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Friday, March 20, 2009

The Return: Hey Canadian!
Part I

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When I lived in Brazil, I had a varied group of friends, one of whom was Seu Leonildo, the elderly gentleman who manned the back entrance to...
Tuesday, March 17, 2009

The Return: The Rules are Different in Brazil

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In Brazil, the rules surrounding a lot of things are different: relationships, notions of time, how to get things done, respectable topics o...
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Monday, March 16, 2009

The Return: Last-Minute Luck

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When I left Brazil a year and a half ago, everyone wanted to know when I would be back to visit. Not knowing exactly when I would get a chan...
Sunday, March 15, 2009

The Return: Prologue

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When I came home from Brazil a year and a half ago, I promised myself that my blog would not become one of those my life was so much better ...
Saturday, February 28, 2009

February 28, 2009: The Day I Quite Possibly Became an Adult

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Well, after years of trying to hold on to my youth, it's possible that today was the day that I officially became an adult: I spent the ...
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Thursday, November 20, 2008

Saudade

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Ever had nostalgia triggered by something that was never actually a part of your life? Case in point: I'm in the middle of rural Mozambi...
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Monday, November 17, 2008

Typo or Freudian Slip?

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Last week, I wrote an email to a couple of colleagues informing them that I was just completing a document that I had been writing, but that...
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Sunday, November 16, 2008

How to Eat a Mango in 15 Easy Steps¹

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A Guide for Small Children 1. Get stripped down to your skivvies. 2. Get a partially pealed child-sized mango from your mom. 3. Use your chu...
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Saturday, November 15, 2008

This Ain't Kansas Anymore

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Yup, I'm feeling like I'm in Africa these days! These huts are the mainstay of rural Mozambique. A sight I loved was while driving t...
Sunday, November 09, 2008

A Welcome to Mozambique Nosebleed

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Thirty-six hours after leaving home on Friday, I arrived in Maputo, Mozambique and was welcomed with a nosebleed! Yes, while waiting for my ...
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Wednesday, November 05, 2008

Something Old, Something New, Something Borrowed, Something Blue

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No, I'm not getting married! I'm planning a reading list that will hopefully carry me through 40+ hours of flying, not including air...
Tuesday, October 28, 2008

Snow!

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Take that Google! Turns out that Google doesn't know everything after all! The day after Google pinpointed the fact that summer had tu...
Monday, October 27, 2008

What Were They Thinking?

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Thing No. 68 Okay, so it's happened to all of us. You move into a new place and you slowly (or quickly!) end up discovering a lot of thi...
Saturday, October 25, 2008

The Kitchen Chairs of my Childhood Can Now be Found in a Funky Retro-Café

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Growing up, we ate all of our meals around the kitchen table. We had a big eat-in kitchen with a round melamine table which had four matchin...
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Tuesday, October 21, 2008

Life in the Rat Race

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Yup, that's me! :-(
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