Sri Lanka: So much more than just cricket!

I was bored on Facebook one weekend while living in Abu Dhabi, when a Turkish friend of mine popped up in the chat window. I hadn’t spoken to her in a quite some time, but simply assumed she was still in Istanbul, however when I asked her how she was, her response was “I’m in … Continue reading »

Non, je ne regrette rien! – The regrets of an unfulfilled expat experience.

In 2009 when I moved to Abu Dhabi I made a promise that I was not going to be one of those expats who move to a country and complain incessantly about it. I promised myself I would make the most of country and whatever it had to offer. I saw my lack of adaptation … Continue reading »

Photo of the Week: A bench with a view…

In the last year I’ve been to Portugal and Lisbon six times. That’s more than I had ever been along my whole life. Now, don’t get me wrong when I say that it isn’t my favourite city, as this doesn’t meant that I find it ugly or unenjoyable, it simply means that there are other … Continue reading »

Cambridge: The city where no one can walk on grass!

Last weekend Raquel and I decided to escape London and take advantage of the sunny weather with a day trip to Cambridge. I am once again reminded of my foolishness of living in this country and never once making the effort of going to Cambridge.

Photo of the Week: The Chapel song at Trinity

Last weekend Raquel and I decided to go Cambridge for a day in order to get out of London and take advantage of the ever temperamental sunshine. I will write a post of the visit but wanted to leave you with a taster in the form of the inside of Trinity College’s chapel.

Bangkok Dangerous: It’s only dangerous when you let Tonito decide when to cross roads!

I was living in Abu Dhabi and was constantly looking for places to see and visit. I had been to Oman and Lebanon earlier in the year, but decided I needed to go somewhere I knew people and had friends. A fortuitous chat with my friend Sensationally Smelling Sam got me thinking about visiting Bangkok … Continue reading »

Photo of the Week: Sunshine is all they need!

“When the sun touches the ground of London, thou art legally obliged to sit on any patch of grass!” Well, I’m sure there must be a hidden law along these lines is hidden somewhere in the English Legislature! If it’s not then there’s an unwritten law about living in London that requires you to spend … Continue reading »

The time my girlfriend thought I was her Gay Best Friend

I am usually the person who plays pranks on people, albeit phone pranks due to my array of accents. On the other hand, I’m rarely pranked on and I’m not sure why. I know I’m not very gullible, but still I think it could be quite easy prank me (please don’t get any ideas). Which … Continue reading »

My friend Uncertainty and our love/hate relationship

Up until 2006 I was rather laborious when it came to friends. Stability, Comfort and Orthodoxy were top of my friend list and I thought I liked it that way. In 2007 I made friends with spontaneity and Adventure, and since then, well, life changed. They made me leave my friends Stability and Orthodoxy behind … Continue reading »

Photo of the Week: Skyscraping out of the wharfs

Yesterday Raquel and I decided to deviate a little from our normal weekend plans of walking by the river or heading into central London. Instead we decided to for a movie at the cinema and instead of going to the crowded O2 Arena, we decided to go to Canary Wharf. Canary Wharf reminds me of … Continue reading »

Photo of the Week: The rise of the Shard…

I’ve said several times on this blog that I find London quite dynamic as it’s cityscape keep changing. One of the big changes to its cityscape is the The Shard at London Bridge. Raquel’s apartment has a great view of it. I know not too many people like it, but I’m a fan! So, here’s … Continue reading »

Language Fails – Episode 3: The time my housemates thought I spending evenings with a penis

Portuguese for me is, and always will be a secondary language, no matter how much I try. Want to know why? Slang. As I never grew up in the country, I am completely oblivious of the slang vocabulary developed by younger people in the country. This becomes even more compounded when I refer to Brazilian … Continue reading »

The time a tourist responded to my “Do you need help?” with “Sh*t!”

I like accents. I fell in love with accents the first time I flew to London when I was 10 and the airhostess came up to me and said “Tay or coffay?” (Tea or coffee). From that day onwards I wanted to do accents all the time. During high school I was well known for … Continue reading »

Making love to the camera!

Two weekends ago Raquel and I went to Portugal to sort out some more wedding preparations (wedding organization certainly isn’t easy, especially if done remotely!). One of the things which we decided to get out of the way during that trip was our engagement photo session. Even though the weather didn’t hold up for too … Continue reading »

Photo of the Week: Just another exhibit on the wall!

Yesterday I decided to visit the British Museum, to visit a very interesting exhibition on the Muslim Hajj pilgrimage, however as it was my first time at the museum I decided have a quick look around. It was in the Africa part of the museum that I found this guy simply mesmerized with a wall showing … Continue reading »

The Delights of Purgatory in London: Circuses, Flamenco, Rock, Opera’s and some much more

I am still in London, even though in December I was told that I would be in Brazil (or the Emirates or Portugal). This unpredictability can very grating especially if you are trying to plan the next couple of months which include a wedding. However, London, in this sense is a great halfway house to … Continue reading »

Photo of the Week: Shadows of Brighton Sunset

Last weekend’s trip to Brighton made for some great photos and even though the sunset doesn’t come close to matching an African one, the shadows it created were brilliant. My favourite was the following of some skateboarders doing some tricks.

Give a young prince some money and this is what he builds – Brighton’s Royal Pavilion

Like I said in the previous post about Brighton, I really didn’t know much about the city apart from its pier and the fact it was the place for attempted assassination of then Prime Minister Margret Thatcher. So I decided to download an iPhone guide app for Brighton. It was while looking through this app … Continue reading »

Piering into the English seaside city of Brighton

Years ago I was looking through old photo albums and stumbled upon a photo of my mom by a pebble beach in the UK. I was curious as I had not seen pebble beaches before and asked my mom about it. Her response was “That was in Brighton! I used to love Brighton beach!” For … Continue reading »

Lucky February the 17th: The time a missing passport meant I missed the Libyan Revolution

Life is completely unpredictable. A year ago today I was on flight out of Tripoli, not knowing that it would be the last time I would be taking that route out of what had been my home for over a year. However, what followed that day proved that sometimes the worst change of plans can … Continue reading »