Tuesday, July 31, 2007

A bit about travelling.

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I can't believe that I forgot to mention one of the most useful links: Trip Advisor . I don't use it for booking vacations, what i...
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Monday, July 30, 2007

Links to occupy your time

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The internet is an interesting and bizarre place. Here's some links to neat sites that you might not have seen before. Something to wh...
Wednesday, July 25, 2007

Random bits

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I was reading a book on Salvador Dali (with lots of pictures of his work) before going to bed last night. Big mistake - I had the weirdest ...
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Sunday, July 22, 2007

London vs. Paris

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Okay so how was the trip? Which city did I like better? Well, I figured I'd do a itemized list of things to compare the two cities on,...
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Saturday, July 21, 2007

I'm baaaaaaaaack.

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Back from the Europe trip. I had a wonderful time in London and Paris and like most good trips it is a bit of a drag that it had to end and...
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Tuesday, July 10, 2007

Off to London and Paris!

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For the next couple of weeks blogging will be sporatic, I'm off to Europe tomorrow morning! I can't wait. I'm meeting up with ...
Saturday, July 07, 2007

One thing to make you sad, one to make you laugh.

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Here's a couple of links that you might find interesting. First the sad one, the website for the orphanage in Nepal that my friend Mary...
Friday, July 06, 2007

Medication warnings

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I just noticed that: 1) all of my medications were made in either the UAE or Egypt; and 2) none of them say that you can't take them wit...

You just never know what it's your turn.

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A while back the cafe at the compound had a new waiter, Raju, a young guy from (I think) Nepal. The company who runs the restaurant has six...
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Sunday, July 01, 2007

Oh yeah, I forgot the heat exhaustion!

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. . . and as well as the flu followed by bronchitus I've had my first experience with heat exhaustion this year. June was not a good mo...
Saturday, June 30, 2007

Bronchitus

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So now that my flu is gone I guess life decided that it would be a great time to follow it up with bronchitus. I've been coughing for n...
Sunday, June 24, 2007

Truth or rumour

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Yesterday's newspaper had a front page story about, get this, that the Nepalese embassy was investigating rumours that a Nepalese man wa...
Saturday, June 23, 2007

Updates

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Yikes, it's been a week-plus since my last post. I was out sick for a few days with a flu, and I've still got a cough from it. It ...
Tuesday, June 12, 2007

What is in a name . . .

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One thing I have noticed about my name, Glen McKay, is that many non-English languages cannot handle it. 'Gl' is not a sound in som...
Sunday, June 10, 2007

Brief updates

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Cyclone Gonu has so far killed 60+ people in Oman and Iran :-( Hands are feeling better, so I don't think there is permanent damage. I ...
Thursday, June 07, 2007

Cyclone Gonu

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A friend in Houston emailed me to ask if I'll be okay due to Cyclone Gonu hitting the Arabian peninsula. It was the first I had heard o...
Sunday, June 03, 2007

Carpal Tunnel!

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Bad news, I may be coming down with carpal tunnel syndrome in my left wrist. Wrist had a dull pain all through Friday, likely from too much...
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Wednesday, May 30, 2007

I'm British - and a moron!

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Hey, my camera wasn’t stolen after all! I found it! I was driving around then suddenly remembered that back when I put my camera in the glo...
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Blimey! I'm British!

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I got the call from the embassy and picked up my UK Passport today. I'm officially British! (and Canadian too of course) Now when I land...
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Saturday, May 26, 2007

Grrrrrr, my camera was stolen!

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Well what was becoming a really nice weekend had a major letdown on the realization that my camera had been stolen. Even worse - I have no ...