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  • Blog,  Expat Life,  Living in Canada,  Photography

    Point & Shoot: Polar Plunge

    December 30, 2013 /

    I skipped breakfast, grabbed my camera and jumped in the jeep. The Polar Plunge started at 11am and I knew from past experience a couple of minutes delay would mean missing the whole thing...

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    A-Z of Canada: C is for Cottage

    March 5, 2012
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    15 Clues you’re in Canada

    May 2, 2012
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    Smooth Moves for Expat Kids – tips to ease the transition

    February 8, 2012
  • Expat Life,  Living in Canada,  Photography

    Point & Shoot: The Icestorm Cometh

    December 23, 2013 /

    I fell asleep to the sound of ice pellets tapping the window while blue-white flashes from exploding transformers and arcing power lines lit up the sky. In the early hours of the morning the power finally failed...

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    What About Your Saucepans? Lindsay De Feliz

    Review of “What About Your Saucepans” – genre: expat

    November 15, 2013

    Patriotism

    September 27, 2011

    Wherever The Fancy Takes You

    September 4, 2013
  • Expat Life,  Living in Canada

    Christmas, You’ve Changed!

    December 20, 2013 /

    Christmas in another country brings a curious reminder of the diversity to be found in the universal...

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    A visit from the Oshawa Generals

    January 19, 2012
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    You know you’re settled in Canada when…

    January 24, 2013

    Point & Shoot: The Icestorm Cometh

    December 23, 2013
  • Blog,  Expat Life,  Photography

    Point & Shoot – Blizzards, books & bumps in the night

    December 16, 2013 /

    What is it about getting spooked that makes you giggle?

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    Battling BPD

    April 8, 2013
    Toronto, Traffic, commute

    The Toronto commute named one of the world’s worst

    November 11, 2011
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    Top expats on Twitter: Aisha Ashraf – Telegraph

    July 6, 2012
  • Blog,  Bridging Cultures,  Interracial marriage

    Merry Christmas from the Muzzies

    December 12, 2013 /

    The tree’s up, gifts have been bought and three homemade Christmas puddings are chilling in the cold cupboard. So far so good – this Muslim household is on track for Christmas...

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    The (Supermarket) Help

    August 27, 2013
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    An Apologist’s Apology

    March 12, 2015
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    The Spirit of Giving

    December 22, 2011
  • Blog,  Photography

    Point & Shoot: Christmas comes early

    December 9, 2013 /

    Ever since we closed the door on November the kids have been excitedly counting the days to December 8th and this weekend the wait was finally over...

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    7 things to remember when moving to Canada

    March 7, 2012
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    Ungrateful Bitch (Part 2)

    March 6, 2012
    Buzzard soaring

    Choking on the memory

    September 9, 2012
  • Blog,  Expat Life

    Paris – The Friendliest Place On Earth

    December 4, 2013 /

    We pull into the fresh-looking plaza on the outskirts of town, its clean lines and manicured verges incongruous amongst the trees and cornfields round about, like work shoes worn with jeans...

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    Leaving on a jet plane…

    February 25, 2012
    Toronto Time-Lapse

    Toronto Time-Lapse

    October 10, 2012
    Kids enjoying the snow

    Love in a cold climate…

    February 8, 2013

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Top Posts & Pages

  • Bangles, Betrothal & ‘A Good Pakistani Girl’
    Bangles, Betrothal & ‘A Good Pakistani Girl’
  • O Canada, O What do I do?
    O Canada, O What do I do?
  • How to stay unique in a world that demands conformity
    How to stay unique in a world that demands conformity
  • Meeting the In-Laws - bridging the cultural divide
    Meeting the In-Laws - bridging the cultural divide
  • Nude yoga: Now available in Toronto
    Nude yoga: Now available in Toronto
  • Battling BPD
    Battling BPD
  • How People With Autism Fake It
    How People With Autism Fake It
  • A bitter pill to swallow
    A bitter pill to swallow

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