30 in 2005

Where pictures meet words . This is Tirana's vast central square. On one side is a horseshoe-shaped ensemble of government buildings in ...

This year in an effort to be healthier I made a more conscious decision to make and eat dinner at home during the week and take lunch in wit...

Friday evening was fun . Very fun. Almost nobody last minute ditched. Almost everyone showed up on time. Other than the fact that they opera...

This Friday I am playing the six degrees of separation game. Of which I am the inventor and rule maker. It all began when I met a school cla...

Capital: Tirana. Other cities of note: Laç, Shkodra, Durres, Vlora and Elbasan. All connected by a roadworks and train system. Population: E...

A selection of building photopgraphs from Tirana, Albania . The one in the top right hand corner is of a drab dull untouched building but t...

I like symmetry. This is a well documented fact of my life. So when V and I became 'an uncle' with the birth of V's brother'...

Ok, so not really ALL about Albania but it was the catchiest title I could come up with and I need the motivation as: a. It’s the very ...

After years at college and working away from home, three-fourth of the way into 1997, I moved back to where my Punjabi heart lies, good old ...

You know how people often say that New Year is just a celebration and Jan 1st just another day. Well, IT’S NOT . New Years is the chance to ...

This is the review of a less than good restaurant that I have been meaning to write for ages. A Japanese restaurant was recommended by a Jap...

I've long wanted a lovely desk calender to adorn my workspace, something to bring a smile to my face when I glance away from my computer...

In lieu of any bonus (seeing as I work in the development/ charity sector which has no bonuses) our very small office was given a ten day br...

Happy New Year! If you were watching from the outside 2007 worked like a dream for me. A great job, exemplary new friends, much travel, a ho...

...has been quiet and reflective. Full of late nights and sleep-in mornings. Skipped meals and big meals. Devoured movies and books. Seekin...

I wrote about my birthday resolutions back near the day and I am happy to report back that things have gone well-ish since then. I must do a...

1. Will my details in my passport be printed? Over 3 years ago now (that’s the distance between sharp and dulling pain over my kaagzaath ), ...

I’m determined to finish writing down my story from hell Indian High Commission before the next anniversary of the day draws any closer and...

This blog is clearly not burning. Not a single comment has been left on it since I wrote last week and I thought that it was the deplorable ...

We are waiting like bulls at the entrance of a run for the red cloth to signal the start of the race. The door opens and out come two paunch...