t yet arrived and what [...]
Welcome to Mumbai
Posted in Mumbai, recommendations on March 15, 2007 | 1 Comment »
This is South Mumbai.
(Click to enlarge)
My house is somewhere there too, I am lucky not to suffer from the long commute that most Mumbaiikers have to face every morning and evening. This is just a fraction of the city, it continues northwards as a long peninsular sticking out from the mainland. It fits all 16-18 million people [...]
The Best Mascara in the World
Posted in recommendations on March 15, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
The hunt is finally over.
I hereby present to you … (drum roll please)
The Perfect mascara
no first-fortnight clumps. In fact no clumps, ever.
Long volumous lashes.
Waterproof.
Lovely.
Christian Dior ‘DiorShow’ mascara.
bloody expensive but worth every dollar
monday
Posted in daily stuff on March 12, 2007 | 1 Comment »
back in the office, back to normal…
made the terrible mistake of having drinks with our ceo on Thursday night, a man who is notorious around the world for his drinking abilities. Lets just say my head was still pounding 2 days later, and i was lucky to make my 5pm flight the next afternoon.. while [...]
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